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Kyle Scholnick Depreciation still possible?
14 January 2016 | 9 replies

I am looking to buy a rental property turnkey. I understand some tax benefits should be money I used on maintenance and the mortgage, but the biggest one depreciation seems to be out of reach.Do most people still use ...

Peter Fokas Real Estate Professional - how to achieve 750 hours?
2 December 2022 | 28 replies

How many properties does a person need to hold to justificy 750 hours? For example if you own a two family house and rent both units it would be hard to justify that you worked 750 hours to maintain this. IRS does not...

Dillon Hutsell Military and Real Estate
7 February 2020 | 6 replies

I'm planning to enlist in the military, For any military members what would be the best contract to choose to invest later on? I'm not too sure if you can serve 3 yrs active and then the rest reserves lmk. For investo...

Jonathan Gruber Real estate professional on short terms while using management company?
13 October 2023 | 4 replies

Can you still be considered a real estate professional while using a management company for AirBnB? I want to use the losses to offset my W2 income. Thanks

Masashi Borges-Silva Reducing W2 income tax by actively participating in real estate
21 September 2022 | 11 replies

Background
I am not a Professional Real Estate (yet) as I am working as a full-time engineer, and I don’t meet 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which I participated. ...

Jason Watson Grouping Passive Activities
29 May 2014 | 4 replies

Along with Material Participation as a Real Estate Professional, you might also want to consider grouping your activities together. So a common question that I get is-

Do I need to group my rental activities together...

David V. Rental Income & Social Security
9 June 2020 | 10 replies

Questions for you Tax Pros out there.  Will the amount of social security benefits be reduced if an individual receives rental income of let's say 80K a year.  Assumptions:  Social security is taken before full retire...

Joe Kim Trying to get my wife to become real estate professional!
22 March 2015 | 14 replies

I work full-time (60-70 hrs) week on my regular job and do real estate on the side.  Like most people I'm working hard to build wealth and cash-flowing investments in real estate.  In the past 18 months, I've acquired...

Japnik Singh Becoming a Real Estate Professional with W2 Income: Need Your Advice!!
9 November 2023 | 10 replies

Hello, Real Estate Enthusiasts!
I'm at an exciting juncture in my journey towards becoming a real estate professional. While I'm all in on this new career path, there are a few things I'm still trying to figure out. ...

Brian Morgan Me big W2, spouse RE pro. How write off 1/3 LLC losses?
19 April 2021 | 2 replies

Sorry for the Tarzan title, but I think it covers the bases. So I’m a W2 wage earner in the 33% tax bracket and my wife, who has no income, logged 750 hours on our rental house last year to qualify as a real estate pr...