Tony Otis
Partnership LLC Taxes
If I were to form a multi-member LLC as a partnership, with a 50/50 stake in the LLC, it should be regarded as a pass through entity. Does this mean that buying House A in this LLC is equivalent to buying House B on m...
Neil Copeland
Solo 401k Opening Questions
A couple of questions that may lead to others, so here goes. I have a single member LLC that owns rental property, and all of the rental income and rental expenses flow through that LLC. At tax time, that profit/los...
Mahesh K.
buyout of property in partnership ... what is my new basis?
Folks,My partner and I bought a house for $150K in CA a several years back. The property is now valued at $300K. My partner wanted to sell the property or have me buy him out for $120K. So far we have about 25K in acc...
Michael Zagorsky
Schdule E: Converting long term rental to personal not count?
From the instructions for Schedule E, was confused about this line:Do not count as personal use:• Any day you spent working substantially full time repairing and maintaining the unit, even if family membersused it for...
Michael Plaks
Another hog slaughtered by the Tax Court - are you the next one?
You know that pigs gets fat while hogs get slaughtered. The Tax Court once again illustrated this cliché in its recent decision in the Harrison v. Commissioner case (T.C. Summary Opinion 2022-6).
Nicole Harrison was ...
David Beard
Rental Property Tax Questions
OK, tax pros, please answer these scenarios for a buy-and-hold investor that materially participates in their rental activities:
1) You draw down on your personal residence HELOC to finance a rental property. You d...
Richard Yount
How to Set up Finances - First Property House Hack w/ in Law Ste
Hello All,Thank you in advance for the help. I'm reaching out as I'm getting ready to make my first purchase of a property. To give you the details on the property, it's a single family residence with two in law sui...
David M.
tax treatment of office space
Here's a question that must be a no-brainer to others, but I'm drawing a blank and thought I'd put it out to the BP community. How do you handle tax reporting for an office space? That is, how do I handle the taxes ...
Skylar Howard
REOs have back taxes! What?
Does anyone have any idea how to get back taxes reduced, or am I just in dreamland?...Let me explain. I have 2 REOs that I am trying to buy, and they have back taxes. Understand that I have bought many REOs this year,...
David Rivera
How will lender regard my airbnb/corporate housing cash flows?
Hi, I wonder how holding an airbnb/short-term corporate housing property will impact my ability to secure conventional loans for future investment properties.
I am about to list my apartment on airbnb, which ...