Hi, I was hoping to get some clarification on the Safe Harbor law.  We are considering moving into our 1031 property and making it our primary residence.  We have rented it out the past 3 years. What happens with the ...

I’m currently toying with the idea of going for a small multifamily property instead of a single-family home to make the numbers work in a more competitive market. I’d be curious to see what people have to say in rega...

So it recently occurred to me that I might be setting myself up for failure. Earlier in the year, I bought a new building, but instead of traditional financing, this time I used my HELOC to purchase it. The numbers ar...

My parents have owned a home in Minneapolis for 20+ years and the mortgage has been paid off for a few years now. For the past few years, my partner and best friend and I have been renting out this home and paying ren...

Last Friday, the Treasury released their Proposed Regulations [REG-115420-18] on Opportunity Zones - possibly the best tax shelter created, ever! At Marcum, we are hard at work putting together insights as we peruse t...

I made an offer on an REO property in southern NJ. Details below:Offer price: 70kRehab budget: 35kARV: using comps in the area 165k. Going conservative and will say 150kGoal: Probably fix and flip. May BRRRR. I have t...

Hello community,I have researching on benefits of long-term rental, and a bit stuck on requirements to be full time real estate professional (the 700 hours) if one has to be able to take tax advantages. If I cannot ge...

ENTITY INSANITYTHE REAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LLC’S & S-CORPORATIONSSo you’ve decided it’s time to start a business, Congratulations! You’ve know realized/learned that conducting business without the blessing of li...

I am considering a "strategic default" of my condo property in California. I bought it as my primary residence in 2004, but have rented it out for the past two years. I am more than $100K underwater, and do not qualif...

So I've been sitting on $45k of cash in my Roth for some time now, and I can no longer make contributions due to IRS limitations.  I'm wary of sticking it into the stock market like I did since I graduated college in ...