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Hello,I'm in Texas and am I wanting to discuss the possibility of kick starting my real estate investment journey with STR and also using that offset a fairly large W2 tax liability I have this year.I basically need t...
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Hey BP,Purchasing a 2nd home with 2nd home mortgage, but using the home as a STR. 1. Can I use depreciation of the home to offset rental income gains? 2.How do I take advantage of tax deductions if purchased as a 2nd ...
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Hey BP, I recently had a career change that allows me complete control over my schedule. I have found that my morning routine is now probably twice as long as it was before. Even though I am doing high value tasks lik...
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Good day all! We are Mike & Karen Weisman, currently living in Beverly, MA and in the process right now of buying a home in Richmond, Maine. The home we have under contract is a 3300 sq ft Victorian on 3 acres, an...
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I am trying to understand what is happening with rentals in Kissimmee FL area. For years I have rented out homes and never had issues finding people.Typically I use Zillow to find renters and get a lot of traffic-more...
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A friend is exploring a potential professional opportunity that would require her to be in NYC about 2 days a week. To lessen the commute burden, she is thinking about investing in a small property about 1hr b...
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I've been hearing the hype about Cost Segregation for a while and I wasn't sure i was a candidate. Still not. My w2 income wont be over $100k for 2022, I will hopefully be considered a RE professional and i had 5 prop...
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I have an accepted offer from HUD to buy a HUD owned property in Texas. My offer is a cash offer. The property has been vacant for two years and has HOA liens on it. My agent has told me that HUD has been unresponsive...
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Hello BP world, I'm Deonte starting out my Real Estate Investing journey in Wholesaling I've come across a property where the homeowner has been deceased since 2007. I've done some research about the property online f...
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Good morning, I literally just signed up yesterday to BiggerPockets. I have no experience and no properties. I recently have started researching real estate investing and I am really interested and have the means to d...