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Real estate investing comes with its own set of accounting best practices and money-saving tax strategies.
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If you’re a real estate professional, you may sometimes feel like you’re in the paperwork business—especially when it comes to insurance. Between traditional forms of property insurance, health ins...
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No one likes paying taxes, so let’s talk about how you can pay FAR less to the IRS! On today’s show, we sit down with real estate investor and CPA Amanda Han, the author of the brand new book The B...
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You can’t (or at least shouldn’t) borrow every penny to buy investment properties—or a home, for that matter. So, you need some of your own cash in the game. ...
The first installment of “The Compleat Tenant Screening Process” took an in-depth look at pre-screening (in addition to explaining what is meant by the word “compleat”). ...
Working 9-5, but trying to build some extra income streams? Rental properties are a classic income-producing investment and can help you reach your goals of f...
My company buys and sells five to 10 homes monthly around the country. We typically create three paydays per deal and do not use our own cash. But recently, w...
It was either my third of fourth property. Just before wiring the down payment, I stopped and thought, “Am I really ready to do this? Am I really ready to go further into debt to make a few extra h...
Are you one of the proponents of this point of view? If so, you are not in the majority, but your feeling is valid enough to engage in a discussion. Let’s tal...
It’s important to have an enforceable lease that protects both you and your tenants. It must hold up in a court of law, something that you’ll need to confer with your attorney on since local laws c...
Do you want to take advantage of all the tax savings that are available to real estate investors under the new tax reform? As a tax advisor by day and real e...
After my showing on the BiggerPockets Podcast last fall, I had many people reach out to me and ask to further explain my accounting system hack for small landlords. Instead of continuously replying...
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Do you want to take advantage of all the tax savings that are available to real estate investors under the new tax reform? As a tax advisor by day and real e...
The tax savings of real estate investing are pretty incredible. In fact, tax laws are set up for real estate investors to avoid taxes if we arrange our affairs appropriately. ...
Oh, the famous debate. Should you pay cash for your investment properties, specifically rental properties, or should you leverage them? If you are new and don’t know what leveraging means, it means...
It’s an investor’s dream scenario. You purchase a distressed property and start on the mountain of repairs and renovations. Then, someone else sees and wants—no, needs—your property. ...
If you own rental property, you need make sure you and your investment are properly protected. Certainly, these types of issues have been top-of-mind for many of us lately, with natural disasters w...
The guy who invented the pet rock made a million dollars. So did the guy who sold a million pixels on a computer screen for $1.00 each. Don’t forget about th...