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I have just acquired my first two long term rental properties this year and am looking to take advantage of the tax benefits. How important is it to get with CPA to assist with tax benefits. I have spoke with my paren...
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Hi, my name is Kai. I recently read Brandon's book “The Book on Rental Property Investing" and got really interested in real estate investing. But here is my situation. I work in the finance industry, and my day job i...
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I am looking to build a 5-15 unit multifamily complex using shipping containers which are fully built from China.After having read dozens of articles about building multifamily using shipping containers I am convinced...
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I’d like to start a new kind of real estate brokerage. It would dually represent buyers and sellers and charge a total commission of no more than 0.6%. Instead of depending on buyer agents to drive prospects from hous...
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Some context…
Small multi-family building (4 units) self managed. One of the upper units went vacant and needed an update (flooring, paint, etc.). Power tool work began no earlier than 9:30am and finished no later ...
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For years now, we have all known that a good portion of the traditional real estate agents job is unnecessary. This is a heated topic for a lot of people particularly if you are an agent. The best argument for the t...
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Hi,
I’m currently living in Orange County, CA and would like to work with a real estate CPA to do my taxes and optimize/evaluate my tax returns from previous year.
I’ve always done taxes by myself using TurboTax in...
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I have what seems like a very simple question about Real Estate Syndication's that I am having a hard time finding an answer for.If I was to invest $200,000 in a real estate syndication. After 2 years the syndication ...
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It’s 2024, and you hear it all the time now: “You can’t buy turnkey, cash-flowing properties anymore.” With the COVID-era surge in home prices, rapid increases in mortgage rates, and rents not keeping pace, it really ...
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I debated on posting this because the incident has discourage me so much. But here it is:Last Friday I arrived home to a business card from a detective from our police department. I had just got home from visiting my ...