Jon S.
LLC declare as Partnership or S-Corp?
I have a new LLC. My prospective accountant has suggested that I declare it as an S-Corp. Would the income automatically pass through in an S-corp, to the members of the LLC? Is this good or bad, pros and cons? What a...
Craig Moreau
Create an LLC for our first house hack?
Hey BP,My business partner and I are getting started purchasing our first duplex to live in. We have started other small online businesses as sort of a “side hustle” but never in the real estate space with real assets...
Jeremy Medina
Tax Pro Advice
Hi there BP family!
Looking for some advice. Towards the end of last year I used the BP tax pro finder and began working with a tax pro in January to file 2023 taxes and go over tax strategy. I’m just starting my RE ...
Jeff Prather
Expense tracking for a house hack
I did it! I bought a duplex. I'm living in one unit. I'm renting the other. Now, I want to be proactive about the bookkeeping so that I don't have a nightmare at tax time. Here is what I want to know. I set up three n...
Julian Buick
Turbo Tax
I did one flip last year where I partnered with a rehabber. I was the money guy. We made a little bit of money and I'm trying to figure out how to file my taxes using turbo tax. The property was not in my name, if tha...
David Shelby
Can my LLC act as a management company for my own properties?
I have just graduated college and am wanting to get into real estate. I purchased a duplex that I will be closing on at the end of this month and will be renting out one side while living in the other. As it stands ri...
Sidney S.
What entity should I create?
Hi everyone!My husband and I are planning on jumping in to the Chicago market and are pursuing fix/flips. We are having trouble deciding which entity(LLC, S-Corp, land trusts, etc.) to create and are looking for advic...
Zac Kucharek
Starting LLC questions - 1 or 2 member LLC
1 or 2 members for LLC for spouses when loan/title are under both spouse names:—————————————————————- Hello,I am starting an LLC and have some general questions. I am using the LLC mainly to shield liability from the ...
John M.
Flip Income Tax help needed (and appreciated!)
Oh man how I hate doing taxes! Although I must admit that as I learn more and more, it does get a bit less intimidating. I've got pretty slim chances of getting an audience with a CPA this week so I hope one of you ...
Jeremy Frederick
offsetting real estate income
This is my first post on here so bear with me. I am looking for ideas on how to offset my real estate gains. A little background is I am single and make approximately 150k/year in my non-realestate W2 dayjob. I have 3...