All Forum Posts by: Bruce D. Kowal
Bruce D. Kowal has started 36 posts and replied 271 times.
Post: Tax lien release search - need help
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Title company.
Post: Saving on Taxes by Building an ADU for my Parents?
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Check out the IRS own guidance for dealing with these questions: Passive Activity Losses
Post: Material Participation hours with spouse and business partner
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Quote from @Account Closed:
Quote from @Daniel Cannon:
Our Situation:
This is a @Michael Plaks: type of question, if he chooses to respond.
Your questions are specific enough to your situation, I'd suggest you pay to have an actaul conversation. It would be well worth the investment.
Everyone wants free tax advice. Try that from a lawyer.
Post: WSJ Article today on rising difficulties of earning Passive Incom
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For Landlords, Rising Housing Costs Make It Harder to Earn Passive Income
BP's Scott Trench is quoted. A good read.
Post: Cost Segregation data 2022 Q: bulk or list each item individual?
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Exactly!
Post: Flexible Spending Accounts. FSA's. Use it or lose it
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An excellent discussion this here: Check on Your FSA Now, or Be Stuck Buying Sunscreen in December
If you can access the paywall at the WSJ, the Comments are the best feature. Real world experience with this. Some love it, others hate it. But if you have dollars, you need to act now.
Post: Dean Jackson - not the C+W singer
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Not really in my wheelhouse, as I am a CPA. But in attending some marketing seminars I ran across the work of Dean Jackson, who is a certified genius in e-mail marketing. And his specialty is Real Estate Brokers. You could do worse than spend some time listening to him on Youtube, or checking out his personal website, deanjackson.com, or his simple program to help brokers boost leads. gogoagent.com.
He has gained some notoriety by his "Nine Words to Revive Dead Leads" formula for an e-mail subject line. Basically, it's "Hey, John. Are you still interested in buying that property [or whatever the need might be]" It's deceptively simple, and powerful. Just make sure you don't mess up the followup.
Check him out. Let me know if he helped you.
Post: Has anyone worked with Tardus Wealth Strategies?
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One question I always have of anyone selling a wealth building strategy, whether it's a surefire way to trade options, or someone peddling the best algorithim for trading stocks and bonds: if you are so smart, why do you need to work at selling the product? If I were wildly successful in implementing any strategy, I would keep quiet about it and enjoy my life.
It's like the tale about the gold miners in California during the Gold Rush of 1849: the only ones who made real money were the ones selling the tools and supplies to the miners.
Just sayin'
Post: Has anyone worked with Tardus Wealth Strategies?
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What a fascinating back and forth this thread has been.
Post: New agent Here. What should i do to learn more about my market?
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The Title Companies know what is happening. Drop by any and all. They will appreciate future referrals you may give. Plan to visit ten. Make ten new friends. Get all their names and email. Start builidng your mailing list. That's important.
Check out anything written by Dean Jackson. Start with this app, for example: http://www.gogoagent.com
From Dean you can learn how to use internet in your marketing.
Learn ten to twenty killer questions and responses to use on Sellers and Buyers. Never be at a loss for words.
I am across the river in NJ, near Jersey City.