I just wanted to see if any of you have invested in professional photography in effort to sell your home or flipped properties. I can't help but see the advantage due to the fact that the listings on the internet do ...

What is Real Estate Professional Status?
Section 469(c)(7) provides an exception that allows qualifying taxpayers to treat rental real estate activities as nonpassive, enabling them to deduct losses against other typ...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $109,000

Cash invested: $20,000

Sale price: $120,000

This was one of my first long term buy and holds I bought ...

I bought 5 single family rental homes this year so I have a lot of negative cash flow to report on taxes.  I'd like to declare myself a "real estate professional" as I'm on sabbatical from my W2 job this year and coul...

I'm employed as a W2 computer engineer, while my wife works as a W2 software engineer. We have one short-term rental (STR) and two long-term rentals (LTRs). I'm curious about my eligibility for real estate professiona...

A tenant reported a tree branch fell down in a storm and would like someone to come evaluate the tree so they don’t have to worry about a branch falling on he or his wife. Any ideas how to handle this?  Who should I r...

I just copied this from some realty brokerage. They had the confidence to post it on their website without being verified by tax professionals. And it is totally wrong - because inherited property is always long-term....

My wife just got her real estate license. If she represents me to purchase rentals, does the seller agent need to split their commission with her?

I have a renter moving out of a nice house with a very small back yard. His dog has completely destroyed the small lawn, which was professionally landscaped. Renter wants to replace the lawn himself. The lawn that was...

Sooo who has applied for any of the new grants/loans that are available to real estate professionals? What did you apply for? Starting to get lots of spam emails on options so I'm curious what others have done.
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