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Hey BP,I have converted a couple long term rental units to short term in 2017 and plan to convert several more in 2018. I was hoping to get in touch with a CPA to work on some tax planning for 2018 as well as get a b...
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I recently read somewhere, I think in Edelman's book, that if I bought a property for cash and then took out a home equity or some kind of note that the interest is not deductable versus if I purchased the property st...
Some background before I post - I am a tax guy - started at Ernst & Young in 1993 and have been in the tax business since. My full time day job is to argue with tax auditors.I have a situation that I'm curious ho...
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Hey Bp team!
I’m currently closing on my first property in 2 weeks using a FHA 203k loan to help with renovations.
This is going to bring my mortgage payments to around $2.3k per month.
My goal with the property ...
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I am currently going over my potential tax deductions for 2018 and I have the following question. Does my expenses on the sale of an investment property in the settlements document goes into Schedule E or do I redu...
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Hi AllWe are selling our gas station/property and provided the buyer with the past 3 years business tax returns and are doing an inspection, but I received an email form the buyer saying their banker is asking for my ...
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We recently put a property under contract that will be our first short term rental. We have owned long term rentals for a number of years, so we are very familiar with how to track and handle expenses on that type of ...
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I’m a realtor that manages the 6 units that we own as rentals. I’ve been doing this for 7 years. Our accountant has never said until now that I need to have real estate commissions to make our write offs more legit if...
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Hi There,Just wondering if there is an advantage or difference between filing taxes using a Schedule E vs using a Schedule C. Could someone please help clarify?Thank you in advance for all your help!Rich
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Hi,I am looking for an experience CPA from around the Middlesex County (aka Massachusetts License) to help me fills for my 2014 Tax. If you know of a good once, please contact me.I highly appreciate it, and thank you ...