Comments on: Are You a Full-Time Real Estate Investor? Maybe not. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/ Learn, Network, Invest Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:38:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: "Solution Drew" http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-58634 "Solution Drew" Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:42:12 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/#comment-58634 As long as I spend more time on my portfolio than my taxes I'm happy. Thanks for the post. As long as I spend more time on my portfolio than my taxes I’m happy.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Teresa Boardman http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-49341 Teresa Boardman Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:44:02 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/#comment-49341 hump! IRS hump! IRS

]]> By: A Better Way to Grow http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-49337 A Better Way to Grow Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:43:34 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/#comment-49337 Do you qualify as a full time real estate investor per the IRS?

Josh Dorkin posted on his blog that “full-time real-estate professionals, defined as someone who spends more than half of his working hours in real estate and more than 750 hours a year tending to real-estate activities, can fully deduct losses â…

]]> By: Bonnie Erickson http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-49336 Bonnie Erickson Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:30:17 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/#comment-49336 Josh, I need clarification on this. Somewhere I HEARD (that doesn't mean what I heard is what the expert said!) that to be able to make the deductions, one must be a full time real estate professional AND work on your investment properties 750 hours a year. Is that the correct interpretation of your paragraph above or does it mean work 750 hours in any aspect of real estate? Josh, I need clarification on this. Somewhere I HEARD (that doesn’t mean what I heard is what the expert said!) that to be able to make the deductions, one must be a full time real estate professional AND work on your investment properties 750 hours a year. Is that the correct interpretation of your paragraph above or does it mean work 750 hours in any aspect of real estate?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/comment-page-1/#comment-49335 Jeff Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:26:35 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/03/02/are-you-a-full-time-real-estate-investor-maybe-not/#comment-49335 Great post, A lot of investors really need to look into this so they may take all of their deductions. This will also keep the IRS off your back if you are a full-time real estate investor. Great post, A lot of investors really need to look into this so they may take all of their deductions. This will also keep the IRS off your back if you are a full-time real estate investor.

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