Joseph Schommer
How will global population decline affect real estate?
Hi BPrs. I ready the article below and couldn't help but to think real estate! Right now we have a sever housing shortage, but maybe population decline will help that (by the end of the century). The article also doe...
Tim Smith
How do high wage earners benefit from real estate related tax deductions?
Longtime lurker, first post. Thanks to the BiggerPockets community for all the invaluable advice -- it's helped me personally and professionally for many years.
Here's my question: This year my wages at my non-real...
George Torres
Applying for a conv/fha loan--First Home/Investment Property
Hey guys, so here's the deal... I'm itching to buy my first 2 family home/investment property but can't decided if I want to A) take out a conventional loan and cover the downpayment with a loan against my 401k or B) ...
Annie Anson
How to meet material participation hours for out of state investors
My husband and I are ready to invest in our first vacation property, likely in Florida. We hope to eventually have multiple properties, but want to take our time to learn and make the right decisions with our first re...
Seolhyun Lee
No CPA has a good answer for my situation. How can I reduce my income tax with real estate investment?
I am in a situation that traditional tax benefit of real estate investment is not applicable.
My wife and I want to buy a primary residence and rental properties within next 3 months and hoping to make this investme...
Bobby Shell
Taking out 401k to buy rental. 100% depreciation
Listening to Robert K (Rich Dad) and his partner Tom Wheelwright they said you can take money out of your 401k and take the penalty, but then buy a rental and depreciate it the first year to offset the loss where you ...
Daniel Gerardi
Roth IRA conversion or rollover to a solo 401k. Is there a way ?
Hello BP Community ! I live in Phoenix AZ and in my quest to choose the best self managed retirement account (for me), that I can fill with a few hand picked investments from the NYSE to grow my wealth for retiremen...
Bryan Hancock
Beating The $52k Solo K Limit For Investors With Multiple Businesses
I am writing about this on BP because I just found out about it and there are bound to be some tax wizards on here that know about about the game theory needed to navigate our ridiculous tax code. I stumbled upon thi...
Dave Rav
Late fees during the pandemic
We are now 3-4 months into the COVID-19 crisis. Thankfully, all our tenants continue to pay rent. A few have been late. One in particular, has been provided an extended grace period at least 3 times during the past...
Steve Chan
Why keep money in your 401K?
If your 401k provides a low rate of return and you know you can invest your money at a higher rate of return than the fees associated with withdrawing your money plus the opportunity cost of leaving your money in the ...