Hello,Is it just me or does depreciation recapture and capital gains make real estate seem less lucrative or attractive than it used to?  I'm not to keep on losing 40% of my hard work to the government.  I know 1031's...

Hey everyone,
I recently became a real estate agent and am selling my own flip. My question is for taxes is it better to not take commission and take the profit as capital gain or take commission and it be a taxed li...

I'm in a process of transferring some of my properties to an LLC entity. These are four properties that were bought within a period between 3-14 month ago. The LLC is structured in such way that my wife and I own two ...

Our company focuses is to buy and hold apartment complexes. We currently track a few KPIs (key performance indicators) to keep a pulse on how the portfolio is doing. However as we prepare to grow and begin syndicating...

Hi everyone! Looking to hire a professional to help with my taxes this year, i've always done them myself but fear I'm leaving money on the table. I have a w-2 income and own three properties, all long term rentals, t...

So i understand you can record the structure portion of the property as depreciation as a paper expense.  But do I have to?  I expect the cash flow to be so small that taking the depreciation makes no difference.  If ...

I read in a CNN article that depreciation expense can now be deducted from all other types of income with no limit (See below). Does anyone have a good attorney or CPA who can verify this? 

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Hello all. Can someone explain the details of selling a house to a child?
Is there a limit on pricing?
Does it have to be sold at fair market value?
Are there limits to the “look back” for primary home exemption?
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I wanted to explore Syndication as a passive investment opportunity with fellow BP members. I am not able to figure out if it is possible to defer the depreciation recapture gains when the syndicate goes the full cycl...

Hi Guys, So I am trying to (finally) figure out the truly correct way to calculate my taxes on an underperforming 2-family property I'm going to sell soon (for purposes of below, I plan to sell in June 2015 and have ...