Jonathan G.
where to incoporate
I live in California and currently acquiring an apartment complex with friends in Texas. Where would it make the more sense to incorporate the holding LLC, Delaware, California or Texas?
Matthew Freese
Tax Deduction Rollover Into Next Year
Hi Everyone -I am planning on buying a 2 unit property and renting one of the units to my friend. I am giving him a good deal on it, so the rent will only be a few hundred dollars. I have done a lot of reading on all ...
Christopher Lombardi
Self Insurance
Does anyone know if any banks would allow an investor to self insure their properties? I asked a few of my bankers as well as friends in insurance and no one seems to have an answer. My issue is, with over 80 homes ...
Robert Treherne
LandLord Insurance vs Renters Insurance vs Home Owners Insurance
I've noticed a fair amount of crossover in the various insurances.So my question (and the topic I'd like to open for discussion) is the pros and cons of each.Is there any crossover, are multiple insurances needed or a...
Account Closed
Multiple real estate income streams in LLC
I just finished last year's taxes and have a large passive loss (after depreciation) on my rentals. But being a passive investor with large W2 income, I cannot benefit from the tax loss (at least thats what my account...
Ernest McNeil
How are you handling rent increases in Maryland during COVID?
Currently, I have two rentals with on-time paying tenants. No hick-ups during the pandemic in 2020 or 2021, monthly payments received on time. Rent was not increased during this time as well. Now, we are in 2022 an...
Christian Wathne
Working on 4th property; issues now with DTI, how to get funding?
Hi Everyone, Looking for your great advice and experience I'm working on acquiring a 4th rental and am concerned that a bank won't finance me because I'm already approaching the 45% DTI limit. I'm calculating this by ...
Jak Dadi
This sucks!! Tax Laws are &^%$
The last week has been depressing as we went through a prelim exercise to understand our tax situation. We have a MAGI of over $150k through 2 W-2's, live in a rented house and own a few multi-families. We made a rent...
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New HUD Regulation Help Short Sale Investors!
"New HUD Policy Could Give Short-Sale Investors a Huge New Advantage!"
by Cory Barnett
Everyone knows that the government doesn’t like to lose money, and now the Federal Housing Association (FHA) has upped the ante ...
Aaron Smith
Passive losses, standard deduction
Hi BPers,Since the standard deduction is so high now at 24k for married couples, its looking like it makes more sense to do that than itemize. If I could deduct the full 25k in passive losses, that would be a differen...