Rental property owners often focus on cash flow, and for good reason. After all, if the money isn’t coming in, it is hard to justify keeping the property in the portfolio. At a very high level, cash flow is what’s lef...

Rental property owners often focus on cash flow, and for good reason. After all, if the money isn’t coming in, it is hard to justify keeping the property in the portfolio. At a very high level, cash flow is what’s lef...

So much has been discussed concerning the problem of filling lots in your MHP that have no homes on them. Well, we might have figured out how to solve this in at least one of our parks. Over the past 6 months or so I ...

If I own rental property in a SDIRA, and I have a major expense that exceeds the available cash and also exceeds the annual contribution limit, how do I pay for it?  Wouldn't it be a prohibited transaction and/or an u...

I am trying to get into my first deal which happens to be a fourplex in Miami Florida (neighborhood of Allapattah). My strategy is to use FHA financing to allow me to put down 3.5% to basically get me in the game, liv...

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 own my home after paying the mortgage off in 7 years. I have $200k+ in equity. I am thinking about trying to use it as leverage to buy a rental. I am a product of Dave Ramsey so the idea of levering what I’ve just ...

So I am trying to run numbers on a few larger apt. buildings and the expenses the owners have given me are obviously inflated for tax benefits.  Does anyone have a general rule for factoring in expenses for a 10+ unit...

I'm confused about the tax advantages of rental properties as compared to stocks. For the following, assume I buy an SFR with 20% down, rent it out, and sell after 30 years.
I'm taxed on the "profit" (I'm not yet sur...

Lets assume a Scenario: A new investor who invests $150K on a first rental property. No other retal or home mortgages.
IRS: US govt already allows a "Standard Deduction" of S24,400 (Married joint filing). The other o...