Karthikeyan Natarajan
Rental investment in League city, Texas
Hi,I am looking to make an out-of-state SFH rental investment around the Houston area. I came across some SFH in League City, Texas. Numbers based on Zillow (house cost and rental value) works for me. Schools were als...
Mason Vitalis
Capital Gains in Minnesota
Hey BP! I'm trying to learn more about capital gains tax when selling a rehabbed home or refinancing for the equity. I've heard some say that holding for 2 years is the minimum to avoid capital gains, but I've also he...
Michael Plaks
Short guide to April 15th for procrastinators
Judging by the many recent posts on this forum, my title should attract a wide audience :)
Is April 15th the last day to file my taxes?
No. You can file what is known as an extension and get yourself an automatic (i...
Jason Lipovsky
REIT's plummet last week
It looks like the REITS were badly beaten up last week on the stock market. Apparently the fiscal cliff and proposed tax reform will have an impact on real estate going into 2013. Does anyone have any feedback of th...
Ilona Kovacs
When buying property for oneself... what is more important
Hello All!I need some advice for buying property for myself (resident occupied).I am in the process of looking at condo's and I want to know what is more important to look at the price or the tax rates?I know that the...
Craig Parsons
Hot mess with a renter/squater how to get hew out ASAP
So this here is a hot mess. My Ex-wife currently lives in my fathers home. She has lived there for 8 years paying no rent as he was trying to help her out. Now the situation has occurred that we need to rent the hou...
Loan Tran
Lessen 401k contribution and use it for rental property!?
Does it make sense to lessen my 401k and use the extra monthly money to invest in rental property!?
Shiv Jey
Building an Indianapolis Team...but are the deals there?
Hi all!I've ben investing in Cleveland-area and Alabama. There, I'm finding many opportunities for SFR's and small MFR where I can achieve 10%+ COC returns via primarily a buy and hold strategy, small rehabs if neede...
Brian Freddyson
Tax sales: liens on title
Does anyone know the answer to this question? I'm still a little unclear on the answer to it. How do you look to see if there are any leins on a property? Do you have to go to the title company to do a title search o...
Michael Medeiros
Any recommendations to challenge IRS Proposed prior year change
I received a notice from IRS regarding tax year 2016, they are asking for over $30K adjustment. Anyone have a CPA or professional they have used to challenge this type of action? Thanks.