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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...