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Neil Polehn Using the tax code to pay for upgrades to my dream home (hopefully)
24 April 2023 | 3 replies

Hey All,I just used a cash windfall to buy my dream home in San Jose for 1.6M and, as it was very dated inside,  I am spending 200K to dramatically upgrade the kitchen, bathrooms and flooring with premium materials an...

Cody Bergstrom Determining Your Real Estate Investment Path
28 September 2023 | 5 replies

With so many Real Estate investment strategies available, it's crucial to find the one that best suits you. This is something that I spend a lot of time wrestling with as I am learning where my personal path in real e...

Matthew Kauk STR loophole for AirBnb
13 May 2024 | 8 replies

I have an Airbnb that I bought in August of 2023.
Starting in January of 2024. I began to track my hours and where those hours went.
My understanding is that I can use the STR loophole to reduce my wife's taxable in...

Brian Nordman Possible Tax Benefits for House Hack?
31 March 2017 | 7 replies

So I just had an offer accepted today on a 2 bedroom 2 bath SFH. I have a friend who is going to be renting out the second bedroom from me. I know when you live in one half of the duplex and rent the other you're able...

Max McCann Help me pick apart this Tampa listing?
27 January 2016 | 4 replies

I'm new to REI and trying to learn how to analyze deals. There's a listing in Tampa that claims to offer a 15% cap rate:http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/reo/5372835592.htm...I suspect it's not a great deal simply for t...

Axy Parikh Taxation on Improvements to a new rental property
28 October 2017 | 6 replies

I am investing in my first rental property and need help navigating a few basic questions:- If I make improvements to this rental property, how is it taxed? (Is it considered expense and can be deducted at one go? Is ...

Curt Smith Rescinding real estate professional status, why I'd like to...
9 October 2016 | 1 reply

I've read in other tax forums assertion of IRS auditing real estate pro's...  Just another issue.  My guess is that risk comes from actually negating ordinary income with real estate losses in execess of >$25k.  ...

Jeff Brown, Jr Help w/ Expenses and NOI
18 March 2020 | 6 replies

Hey everyone,Recently joined the community, but have been interested in Real Estate for awhile now.  I was hoping to get some insight regarding expenses and NOI.  I have read different things and some estimates vary g...

Andy M cash-out investment property financing
24 September 2012 | 6 replies

Hi I've got a 3-family I purchased for cash 9 months ago for 305k in the Boston area. I put about 80k into the rehab. I'm now trying to finance the property to take as much cash as possible out, but my mortgage broker...

Amy Osterberg Recommendations for refi on rental SFH and duplex
15 September 2016 | 7 replies

I've got two properties in an LLC that were bought with cash.  I'd like to finance them so I can move on to more deals.  Both have great rental histories, are located in very good neighborhoods and very low vacancy.  ...