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Nicholas Overby Depreciation and paying zero tax
21 February 2022 | 4 replies

I have roughly a $100k/year taxable income between w-2 and some self employed activities.  I want to buy rental property, but my accountant says that I can only take up to $25,000 in losses, but thats only if your inc...

Brandon V. Comparison of 2-4 units vs. 5 units +
26 February 2015 | 7 replies

Although formally educated in real estate the "real world" is showing me something different. My question is why are 2-4 unit property prices evaluated and appraised mostly off of comps and 5 unit plus selling pri...

Tim Smith How do high wage earners benefit from real estate related tax deductions?
12 November 2018 | 32 replies

Longtime lurker, first post. Thanks to the BiggerPockets community for all the invaluable advice -- it's helped me personally and professionally for many years.

Here's my question: This year my wages at my non-real...

Chris C. Help with tax when having another business to go towards buying real estate
25 September 2024 | 7 replies

Hi I was wondering if I can take profits from a different business (has nothing to do with real estate) to go towards buying houses to help with taxes or would that not work? 

Michael Smythies How to get around DTI limitations?
7 September 2022 | 6 replies

Hi BP, I get this question over and over again from new real estate investors that are just starting out - how do I get around DTI limitations? In order to buy more real estate by means of conventional lending, you ha...

Robert Steele Section-8 No Additional Depreciation Recapture at Ordinary Income rate on Sale
23 May 2014 | 2 replies

I just stumbled upon this. Another plus for section-8 rentals. Albeit a small one.

From the IRS:

The applicable percentage used to figure the ordinary income because of additional depreciation depend...

Account Closed Seasoned Real Estate CPA Expert Answering all Questions on Investing Tax Strategy
26 June 2024 | 34 replies

As a specialized real estate CPA, I'm here to provide expert guidance on your most complex tax matters, from navigating 1031 exchanges and cost segregation studies to optimizing your rental property deductions and han...

Jon Klaus Income or net worth?
22 August 2022 | 11 replies

What do you think is easier to achieve; $400K per year in net income, or $5mm in net worth? Or a similar question; which do you think you could achieve first?

Is real estate the easier path toward one or the other?
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Steven Tomes Rules on self direct 401k for real estate purchase
18 November 2019 | 3 replies

What is the best way to use your 401k pre retirement to fund your real estate purchases?

Arif Siddiqi Real Estate Tax question
3 April 2019 | 4 replies

Just had my 2018 taxes done, it was my first year as real estate investor and for better part of the year, I was working to increase my real estate knowledge base by attending both paid and unpaid seminars, reading re...