Hi I am trying to learn more about tax increment financing.1) What is it2) Who can apply for it3) What types of properties can benefit from the strategy4) Does  it replace financing through a bankPlease share your exp...

I bought my first property last year and I received a Notice of Assessment and Taxable Valuation letter about a month ago letting me know that the taxable value of my property is literally about to more than double th...

Can someone give me some clarity on what is deductible against capital gains in commercial real estate? I was under the impression that maintenance costs and general repairs were not, but capital improvements to the p...

Hi all,I was analyzing some properties in NWI. The question I was trying to answer is what's the property tax rate for the region (Lake county). Here are 5 properties from Merrillville. You can see that the tax rate v...

As we work towards becoming more green, did you know there are actually two energy efficient solutions that you can utilize with your real estate property? And better yet, you get tax credits and tax deductions for ut...

As we work towards becoming more green, did you know there are actually two energy efficient solutions that you can utilize with your real estate property? And better yet, you get tax credits and tax deductions for ut...

Thanks to a lot of great information here, my wife and I have grown our RE portfolio to a point where it probably doesn’t make sense for me to be using TurboTax anymore. We both have high paying W2 jobs and our tax li...

I've been exploring the discussions addressing IRC 199A and the IRC 162 requirement that must be met in order to obtain the new tax benefit under 199A. During that process, I came across the item below which appears t...

I'm not really sure which forum this should be in. But my question is, how do tax write offs work as far as repairs and upgrades are concerned? I have read and heard some people say any repair and/or upgrade you pe...

Hii everyone, I am from Philly and have done a little real estate here before but making the switch to full time for now. I am now interested hiring accountants or lawyers who have experience working with real estate...