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Hi BP!Long-time lurker, first time poster. After listening to podcasts and viewing forums, I wanted to try to house-hack the home that I own and currently live in.My question is, am I allowed to choose a tenant who I ...
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What is a good way to protect your assets in case of a bankruptcy? I own several properties, some in my personal name and some in my LLC. Some of them are free and clear with no mortgage and several still have a mortg...
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I have been living in my primary for over 20 years. I have a 500K paid for primary home. If I sell and buy a new home for around 500K again, live for 2 years and it goes up in value to 750K. I sell again, what is m...
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Hello,
We have bought a house as a primary resident and due to personal reasons Its seems like we are going to need to sell it about a year after the house was purchased. I'm trying to read to read on line but I don...
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I own a one-bedroom condo in a desirable part of Philadelphia (Fairmount/Art Museum). I paid $265k for it in 2015 and am lucky enough to own it free and clear. I moved away from Philly last fall and listed it for $275...
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Hey All,
Has anyone had any success with having their capital gains tax excluded upon sale of your property after living there for only 1.5 out of the last 5 years?
In Garrett Sutton's book, "Loopholes of Real Estat...
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I have a house hack that’s a main house with two guest houses. I’m living in one of the guest units and renting out the other two. My question is how do homestead exemptions, tax deductions for repairs, and depreciat...
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BP, A family member of mine is willing to gift me $200,000 for the down payment on a owner occupied, conventional loan investment property that I will occupy. The property is located in California and the money is con...
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Hello, I am married and planning to purchase my Personal Residence in California under single member LLC. What about the 121 exemption if I purchase it under single member LLC?
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The law allows us to do straight leases then give homes away to anyone who lasts more than X months. The problems with this method come from the fact that we want tenants to know upfront that they are working towar...