Scott Trench
REPS And Active Losses and Gains
Hi tax pros - I have a question about REPS status.First, selfishly, do you believe that my job as CEO of BiggerPockets, which I spend obviously spend essentially all working hours on, and dwarfs activities involving m...
Marc Faulkner
More Traffic from BiggerPockets than Twitter and Facebook Combined = Success
I can track the sources of traffic to our website. I have been active on LinkedIn for years now. I am sure I have over 500 connections. I am also well connected on FaceBook and have a company page there as well as ...
Marian Smith
Use IRA as collateral for loan to buy RE?
Does Schwab or any similar bank allow you to put up an IRA or brokerage account as collateral for a re loan? How would that work?
Pier Di Giorgio
Can a non-citizen spouse qualify as a real estate professional status REPs
Hello BP, I own several rental properties and I have a W2 medical sales job. I am recently married and my spouse is applying for a permanent resident status, she is currently on a tourist visa. Can we file next year ...
Darren Eady
Way to go BP!
I've been answering questions for months and being as helpful as possible to other members of BP and am starting to work with more and more BP participants. The other day I loaned money to a BP borrower buying an inv...
Shriraj Shah
Tax benefit comparison - direct purchase vs syndication
I am trying to analyze whether to purchase an investment rental property in a SFH/MFH on a turnkey basis or via a real estate syndication. Can someone help understand pros and cons from the tax perspective for the sa...
Joshua Dorkin
BiggerPockets is Making Your Pockets a Little Bigger: Help Celebrate a Milestone!
In celebration of reaching our 100,000 member milestone in the coming week or so (we're less than 500 away as of writing this), we're going to be giving away thousands of dollars in prizes to our users and advocates!
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Desiree L.
STR Loophole- Huge return for me
I have to give a shout out to Bigger Pockets! I am a regular listener to the Bigger Pockets podcasts when I am doing chores around my house and my STR property. A few months ago, I was listening to a podcast (I thin...
John Smith
Syndicated property w/ non-accredited Self-Directed IRA investors
I want to create an LLC syndicate to purchase a residential property, and want to allow Self-Directed IRA participants looking for alternative investments. Are there any SEC/other regulations limiting those participan...
Drew Lamb
Regrets or anything different after using 401(k) for purchase?
Is there anyone here with some advice about using your 401(k) to purchase an investment property? Anything that you would do differently or just advice about how to handle it? I only have about 35k in it so it may be ...