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Real estate can be messy; tenants, repairs, endless management. So why do so many investors still choose it over “hands-off” investments like stocks? One reason: tax advantages. And one of the biggest is Real Estate Professional Status (REPS), an IRS designation that can turn rental losses into massive tax savings.
Investing
When most people think about lowering their taxes, they go straight to 401(k)s, IRAs, and other retirement accounts. Those are great tools, but they have limits. Once you max them out, your extra investments usually end up in taxable accounts that don’t give you nearly the same
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If you’re looking to get into real estate, house hacking is one of the easiest ways to start. You live in part of your investment and rent out the rest to offset the mortgage and start building equity. That’s it. You don’t need 20% down or a
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There are a lot of ways to partner in real estate. You’ve got JVs, LLCs, private money lenders or partners, general and limited partnerships just to name a few. It all depends on the deal and how people want to play their role. Some partnerships are quick flips for
Investing
Did you know that you can invest in multifamily units with less than the typical 20% down payment if you live in one of the units yourself? More commonly known as house hacking. When I first got started in real estate, I never imagined that my first deal would be
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When you’re ready to grow your real estate business, one thing becomes clear. Leverage is everything. You start thinking about using other people’s money, credit, time, and skills. Finding deals is just the start. The real game is raising capital and earning trust with lenders and partners. That’
Recordkeeping
When you're first getting into real estate, it’s easy to brush off tracking your expenses. “I’m only doing one deal.” “It’s just a house hack, and it’s not like I’m running a full-on business.” “I paid the contractor through Zelle... it’s personal
Recordkeeping
When I first got into real estate investing, the hardest part was finding deals (this is very difficult too!). It was finding someone willing to partner and fund them. Early on, no one trusts your track record because, let’s be real, you probably don’t have one yet. People
Recordkeeping
Most real estate investors don’t struggle with having documents. The issue is they’re everywhere. Receipts buried in your inbox. Invoices sitting in random desktop folders. Closing statements lost in an old email thread from your title company. And when it’s time to refi, file taxes, or show
Recordkeeping
If everything’s going well, a lot of real estate investors and operators treat bookkeeping like an afterthought. It feels like a hassle or something you just outsource and forget. But when things don’t go well? Suddenly everyone’s wondering why no one was on top of the books
Recordkeeping
One of the easiest ways to mess up your books in real estate isn’t bad math, it’s misclassifying what you’re spending money on. Let’s say you replace the roof on a rental. Is that a repair or a capital improvement? It’s a capital improvement meaning
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Real estate investors typically doing their own bookkeeping in-house. Meaning, just doing it themselves and manage files and spreadsheets. At first, it seems like the practical move. But what really happens is this: it starts eating up a lot of your time and mental bandwidth. You end up spending your