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Newbie here!
We have a secondary home we plan to start to use as a STR next summer. The home is currently in our name and we have a conventional mortgage on it.
-For those with a house in your name, do you have ...
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Do lenders typically use net or gross rental income when calculating DTI?
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I was just doing taxes for 2018 and have noted something peculiar, most of my properties I self-manage. So I do pay monthly PITI and HOA fees. Then there are repairs, occasional utilities, and of course depreciation d...
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I don't have an IRA yet.My question is: What's the point of having a Self-Directed Roth IRA and invest in RE? Isn't an unnecessary middleman having the IRA in this case? Maybe I'm overthinking this.
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Hi All! I'm moving to new york, however, I still have a solid salary come in from my home state texas. I want my income to be tax free from texas but live in New york, how can I do that? I read something about an 183 ...
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Does anyone have Legal/Tax advice? I'm crunching some numbers and would like to propose to my mother-in-law who has already allocated in her estate plans to gift our two daughters $30K each (x2=$60K) for their college...
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Hi everyone, We've been thinking through the best way to save for kids college. We have two kids and have been maxing out our state's 529 plan. Quinn is a 3 year old boy and has about $18,000 in a 529 account alread...
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Hello Fellow Investors (Warning: this somewhat advanced but could be genius with your feedback, so be patient)
I have been giving this strategy a lot of thought, and would like everyone's feedback. After ...
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As soon as I started my Corporate job, I was told like many others to max out my 401k contributions to take advantage of my Employer match (100% first 3%, 50% next 2%). So I've been contributing 5% the last 5 years. B...
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Hi there. I purchased my first short-term rental two months ago and I put about $25k into renovations into it. I've never had a CPA before, but recently I've talked to two different CPA's about tax preparation for 202...