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Most property owners have barely heard of cost segregation, and those who have think of cost segregation as a tax issue. Now forgive me for burying the lead, but for this specific article I will lay out a long-term be...
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What does the BP world think of investing passively in a legitimate syndication like Brandon turners or one of the other established investors? Does this defeat the purpose of all the benefits of real estate IE apprec...
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I am looking to purchase real estate for both investment purpose as well as to offset as much tax liability as possible. Is my thinking correct that homes in highly appreciated areas won't benefit as much from Cost S...
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Similar to like Airbnb / short term rental, are there more options related to real estate investment, which can help with tax deduction (i.e w2 income ) what other strategies helping you ? (not looking for passive ...
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Hi there! I’m a beginning investor and am trying to wrap my head around the tax benefits involved with real estate. My main question is regarding depreciation. My husband and I are high wage earners, so from what I...
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Hi fellow BP members, I am relatively new to BP and so glad that I found this site. It has immense amount of information on RE investing. Kudos to BP for creating this huge platform to connect and share "everything re...
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I have read that in using a LLC, one can create personal protection against a real estate property in the case of lawsuit. Is this true in regards to a primary residence and should I be looking to purchase my first...
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I have a duplex that I lease out, and recently got married where my wife and I are over 150k (salaries combined). Trying to figure out how to proceed I have an SCorp already that was just created, I will have to see i...
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Hi all,
I am getting conflicting opinions on whether to set up an LLC when starting to invest in RE. I greatly appreciate the feedback.
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I'm looking to buy my first investment property soon. I want to utilize the benefit of low $ down on your first FHA loan to buy a place locally and house hack. The problem is I live in Washington, DC and the numbers h...