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I am a US citizen that works out in Japan as an Expat Contractor for the US military. I searched around the forums and haven't seen any recent postings on this topic, but does anyone have any good recommendations on E...
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Hello All,I have opened a Solo 401k Account last year. I have self employed income for 2018 and 2019. I like to contribute to both 2018 and 2019 this year. I have filed for extension for taxes for 2018. I am getting d...
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Hi BP Community! My wife and I own a single-family home in a top school district. The house is a smaller colonial with 3 beds and 1.5 baths. While the interior is nice, the first-floor kitchen and bath are original fr...
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My familys has a LLC set up that is mostly used to pay for my grandmothers care via rental propertys. I am the manager and I do not take a salary or any other payment from the LLC. I know you arent supposed to comingl...
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Hello all,I recently lost my day-job due to COVID-19, and I'm considering going full-time investor in. My strategy is to start a house-flipping business in New Jersey to gain capital and once the house market settles ...
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After being inspired by a recent post, I've been trying to find more ways to fund my Sons Roth IRA by giving him earned income. The eventual goal being to transform it into a Self-Directed IRA and have him buy his 1st...
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Hi y'all. I'm about to leave my W2 position and basically be a full time professional real estate investor. I am super sold on the benefits of rolling over my 401k into a Solo 401k and then buying rentals with it.
My...
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Am I throwing money down the drain by putting it in an IRA?I'm looking at 30yrs before retirement; assuming a 5% yearly stock market appreciation I'd have to put about $2,440 dollars into an IRA every single month for...
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Bonus depreciation is a powerful tax benefit but even some of the most seasoned real estate investors have never heard of bonus depreciation. Why not?
It’s traditionally been a tax benefit reserved for developers tha...
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I am trying to calculate the cash flow "tax savings" due to depreciation for a property I am under contract for, and plan to rent out.Everywhere I read, I am told to use effective tax rate (total taxes you pay/total i...