Eric Williams
Tax Treatment: Sale of Personal Residence
I see a lot of questions about personal residence disposals and their tax treatment so I figured I would just post a quick summary.
I once read that there is no other asset class given greater preference by tax law t...
Jason Braud
LLC Personal Loan Tax Treatment (Interest vs Dividends)
Have a tax question. Starting a new real estate LLC where one partner brings majority of upfront capital to the venture for down payment on first property. In a bid to keep the ownership in the LLC at 50/50, would l...
Damian S.
Tax Treatment of Personal/Business Property After Spouse Passes
My grandmother recently received my grandfather's half interest in a 4- flat as the surviving spouse. One of the apartments had been used as their principal residence and continues to be used by my grandmother. The re...
Huong Luu
Capital gains treatment of B&H rental under personal name
Looking for some clarification on this. I was recently told by a financial adviser (who is not an active RE investor) that the capital gains on my rental property would be taxed at 100% and would not qualify for the c...
Jason Cox
Turnover -- potential bedbugs -- what to do
Hello and sorry this post is very long but I wanted to give the full picture of what is going on here.
Tenant was renting my SFH for about 1.5 years with no pest complaints. About six months ago tenant started compla...
Colton W.
Tenant Gives 2 Day Notice Cites Cancer
I recently had a tenant that decided they want to break their lease and move to another city for treatment. It is kind of a coincidence because the deadline for renewing their lease was July 31st, 2017. The current le...
Jason Ellis
Tenant bed bug infestation problem
Hey BP. I have an issue with one of my tenants in a townhome who reported to me that she has bed bugs. The tenant contacted me on Saturday saying that she had bed bugs and believed they were brought in by her boyfri...
Bienes Raices
Cost effective termite prevention strategy?
I'm trying to find a happy medium. This is for a rental house that doesn't have termites--yet. The termite bonds with annual fees seem like kind of a ripoff, and I don't know if the 50% rule accounts for them or not....
Lauren Heart
First time Bed Bugs!!! Tenant wants to sue! Advice anyone?
Hi BP Community!One of my SF in the Dayton, OH is reporting bed bugs. They moved in December 1, 2016 and just reported it to my PM this week. I know it wasn't infested 6 months ago, and I have always made repairs in...
Karl Fabian
Termite Fumigation Alternitives
[b]There is finally an answer to, “ Is there a way to Kill my termites without tenting my house and filling it with poison lethal gas?â€
Realty owners no longer need run the risk of poisoning, death or health inj...