I have the option of being hired as an employee or independent contractor. I am wondering if any local accountants or CPAs in the DC / DMV area have any advice as to which I should choose. I am going to a direct lendi...
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I am just getting into real estate and am working/planning my entry into the market here. How much time/effort/money are you putting in your websites if you have one at all?
I spent some time today scrolling through...
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Are there any tax benefits to doing fix n flips where you sell the LLC that the property is held in vs. selling the actual real estate?
Example: Purchase and rehab a house in an LLC, then sell the LLC.
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I bought a place three years ago and I’m thinking about selling it for a capital gain around 20 K my gross annual income adjusted is $50-$60,000. I am trying to figure out capital gains tax and what I don’t know is if...
im going to columbia next yr to study econ philosophy. i could def write a thesis paper on the times we're experiencing right now... is this crisis a genuine materialized problem or perhaps extremely gross over reacti...
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The latest Fannie Mae sale was for 3,400 loans. The prices seem crazy and still trending up.Goldman Sachs 808 loans with a total UPB of $127,716,108. The weighted average broker’s price opinion loan-to-value ratio i...
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Hello BiggerPockets!I've been consuming as much content from BiggerPockets the past 6+ months to plan for an earlier retirement than I initially thought possible. I plan to ease my way into REI by renting out my curre...
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Should we refom health care? Do we leave thing the way they are? Do we pay $800 co-pay per month and then bail out banks? Are we listening to our president or do we disagree just to disagree? Please share how you feel.
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So this is the first year that I have not had a traditional job and w2 income to show at tax time as well we own 4 rental properties (one in which we live in one side of a duplex). We also did a short term rental on A...