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Good morning. Glad to be a new member of BP and I'm learning a lot from previous posts. I haven't yet found some info I'm looking for, and I'm hoping some of you could share your suggestions with me. I am starting ...
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Good evening. Glad to be a new member of BP and I'm learning a lot from previous posts. I haven't yet found some info I'm looking for, and I'm hoping some of you could share your suggestions with me. I am starting ...
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I'm a newbie RE investor who is looking to see if I can qualify as a RE Professional. I'm documenting my RE-related hours and wanted to know if I can include drive time to/from appointments/drive-for-$$/etc. Thanks ...
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I'm working on my first campaign and contemplating how far out of my area do i want to go . I'm in orange county and had some San Diego and far Los Angeles probate leads. I guess i need to know if targeting far cities...
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The comments can be very insightful. Easy enough to scoff at something like this, but if you want real market feedback from the most disgruntled people in your market, read them carefully.https://www.facebook.com/Mayo...
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I know this forum is supposed to be about rehabbing success stories, but ya know, sometimes things don't go as planned. I purchased two houses in Mobile, Alabama last June hoping to re-hab them and flip them quickly....
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Spoke with my tax adviser. I was told that I can’t claim home office deduction as an investor.She mentioned that I can only do it if I were a realtor.
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I was reading about and researching this over and over again, books, IRS pubs, here, elsewhere. I cannot get a conclusive answer even in forums with seasoned CPAs debating this topic.
That much is clear:
- If you hav...
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I would like to know the tax benefits of the RE Professional . Me and my husband both work full time. We are upto 19 units and flipped 2 houses so far. We do have property management in place for our 12 -plex and 4-pl...