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Ken Hughes Insurance questions
25 January 2010 | 14 replies

We are closing our first buy and hold property and need some insurance advice. The property is held by an LLC in Florida and we need suggestions as to which insurance companies are best to work with as landlords for p...

Ellie Narie Tax assessed value or appraisal value to calculate depreciation?
9 May 2021 | 6 replies

I just bought a house-hack 4plex in 2020. I don't have any other rentals. Filing taxes now, so just had a few questions. 
1. When calculating depreciation, I heard you're supposed to use the assessed value based on t...

Nebiyu Shukur House hack cost segregation for STR
30 August 2022 | 10 replies

First, Thank you for your time in reading this and responding For anyone that got some experience in using the short-term rental loophole I got my first House Hack.  I'm using the walk-out basement (900sqft) for mysel...

Nick Matteson Do you count the principal paydown portion of the mortgage payment as an 'expense' or 'income' or 'neutral' in your cash-flow analysis?
21 April 2016 | 11 replies

Isn't it just cash directly into your net worth?

When everyone talks about clearing $100 a month for their rentals are they counting principal paydown as part of income or expense?

Justin H. Need tax help with duplex, Schedule E and 4562.
11 January 2017 | 6 replies

Hey Guys,

I'm pretty well versed with doing my own taxes, using turbotax or whatever.. I have the 2008 home and business edition here.

This year I bought my first house, a duplex. I live in the lower, and the uppe...

Kurt Zarwell Cost basis of owner-occupied duplex with improvements
18 April 2021 | 14 replies

Hello, I am trying to confirm how the IRS requires me to calculate the cost basis of an owner-occupied duplex for calculating my capital gains. I think I know the answer, but I am also hoping I am wrong because it doe...

David B. Real Estate IRA: How to do partial distributions?
31 August 2014 | 5 replies

I have been studying the Real Estate IRA concept for some time, have a pretty good understanding of how it works and its rules, and am getting ready to buy our first investment property with it, a single-family hou...

Richelle T. Help! Section 8 security deposit question
13 May 2015 | 7 replies

Hi everyone

I decided to rent a house to a section 8 tenant. Long story short, section 8 misquoted the total rent rate they would pay and the tenant portion. They told me to allow the tenant to move in, I did (bad m...

Daniel Dietz Partnering with your own SDIRA???
10 February 2014 | 3 replies

Hello,

I think I am making headway understanding things in this realm of SDIRAs, but still have a bit of confusing.

I read in different places that a person 'Can partner with your own SDIRA' to do real ...

Marc Maser Great Opportunity any Creative Down Payment Ideas??
24 July 2017 | 3 replies

Have an opportunity to buy a mixed use building in the village square from private owners. We bought our business building from them last year and they are good family friends. Building has three large commercial st...