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I started my real estate investing journey earlier this year by buying an out of state property in Detroit Michigan with the goal to fix and flip as a turnkey. I did some major rehab (new roof, windows, etc) and also ...
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I am curious if classifying my spouse as a real estate professional can offset ordinary income when filing jointly. She does actually classify as such. We have rental properties in various LLC's and until recently w...
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Hello everyone, I am looking into buying my first Airbnb and the sole driver for this choice is to be able to take depreciation of my two LTR properties against my W2. Can anyone poke a hole in this approach ? Also, w...
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Hello! I'm new to house flipping and feeling a bit apprehensive about moving forward with my first deal. Do any of you have some advice for this initial flip? Any tips or insights would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello all,Right now, I currently have all real estate assets and no money in stocks. I met with a financial advisor yesterday, who is a trusted friend-of-a-friend, and suggests I put a chunk of money into tax savings ...
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Hello everyone! I am reading "The Ultimate Beginners Guide" right now. Question for everyone. It gives a quick definition of the 2% rule (the rent should equal approx. 2% of the purchase price). I know this is not int...
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Could we really be worth close to a million dollars? So me and my wife started a real estate company up 3 years and 5 months ago. We have 11 sfh’s and a duplex. Finishing up remodels on 3 sfh’s now. So on to are situa...
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So I'm buying a personal residence for myself. Came across this house that fit nearly all my parameters but the place needed a lot of work and they were asking more than I qualified for. Passed on it and kept search...
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Deal Analyses – Estimating CostsA while ago I wrote a series of posts ranting about the current state of the residential income property market in Stockton, CA. In each post I highlighted a current listing and argued ...
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Hi BP,I am very new to entity world here. However, I have recently been looking into asset protection for our rental properties. Two companies came up 1) Andreson Advisors 2) Royal Legal Solutions. Anderson set up a h...