Hi all - new to the community and wanted to ask a question about the real estate depreciation / cost seg strategy and using resultant depreciation to offset W2 income. I understand this is a long-discussed topic but h...
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I am new to real estate investing and I am fortunate enough to have two gentleman that are willing to sit down with me tonight over dinner and allow me to pick their brain and ask all the questions I want. If you wer...
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Aloha Investors,I have a Tax Question ...I just started an LLC on November 16. Can I change tax election? Change from Disregarded to S-Corp. I haven't done any transactions yet. Thank you in advance,Mike
I searched the forums and found a lot of people have questions about self-directed IRAs and for good reason, they are confusing! I read through about 50 posts but did not see the answer to my situation and I was hopin...
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1. I have an opportunity to use my 401k selfdireted IRA (which is an LLC, so the member is uDirect, and I am the Manager) for a commercial real estate deal. I will be purchasing the commercial property with another ...
I have created a LLC for holding a piece of rental real estate in Florida. I want to make sure I take the proper steps to keep my LLC as a separate entity then myself, what should I do other then the steps I have list...
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Hello everyone! Does anyone have a good recommendation for a real estate attorney (specializing in business formation and/or asset protection) and CPA in the Bay Area? Preferably in the Oakland, Berkeley, Walnut Creek...
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Hello everyone,I have got an oppurtunity to take first mortgage with 58% LTV. But I Have few questions about it..(1) he said he want to use part of the money to pay IRS debt of 28000 (2) use rest of the money for addi...
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Hello all, I currently own a business in which I lease a free standing building on .8 acres/2,200 sq building. Also on the property is a billboard owned by one of the major advertising companies. The landlord came to ...
Our company is getting to the point where we've done a few good flips, bought some rental properties and others have noticed our success. We've established a network of private investors who are starting to invest in ...