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My friend tells me his uncle is interested in selling, he gives me his number and then I reach out. Once I get on the phone with him I begin listening to how I can help him. He tells me he is g...
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I purchased a rental property earlier this year, and it will be my first year not taking the standard deduction. I met with a tax professional I found through BP, and in our planning call, she mentioned that if you ar...
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We own one house and will be purchasing two smaller rental units with cash in the near future and potentially a second home. We have roughly $500,000 in the bank. We will likely start out buying in our trust or an LLC...
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Hey all! I've been a biggerpockets podcast listener for the last 6 months or so and my new wife and I are very interested in getting into the real estate investing game. A little background information that is relevan...
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First thing- my phone will not let me upload my personal info or add a picture but I will work on that.
Secondly- My wife and I have had the opportunity to sell our property to a developer. We have a signed purchase ...
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The concepts and challenges of community property are not well understood and result in confusion and planning errors. Nine states are known as community property states and the others are not. I am only familiar wit...
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Me and my wife have set up an LLC, and while applying for the EIN I was prompted to switch to a multi member LLC. Being that it's just me and my wife, should this be an option for us or should we run it as a single me...
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If my spouse doesn't want to be involved or have the business, and I form an LLC, will I have to be considered multi member because I am married? or can I form it as a single member?
Please advise.
Dana
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http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/01/heads-up-homeowners-mortgage-interest-deduction-on-trumps-chopping-block.htmlThe mortgage interest deduction is already capped at loans up to $1 million if you're married and filing join...
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My wife and I are wanting to sell our first rental. We bought it 5 years ago (October 2015) and lived in it the first 2 1/2 years. Can anybody help me with our capital gains tax situation? As I understand it we can re...