Andy Huynh
Partial 121 Exclusion for Primary-Rental-Primary Residence
If I buy a place and live in it for 18 months, rent it out for 6 months, and then live in it for another 6 months before selling, would the full gain (under $250k) be eligible for exclusion or would I need to take a p...
White Glove
Co-Tenant RoomMates
Newbie White Glove here. . .
I am being inundated with application requests from groups of unrelated "roommates" who want to rent my single family home. I'd rather not deal with this situation, though I don't want to...
Bryan Hancock
CC&R Law Privately Among Neighbors - Who Is "The Decider"
Background:
Subject property is in Texas.
We have a lot under contract with some CC&Rs from 1948 that were signed by a group of private land owners. The signatories appear to have owned land that was checker-...
Brandon C.
Custom lease vs basic lease + addendums?
I close in just over a week on my first rental house. I've read on the forums for a while and I've kept a list of lines I want to add to my lease to avoid various problems. Should I work with with a local attorney to ...
John Gonzalez
Looking for a real-estate informed CPA or Tax expert to avoid or offset W2 income?
Hi, thank you for reading this,I have a low performing STR, on which I have incurred losses in 2023. From this Dennis Karlton video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfz6kyw3W7k&t=692s; I've taken away that:1. Loss...
Fred Shatzoff
Connecting with New Members
This morning I sent member connections to people and used a canned email. My account got blocked I contacted support about this. Apparently if you send the same email they interpret it as a solicitation. I don't ag...
Pam Smith
Schedule E - filing as non-passive income
Hi all-I was reading one of the blog posts on the Short Term Shop blog about Schedule E vs C, passive vs non-passive. In the blog, they reference, "According to Treasury regulations, vacation rental owners who rent th...
Daniel Lioz
Looking for Lawyer recommendation in Cali for contract review
I am looking for a recommendation for a California lawyer, to review billboard contract and lien document for small plot of land and to provide advice on best course of action or legal interpretation. This should be ...
Aaron Cooper
What and where is the best source of national real estate news?
Where does the forum recommend finding the best daily/weekly news on the real estate market?
Ezekiel Tolentino
CoC and 5 year annualized return
Hello, I’m using the bigger pocket calculator. I’m getting 2-3% CoC for a rental property (which I think is low) but in the 5 year annualized return it’s around 14% (which sounds acceptable). What’s the difference bet...