For many investors in similar situations, the end goal is to have real estate losses help reduce W-2 income — but that’s not something that just happens automatically.

Utilities are one of those things that can quietly kill your cash flow if you’re not careful.Some hosts offer “all-inclusive unlimited.”Others cap electric/gas and charge overages.Some even separate internet vs. everything else.Curious how YOU handle it.Questions for the group:-Do you include all utilities, no limits?

With direct lending, your IRA is responsible for documents, monitoring payments, and handling defaults.

Wouldn’t house hacking reduce returns for a passive investor or lender?

For one, using an LLC correctly reduces the likelihood that your personal name appears on a docket.

A CPA might look at doing a cost segregation to accelerate depreciation, an installment sale to spread the gains over time, or structuring the sale as an asset versus stock sale to reduce taxes.

A lot of PMs and landlords I speak with are updating their maintenance strategy this year — setting quarterly inspections, budgeting more aggressively, or adjusting to vendor price increases.
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I recently began listing three rooms as short-term rentals on Airbnb, and that’s been going well so far, though I expect demand to slow down as we move into the winter months.I have an on-site property cleaner who receives reduced rent in exchange for their work.

Tenants to handle light bulbs, ac filter, etc.

• Request delayed possession until lease-end and possibly negotiate a rent credit or reduced purchase price to offset holding costs?