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Brian Henry Tax Advice - College Rental Property
21 January 2018 | 14 replies

I bought a property last April that my son and 2 college student roommates are living in.  Getting ready to do taxes for the 1st time since purchasing.  Do I treat the property as 1/3 second home that my son lives in ...

Francis Dai SAFE Act and the definition of primary residence
12 September 2010 | 8 replies

The SAFE Act states that a homeowner selling his primary residence does NOT need to employ a licensed mortgage originator.

What is the definition of primary residence?

If I buy a mobile home, move in, change the u...

Chris Good Adding Value and Controlling Costs
1 March 2024 | 5 replies

In a softer rental market like we seem to be in now, it becomes much more important to focus on the boring fundamentals like controlling expenses. One of the ways we have been doing that in our multifamily properties ...

Account Closed Personal residence to rental property
6 March 2023 | 2 replies

Hello! I purchased my personal residence in September 2021. I anticipate to be moving in September 2023 and would like to rent out my personal residence. I have a few other rentals in the area that are owned by LLC's....

James Carter Jumping from Residential to Commercial and How to Scale
7 September 2022 | 5 replies

My wife and I closed on our first true investment property. It was a four-plex that we financed with a VA loan as a primary residence. We are looking for other avenues to invest in and have considered commercial prope...

Scott Goulet 5%-10% conventional loan issues
12 August 2017 | 6 replies

All, I am an Investor/ Real estate agent out of Broward county in South Florida. I also have a w2 job and have worked there for 3+ years. I own a 3 bed 2.5 bath townhome which can rent for about $1500 per month. I am ...

Larry Sommers Additional Adults in the House
28 August 2011 | 2 replies

I have some Rental Application questions I hope you can shed some light on.

1) If a child is under 18 and while living there they turn 18, can you --demand-- they fill out a rental app?

2) If the applicant has a kid...

Boaz Shor ADU Tax advice
6 October 2023 | 2 replies

I'm currently house hacking my primary residence  SFH by adding an ADU.I saw that I can get depreciation on the ADU cost and even do cost segregation.My question is regarding what happens during the sale.I know about ...

Andy Pillinger capital gains on Primary
10 March 2016 | 3 replies

Hello all,I am going to sell my house/primary residence in a year. After all tax deductions 15% capital gains will work out in the region of $50,000 to $60,000. I have read that you are not able to use the 1031 on pri...

Kshitiz Srivastava Taxes on sale of investment property with suspended losses
30 June 2022 | 4 replies

I am a newbie passive investor and trying to understand tax implications of selling a rental property which has passive suspended losses. I don't have a primary residence (i myself live is an apartment), and recently ...