Long story short I sold a rental I had and walked away with approx. 90k. For a variety of reasons I wasn't able to do a 1031 exchange. Was wondering if anyone had any advice to offset the capital gains tax I'm on the ...

We own shares in a private real estate LLP, with an opportunity to sell these units and reinvest the cash proceeds to purchase our own cash flowing rental properties.  The per unit basis is $3,100; the new 2015 value ...

Hi BP! I'm finishing up renovations on my first property in Pittsburgh. Planning to have it rented out by the end of this month with AirBnb. I'm looking for an AirBnB management company in Pittsburgh. Do any of you ha...

I lent money to a flipper in San Diego who claimed bankruptcy and fled to Canada. I then realized the lender made over a million dollars when he foreclosed on his property. I was wiped out as second lien holder which ...

Introduction
This complex topic has been discussed on many BP threads, with persistent misunderstandings and misrepresentations. Many investors fail to grasp the fundamental principle of taxation: you cannot, based o...

When your property is relatively inexpensive, say $200k, and you want cost segregation applied to it - is it worth it to hire a cost segregation firm and pay their fee? Before we explore this question, an important re...

Hello everyone, I have a weird scenario that I have been really wrestling with lately.I am in the middle of buying a home and the appraisal came back $40k under my offer. The seller said they would come down $20k and ...

Earnings too high to claim passive losses?
so what happens if you have lots of passive losses on real estate - but your active income is over 150k? is there a way to still claim those loses if you are a full time emp...

Hey everyone! So I'm planning to buy my first property towards the December area, give or take. I'm wondering if there's anything I should be doing now in regards to the loan process and whatnot. I plan to take the ow...

I'm trying to close my first subject-to deal and my title company is unfamiliar with the process. Being that it's my first one I'm not exactly sure how to explain it to them either. My understanding is that the proper...