I have a question regarding Canadian rental property for US taxes. As you know the foreign rental property is subject to a 40-year linear depreciation in US. Taking depreciation allows me to reduce my taxable rental i...

Hi, I have seem so many real estate agents rebating their commission back to their clients. Competition is tough and I think thinking something along the line. How is that legal? Does it have to be credit towards clos...

I'm curious about this. As someone pointed out, the req. here is often that you make 80x more than the monthly payments would be. I only make 50k before taxes and I'm single.  I would like to "house hack," and rent ro...

I'm searching my first buy to rent out, and there are a few options in my town.  The first option is a cheap condo in a pretty sorry part of town, (45,000 i think?), very large rooms, needs some updating.  Second opti...

Hey, what's happening? Home Sales are down, down, down! I thought this was a real estate investing site.
Did you know that if you don't BUY, BUY, BUY it crashes the real estate market and that looks bad for the econo...

Haven't heard much about the change in capital gains tax. Will it affect income property, or just owner occupied?
If Cap Gains on income property is eliminated, does that mean I would not have to pay tax on the sale ...

I'm brand new to real estate investing and have just put my first house under contract to fix and flip. The project will be a 50/50 partnership with my cousin who will handle the majority of the renovation as I'm out ...

Last year I had to sell half of a duplex. I met with my CPA, discussed the details and they estimated the taxes owed would be in the neighborhood of $10k. I just got my returns back and I ended up owning over $30k. My...

Hello, I am new to the rental world and have a question.  I own a home, and have set up a lease to purchase contract with a tenant.  At the inspection of the property before the contract was signed we pointed out the ...

How far do traveling nurses prefer to be from the hospital, the houses I'm looking at range from 15 minutes away to 5 minutes away. Has anyone converted a basement into a unit and rented to a traveling nurse if so wha...