I rented an apartment ages ago. When I finished my lease and left, the landlord deducted an amount for professional cleaners from the security deposit, although I did not leave the place excessively filthy. Now, I am ...

1) Standard late fee charge & daily fees
2) For section 8 when the Tennant pays very little of the total rent (but never actually pays) eviction time?? Or keep track and deduct from deposit

I recently purchased a property in Wisconsin and when I received all the paperwork I did not receive a damage checklist or condition document from the tenants. Now one of the tenants is leaving and left cigarette burn...

Hi BP Fam - The hubby and I have enough money saved to pay off either 1 of our rentals or our primary residence.  Wondering how others might approach this, what makes the most sense, and why.  Below are some data:1.) ...

Is anyone aware of how to qualify a home you built as energy efficient via this irs form?

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8908.pdf

My tax accountant mentioned this to me and this is the first I've heard of it. Aust...

I just closed on a 10% down vacation loan (second home mortgage) and one of the requirements is to be in the property 14 days out of the year.  Does anyone have any experience with this and how to report that you stay...

Hi, I'm looking for authoritative help in the area of providing my buyers with an appropriate/professional looking interest statement that shows what they paid in the past year from the purchase date (which was in 201...

I am trying to understand the implications of the IRS not-for-profit rule.

Let us assume:

- I have a group of rentals

- Each of these rentals shows losses for Tax purposes (rental income less: pro...

Would you keep a "Pet Fee" out of the security deposit?  In this instance I am holding 1.5 months deposit ($1,725).  Otherwise the tenants were perfectly pleasant.  So what do you think is fair in this instance? We're...