I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on the cost of insurance (hazard & fire, liability, sewer backup, loss of income, umbrella, etc.) that a landlord would pay for a rental property in Utah (Utah Valley to...

My accountant has taken the position that health insurance premiums for full-time, self-employed real estate investors are not deductible on Schedule E since real estate is not technically considered a business ...

Is there any way that STR rental income can be considered "active" from a tax standpoint?  I spent a lot of my time working on renovations myself, and manage it myself, but I have not manually tracked the time investe...

Hello,Do you have to be a real estate professional with 750 workhours and 50% of time in landlord job than ur job to report as business instead of a investor or does 500 work hours as landlord is enough to report as b...

So I posted about a week ago regarding a damage caused by a tenant who flushed wipes into the sewer system which caused clogging and sewer back up resulted in a total damage of $6000Their renter insudid not cover that...

Can anyone tell me if itemizing investment property expenses makes a difference now with the new tax reform?I claim my wife and two kids. I have two duplexes and understand it that if I spend less then 24k in expense...

Hey everyone!I was listening to BP episode 335 or 334 and I heard something interesting. The speaker mentioned that either he or someone he knew invested in a very expensive property which had negative monthly cash fl...

My business is buying vacant land, cheap through tax lien foreclosure and then selling it. I own 125-vacant lots. Business is BAD, I haven't made a profit in years. I was holding some of the lots for investment but th...

So I was just thinking about this tonight and will call my CPA tomorrow, but figured Id ask here for now. I have a rental condo currently thats worth $650-675k, I bought in foreclosure for $507k, 18 months ago. Anyway...

Hello, I am thinking of getting equity out of a paid-for rental and use it as a downpayment for another rental.  Someone told me that when you do not use the loan to buy, improve the property you borrowed money from, ...