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I'm new to real estate and been self-educating for the last 8 months or so ...but one thing I'm a little confused about is the tax advantages...
Do you have to wait until you are a full-time real estate investor to b...
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I am very excited that we have a special forum for syndication and fundraising for CRE now. There has been a group on BP for about a year that has grown considerably, but now we will have a forum on the main page.
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Hey all,I was curious how the rest of the BP community approaches the options between investing in active opportunities versus passive opportunities in real estate investing. Active Investing - Being the leader of t...
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I have a long term rental (SFR) which I converted to an Airbnb in October 2019. My property manager is acting as the host and we have already had multiple bookings.
Questions:
1. Is the Airbnb considered "Active" ...
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I use Crestcore in Memphis, TN. Not a very responsive company. I wonder if it's normal for them to request and hold a minimum amount in my account for repairs. At least that's what they claim as the purpose. I am n...
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What are all of the possible tax deductions when claiming a rental property? And assuming I have a rental property paid off, and I have a W-2 job, do I save money on both taxes? Or one or the other? Also is there any ...
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Wondering if someone knows the answer to these tax questions... perhaps @Steven Hamilton II ?If you use a line of credit to finance the purchase of a rental property (not a HELOC), I know the interest is tax deductibl...
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What is the difference between REPS hours and material participation hours? My understanding is that material participation are hours that you are actively doing for your properties (day to day and trying to improve t...
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Hi All, what's been your biggest lesson you learned after getting into real estate. I'll go first. I had a W2 I wanted to leave and thought that owning 30 rental properties would be enough to retire from corporate lif...
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Ok, now I am really confused, last week there was a discussion as to if just a landlord receiving passive income (rental income) was required to issue 1099s and the general concensus was since they were not operating ...