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I'm curious to hear people's choices and reasons for using and/or reasons for not using any of the numerous self-directed IRA custodians out there.
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HI BPI am lost. I have been self employed for many years and recently now filing taxes for a real estate trust I operate. I do not understand the relationship between tax returns, borrowing money from banks, and limit...
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I am a real estate broker in the SF Bay area and interested in starting a property management offering. I am interested to learn how others in CA are handing the tenant security deposits, rental payments and owner re...
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Both income tax paid overseas for the capital earning and rental income can be used as a tax break. Income tax paid to the foreign can either be deducted or applied as a tax credit when filing your taxes in the US. Fo...
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Hello everyone, I am in the market for a new CPA to help me with setting up business structure and prepare for my tax return next year. I have talk to a couple of different companies but all of them left me feeling ov...
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As part of Medicaid planning, we recently created an irrevocable trust and placed my mother-in-law's two homes into it. She lives with us, and she really has little to do with the homes; I do all the day to day manag...
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Hey everyone. Fairly new to the world of real estate investing (primary and one multi) with the goal of building a portfolio with several+ properties in the coming years. Would love to learn from you all about how you...
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Hello. I recently moved 401(k) $ from a previous job to a Traditional and Roth IRA at Schwab. I am now looking to move these funds to a self-directed IRA custodian to be used for real estate investing. From asking aro...
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I'm looking for some guidance on a self-directed IRA that I can easily trade public stocks. I currently have some assets with Directed Trust IRA in Scottsdale. Matt Sorenson,Mark Kohler's firm. I have also used Nuview...
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BP,I have a question about establishing business entities. The previous post I've read have placed little importance on setting up a business entity(LLC or Inc) when first starting out. However, this goes against ev...