I am buying a house next month with a rental on it primarily for the land value (urban Houston). There is a month to month tenant on the property which I will keep to offset holding costs while I design the home and I...

Applied and was approved for a guidance line of credit in my personal name before starting a real estate business with another party. Closing on the home next week but payments will be made to lender from company acco...

Hello everyone, I need some help with my taxes. I own an owner-occupied duplex in Philadelphia, and each unit is equally 800 square feet. I want to make sure I'm doing everything right before I submit my taxes. 
Here...

I acquired a couple of rentals  and have a Retail business. Pretty simple. I'd like to have a CPA in Los Angeles county that is familiar with real estate investing (and all the tax deductions and benefits that come wi...

Hello,I am trying to figure out where real estate investment expenses not tied directly to a specific rental property would be placed (example: Cost of Mailers when prospecting for more properties).  I currently have ...

Hey BP,Filing my taxes for my first full year of being in Real Estate.  Every transaction I did last year was an off market transaction. All income came in as either an assignment fees or funds from vacant land sales ...

Do lenders typically use net or gross rental income when calculating DTI? 

I'm considering purchasing a vehicle to do showings as an agent.  Can that purchase be deducted? Is it better to create a depreciation schedule for it?  CPA friends, help!

A cost segregation (seg) study is a detailed analysis of the components of a building so that the separate components can be separated and classified into shorter depreciation lives. By performing this study, building...

Hi, I am looking at getting a second home that I will be renting out. My question is how do people who do this report it on their taxes? Is it possible to do the 10% down and still classify it as an investment for fed...