Filing taxes is a complex process, especially with real estate investments in the mix. There are many benefits to investing in real estate—tax deductions and credits included—but first, it’s important to understand how you can prepare to most efficiently file your taxes. 

As a real estate investor, you’ll likely be concerned with how to mitigate risk in the event of a lawsuit. This is where a limited liability corporation, or LLC, can help. Using an LLC for rental property insulates your personal assets—but there are cons, too. Learn more here.

This is the biggest lesson I’ve learned in the last few years. Building a talented team has helped me turn my business into a well-oiled machine that keeps working even when I’m not. Here’s how to spot a winner and recruit them to join your company’s team.

As a real estate investor, you have to understand that lawsuits are a business. If someone is looking to sue you, they’re looking to get your money. A solid asset protection strategy both keeps people from finding out what you own and limits what they can get from you.

Over the years, I’ve easily lost over $2 million working with the wrong people. So, for all of you in a partnership now, if it’s a toxic relationship, you may be going through turmoil. But you can’t have two cooks in the kitchen. Here’s how to remedy the situation.

Don’t fall prey to the “Dirty Dozen” tax schemes on the IRS watchlist. Compiled annually, the watchlist describes common scams that taxpayers may encounter during filing season as people prepare their returns or hire someone to help with their taxes.

You don’t need to be a professional accountant to have accurate records. Any investor can practice successful real estate accounting by following these five simple steps.

When it comes to going over business plans and tax structures with a lawyer, you need to understand which information is privileged and which is not. Don’t give crucial information to a lawyer and then wonder whether it is attorney-client privileged after the fact. Here’s what to disclose when—an...

There are key roles every property management operation needs to have covered. Here are a few indispensable members I have on my team.

Real estate has finally started to be—in the words of Silicon Valley—disrupted. As technology becomes more and more important, every company increasingly becomes a software company. Here are some tips on using software to grow your real estate investing and remain competitive.

Setting up an LLC isn’t as difficult as you think, but when’s the right time to put your property in an LLC? When should you leave it in your personal name? What’s the point of an LLC at all? As an experienced investor, I’ll address all of these things here.

So you want family and friends to stay in your rental? Be careful! Renting to family members could designate your property as “personal use”—and you could miss out on vital tax deductions.