Hello.I have a foreign friend who is interested in invest in rental property, but there is one concern that he has to pay 30% withholding tax. We agree that I will be a manager for finding good deal since I know the m...

Hello guys so i am caught up in a dilemma here. Three months ago i joined my local reia and i have learned so much about investing from the meet ups although i had prior knowledge before attending the meet ups, i need...

My friend has a house the he owns under a land contract with equitable title. Does anyone know if he should depreciate that house on his tax returns or can he wait to refinance and get the deed before he starts deprec...

I recently opened a self directed IRA and have planned to buy real estate with financing from institutions that specialize in IRA financing. I have found a property that the owner wants to finance $87,500 sales price ...

This is a hypothetical situation. Billy has a day job earning $100,000 per year in California. He wants to build a real estate empire in his local market as the king of residential real estate (1-4 units). What value ...

Hello All,I am experiencing an interesting problem…I am a new real estate investor in PHX, AZ. I bought my first property a month ago, a 3x2 SFH, with a 5% down owner occupant conventional loan. I just signed 2 tenant...

I just watched a video online of someone explaining why he would never flip a house. He basically said the reason is because if you flip a house it is considered ordinary income tax + self-employment tax which ends up...

Hi everyone,
I realize this has been discussed before about which one is better and I think the general concensus is both.

I am writing an economic paper on this topic where I plan to compare the two, so what I am lo...

Hey All,I have reached to my accountant about this but thought I would ask  here to see if anyone has done something similar.An LLC of which I am the manager, and my SDIRA is the only member, is in the process of acqu...

Can I deduct my rehab expenses from my 1099 wage earned at work, to offset my high income? I make 93$/hr (193K a year) on my 1099 and my wife makes around 95000 a year salary. I also purchased a rental home and I am g...