Po Hsiao
Can i switch from active participation to not active
I have read a lot about advantage of claim "active participation", but no article about any pros on NOT claiming active participation.I have placed a couple of properties in service in 2019 and will have a loss that c...
Daniel Trzaskos
Offset Capital Gain Tax
Long story short I sold a rental I had and walked away with approx. 90k. For a variety of reasons I wasn't able to do a 1031 exchange. Was wondering if anyone had any advice to offset the capital gains tax I'm on the ...
Carl Graff
Passive Loss Carry Over Reduce IRA distributions
OK just found out we (my wife and I) have about 65K in passive loss carry over going forward. So being retired with 2 rental incomes that break even or only generate a little income we will not be able to apply much i...
Cha Yang
How do you prepare to lose on a flip?
I know everyone plans to win and due diligence is key to reducing loss in real estate. Either way there are times you will lose money, be it due to bad judgement, emotions, markets, under calculating repairs or over e...
Lucas Amuchastegui
how does "pass through" income work in a partnership LLC?
Hey BP,
These will likely be silly questions but I'm a noobie having a little trouble finding answers online. we plan on hiring a CPA, but I'd love to understand some of the basics. My brother and I are 50-50 owners ...
Barry Sanders
Underwriting Rent Increases on Large Multifamily
When it comes to building your own models how do you underwrite value add rent increases ie: bringing rents up to market at lease renewal/ bringing down units onlineIt can be done manually when investing on a small sc...
Lance Lvovsky
Tax Summary of Coronavirus Relief (CARES ACT)
On Friday, March 27, the President signed the massive $2 trillion coronavirus Stimulus Bill (the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security [CARES] Act) to provide assistance to workplaces and employees. The law pr...
Brandon Montgomery
Does your first rental really save you on taxes?
With the standard deduction being 24k (or so) for married couples will one single family rental save us on taxable W2 income? I just purchased my first property and plan to BRRR it so it will have 20k or so worth of r...
Mindy Jensen
New Book!!! Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor
BiggerPockets is excited to introduce its newest book, The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor! Taxes! Boring and irritating, right?Perhaps. But if you want to succeed in real estate, your tax st...
Michelle Sangalang
W-2 High income looking for ways to minimizes taxes with Real estate license
Hey BP Team!Looking for some advice on how to minimize taxes in CA. Here are the facts:1. High income W-2 ($400k+) earner and would like to keep my job.2. Own 3 LTR properties all in CA under a Trust.3. My spouse and ...