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Abe DeHart Cost Seg. Study on STR
8 January 2023 | 18 replies

Have any of you done a cost seg. study on an STR? We recently purchased a large cabin in the Smokies that I'm interested in having a cost seg study completed on. If we do a cost seg, are we able to count depreciation ...

Janani Kalpathi Real Estate License On H1B
10 August 2023 | 8 replies

Hello,My fiancé is on H1b (work visa) in the US and we were looking at investing time in getting a real estate license - as a means to get access to and find deals on the MLS. But then, I came to know about the requir...

Chris Leigh Going full time in RE with 100K (Advise)
20 September 2021 | 13 replies

Hello, Chris here! I am located in beautiful Denver Colorado. Applying the mindset of Elon Musk himself, I am looking to take my 5 year plan and achieve it in 1. My 5 year plan was to go full time in Real Estate inves...

Account Closed Is your real estate investing activity a "trade or business" or an investment activity?
2 January 2012 | 29 replies

I ask this question because there are real differences in what you are allowed to deduct, capitalize and report in these two situations.

Investors that are wholesaling and flipping are typically in the business of re...

Cliff T. How is income from private lending taxed? How does REPS impact this?
23 May 2023 | 4 replies

Hi all,Can anyone provide some guidance on how income from private lending is typically taxed? My understanding is that if I'm NOT considered in the business of loaning money, then the income is considered interest in...

Daniel Guest Rental income as business income?
19 July 2021 | 8 replies

Hi all,I have been growing my portfolio over the last 5 years and currently have a mixture of 5 rental properties, 1 flip in progress, and 1 single family house that I decided to cash out on the equity and sell. (unde...

Mason Haley Cost Segregation with a Partner/Multiple investors
26 May 2022 | 6 replies

Can someone speak to cost segregation and the possibility of this being done with a partner or multiple investors? I see the obvious benefits of cost segregation but my wife and I will likely be in full time jobs the ...

Amanda Swetman First time LP in syndication for accelerated depreciation
11 July 2022 | 11 replies

My husband and I are looking into becoming an LP in a multi family deal in Austin as a way to use accelerated depreciation to help out on our taxes. My husband is a 1099 and I am a W2. This will be our first year with...

Christopher Perez What to do when the Bears come calling? CRE Of course!
19 February 2018 | 3 replies

Stock market investors are often so focused on growth that many do not realize how the leverage, cash flow, and tax-deferral of real estate investing can combine to produce potent returns. And when mixed with the powe...

Christa LaFlam C-Corp or S-Corp
9 August 2019 | 27 replies

My husband and I set up our business as a C-Corp, in order to take advantage of the tax benefits/write offs as well as the asset protection that the C-Corp allows for. However, the first year I went to have the busin...