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I found a property near my home that is in a decent area. I live in an area where cash flow is fairly easy to come by but appreciation is low. The deal consists of two buildings on one parcel of land: a triplex and ...
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I've read through 10 pages of threads on conversions trying to answer my questions and haven't found the answer I'm looking for.
Here's the background.
Primary residence (from 2011) purchase price: $10k...
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Can someone set me straight on why I would want to use a self-directed IRA for REI when, as I understand it, does not offer tax benefits or liquid cash flow?
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I'm hoping to capture some depreciation by doing so. Plus I look forward to 1031 exchanging it without having to wait to move out again and turning it back to a rental for a year before being able to do so. As it stan...
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I'm looking into setting up a SD-IRA with an old employer retirement account in order to get into a syndication but I have 2 questions:- I'm assuming that I will be subject to UBIT due to the operator/syndication gett...
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My accountant is worried about my home being sold some day, and the rule about 2 out of the last 5 years rule?
I'm looking for some help with the IRS rule 262 Or Publication 523.
I've owned my principal residence ...
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After sales i'll have about $300k. I'm experiencing analysis paralysis. If I want to save ~$60k in cap gains tax i need to 1031 into something. Or, should i just pay the tax and throw it into the S&P500? I fig...
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been on before asking this but my profit from my house has gone way up. My property can make me around 70k profit right now if I sell but also can make me about 700 a month from renting. I have a place to go live with...
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So hearing everyone talking about doing cash out refi's to buy more property I did but it came back to bite me in the butt.I bought a rental house back in 2012 and naturally values went up so after a couple years I di...
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I realize there's no "right" answer to this question, so I'm just looking for opinions or angles I haven't thought of.We owner occupied a duplex a few years ago in the SF Bay Area. We've since moved to North Carolina,...