This is more of a tax questions that real estate, but the funds would then be investing in real estate.My plan is to set up a Solo401k before the end of the year, but have a few questions during the planning phase bef...

If I'm using the standard mileage rate for 2017, can I also claim my business use percentage for my auto loan interest?  My accountant says no, but I've read in books that you can still claim auto loan interest in add...

Someone stole my "For Rent" sign with a "Take One" box from the front yard of my rental property. Who does that!?! Anyone else had this experience?I asked the neighbor if she saw anything. Turns out she did see it hap...

Haha. Just kidding. I wish I had this problem. But....I am looking for ways to get money out of my business ( construction) and into real estate without getting pummeled by taxes. My accountant mentioned to have t...

this happened to me about a year ago. I had been for multifamily properties for a while. And finally decided to check out Cincinnati Ohio. I was traveling with a potential partner. And it is at the end of a three-day ...

We have a tenant in one of our duplexes who is storing furniture, baby gear and other household items on the front porch as well as dropping cigarette butts off the back deck onto the sitting area of our tenants below...

I have a self-directed Roth IRA and set up an IRA LLC with a checking account for checkbook control.  I'm the manager of the LLC which my self-directed IRA account owns.Some Self-directed IRA Custodians (usually trust...

Do I need umbrella insurance if my liability limits on my properties are already 1 mil/property, 2 mil aggregate? I’m running into issues getting an umbrella policy as my vehicles and properties are insured through d...

So I took Jay Scott (and others) advice and ordered carpet direct from manufacturer from Dalton, GA.  It's coming by freight.  It's a single roll and weighs 750 lbs.  Any suggestions for unloading this?  My installer ...

I'm a CA resident looking at putting rentals from multiple states (including CA) into a DST. I'm wanting the series asset protection and to avoid the $800 CA LLC Franchise Tax. However, I am getting some conflicting i...