Joseph Hernandez
Double Closes and Income Taxes
Newbie question. As a wholesaler, if I utilize a double close, how will this strategy affect my income taxes? What's the bottom line, will I pay more taxes than I would if I did a traditional real estate transaction? ...
Tess Vismale
SHORT SALE TAX IMPLICATIONS
I have just enlisted The Short Sale Service, to assist me in a short sale for my rental. The tenant's boyfriend wants to purchase the property. The plan is to simultaneously do the short sale and sell the property to ...
Tyler Henry
Cash Flow / Taxable Income
So have this book coming in the mail today,The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate InvestorHowever, I was hoping that besides tax strategies, that someone could say in plain words how they would explain h...
Robert Steele
Will spiking interest rates increase house prices?
There's definitely been an up tick in mortgage rates lately. We are at the highest rate in more than a year now according to this chart from Freddie Mac.
Even Bernanke said in reference to the spike in interest rates...
AJ Wong
Absence of Inventory keeps housing supply limited
There is lots of concern, discussion and hesitation amongst potential property purchasers or investors for fear of a recession and decline of property valuations and/or market conditions. Although many variables are v...
Tricia O'Brien
Depreciation - paying back after sale of a rental?
I am trying to understand how much depreciation I will have to pay back to the IRS if I sell my single family rental home that has been a rental for 5 years. Is it the full cash amount I depreciated or the amount of d...
Eric S.
Another 2%, 50% question
I'm new to real estate investing so I've been browsing this website and have read many discussion on the 2% and 50% rule, ROI and the like. I have a little bit of finance experience, just what I have learned in schoo...
Malik Javed
Cost Segregation - The Basics
What is a Cost Segregation Study & How Does it Work?
Cost Segregation is a commonly used strategic tax planning tool that allows companies and individuals who have constructed, purchased, expanded or remodeled an...
Jonathan Steffen
New member, need quidance in solo 401k =)
Hello biggerpockets world! I'm new here and looking for guidance on investing in rental properties with non-qualified dollars, vs investing inside my solo 401k.I triple majored in Real Estate, Finance and Economics f...
Mike Whitaker
Tax deductions for losses within my LLC
Hello everyone, been lurking for a while now. Now I have a question, hopefully in the future I'll be able to add to this forum.
I formed an LLC last January, bought a house to fix and flip in July (could my timing ha...