Rich Hupper
balanced equity exchanges
I am reading a book about 1031 exchanges however there is no mention of intermediaries. Everything the book talks about is about 2 party or multi party exchanges. For example in the book they discuss a transaction whe...
Clay Miller
1031 Property LLC and additional members
Hello,My question is two fold. From what I have been able to gather from your forum is: If I have a 1031 property in my name and have held the property for 1-2 years that I can transfer it to an LLC and that should n...
Steve Sanderson
Ordinary vs Capital Losses
I'm currently reading The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor and reached the section about real estate losses. They mention that real estate losses are often times mistaken as a capital loss. In...
Julio Gonzalez
Real Estate Professional Status
What is Real Estate Professional Status?
Section 469(c)(7) provides an exception that allows qualifying taxpayers to treat rental real estate activities as nonpassive, enabling them to deduct losses against other typ...
Wendy Lacey
Can you combine funds
Can you combine funds from two properties sold that are from two different owners into to one 1031 exchange?
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L.A. Wildfires and Their Tax Implications for Affected Residents
Los Angeles County continues to grapple with devastating wildfires that have claimed five lives, destroyed over 2,000 structures and forced the evacuation of at least 130,000 residents. As firefighters persist in batt...
Christopher Smith
IRC 179 Question (as modified by the TCJA)
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...
Derek Smith
Rent my primary residence to myself.
Hello everyone, Ever since the new tax laws went into place where you have to be uber rich in order to write off your mortgage interest. I've been trying to think of ways to move my mortgage to my investment propertie...
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Bartering parking space for free rent - tax implications
I current rent an apartment in San Francisco for $2130 and have a garage parking space for which I pay $0, as stated in my lease. My landlord wants to turn the garage into ADUs. First he offered us (each tenant) $10...
Mark H. Porter
Stepped-up basis going away
Good morning, regardless of what happens today, there’s a HUGE bill due from covid.1031’s, capital gains, and now the stepped-up basis could go away. Rather than people thinking I’m coercive, please just google “step...