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My wife is adopted but met her birth mom some years ago so we do have contact with her. The birth mom is a very shady person who does a lot of highly questionable things which is why I'm asking this question here.
Th...
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Hello everyone,I am having trouble getting answers regarding a split use property that I am about to purchase. The property only has one house number and per appraisal is a single family residence. However, there are ...
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Hey All, I'm about a week and a half out on the closing of my 2nd REI purchase in Summerville, SC. Here are the details of the deal:First, I'd like to thank @Jeffrey Stasz for his help with this. We were skeptical of...
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First off, I know I should contact my CPA, but I'm trying educate myself on this matter so I can ask the right questions.
I will try to keep it simple.
"My share" of the deal is as follows:
I have a $1,000,000 Option...
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What suggestions do you have for good accounting software starting out for keeping the books on investment properties? I would only have one small investment property (6-10 units) for now. I love a good spreadsheet an...
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Hey everyone, I currently live in Toronto but I am interested in real estate investing in Ohio, and I was hoping to get some help. I am in the early stages so I don’t have anything set up yet. My current goal is to ge...
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I read that I can hire my children to work at my home base business, which is an LLC. We live in NYC, but our LLC is filed in NC.
Question: If I hire my 11 year old as an employee to do of course reasonable work for...
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Brandon Hall, Amanda Han, @Jim Kennedy and any other real estate CPA's out there who would like to chime in.I had always done my taxes myself with TurboTax. Last year I decided to use an accountant who has a sizeable ...
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As I begin seriously investing in real estate, I'm considering starting an LLC to both apply for business credit and hold properties as I build my portfolio. I've had some thoughts on how to get started and am looking...
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as a beginner, I feel like I have done extensive research on strategies that I would like to use, the pros and cons of those strategies. but haven't really looked into who you would consider to have on your team to he...