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I would like to flip houses in the Phoenix area and was wondering if it's beneficial to obtain the real estate license?The Big Picture: About to start a full time engineering job at a local tech company. I will apply ...
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Excited to begin my journey. Just bought, rehabbed and rented my first property. Found BP afterwards, reading and listening as much as possible.
When starting out would it be beneficial to become a real estate ag...
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A question that we get:
"Does the IRS require site visits for cost segregation studies?"
While the IRS does not mandate a physical site visit, the IRS cost segregation audit technique guide (ATG) does suggest conduc...
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Hey BP family,I wanted to get some opinions on how beneficial it would be to get my real estate license as someone who is just starting off in real estate investment? I'm looking at it from more of a learning/networki...
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All of my income is passive from rentals. Therefore I do not pay any self employment taxes (15.3%). Since I have no active income, I cannot contribute to any retirement accounts.
Does it make sense to convert some of...
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Hi, My friend/business partner are going into business together and wondering what the best vehicle to use to form the business. Our plan is to find our first property, flip it, and use the proceeds to flip our next p...
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hello. looking for advice on which books helped women most with investing in real estate? SFR, duplexes and small apt. communities? Any advice that you might feel is beneficial to women investors? thank you.
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After reading on here I was initially thinking LLC taxed as an S corp but My tax guy says just use a sole proprietor with Good Insurance policy. It has the Least start up and yearly maintenance cost and an LLC would n...
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Question for those of you who market to Tax specialty lists:I may not have all the terms correct because it's a bit confusing to me still, but do you market to the Tax Delinquent list (Properties up for tax sale soon ...
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We're trying to get a laundry room built out for a 17-unit apartment except the electrical meters are in the same room. I don't want anyone tampering with the meters. Any solutions to secure the meters, yet still ac...