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Is there anything I can do to prepare myself for the tax consequences of selling investments to buy a house?

I have about $500k in Vanguard funds, in a regular (i.e. taxable, non-retirement) account. I've been building these positions over the past 12 years or so. There's a chance that I'll want to buy an ...
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What are the tax implications of a normal sale of a house?

What are the tax implications of a normal sale of a house, where the owner would make a "profit"? Does it make any difference if the house is owner occupied and for how long they have owned the ...
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Homebuyer Credit - 2008 Installment Repayment

I bought my house in 2008. I took the $7,500 credit. I remembered that I have payed $500 each year in 1040. Now I have to fill the tax form this year. How to fill the two textboxs.
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Are commissions paid to realtors for finding tenants for my rental property tax deductable as a rental expense?

I used a realtor to find a tenant for my rental home. I paid her a commission of the amount equal to the first months rent. Is this what turbotax means by Commission Expenses "Commissions paid to ...
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Equity or alternative compensation in an LLC?

I am currently working for a real estate startup (LLC) that wholesales REOs nationwide. I was one of the earlier employees to get hired. Since my time of employment, the company has been expanding ...
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What is the purpose of property tax?

I currently rent, but have been looking to buy a home. I always imagined how great it would be to have a dream home, worth, say, $500K, and to have it fully paid off. My thought was the only recurring ...
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Tax implications of short sale with second mortgage?

I short sold my home this year and was told by my Realtor that the government forgives taxes which would normally be owed by selling a property for a loss. I had heard this before and assumed it would ...
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What are the tax implications of improvements to a home that's not primary residence?

How are expenses related to fixing up an investment property treated? Are they deductible? What is a qualified expense? Are they deductible from income, or only used to offset capital gains? USA ...
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Tax implications on profit/loss from selling a home that's not your primary residence?

What is the tax treatment for profit/loss on the sale of a home that is not your primary residence? Does length of ownership matter? USA rules, please.
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Rental Income and Expenses (Taxes)

My wife and I are thinking about purchasing a 2-unit building. We would live in one unit, and rent the other one out. The idea would be that down the road, we would convert the property to a single ...
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Setting up general ledger/tax reporting for a Real Estate Rental LLC in GnuCash

I have downloaded the GnuCash accounting software for use with our real-estate rental LLC, in hopes of following more universal accounting practices and determining our individual cash basis, but my ...
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Tax implications of buying the vacant lot next door?

I live in Green Bay, WI in a newer development. We built our house 2 years ago and houses are starting to go up around here. We want to buy the vacant lot next to us so we don't get any neighbors. ...
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At what point did my former primary residence become an income property?

Last year we bought another house (and moved into it as our primary residence). Rather than sell our previous house, we opted to keep it and rent it out. Since the tax treatment for rentals is ...
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What are the rules for gifting for a couple when one is a U.S. citizen & the other a Canadian?

If one spouse is American and the other Canadian, what are the gifting rules for this couple? Is the couple still limited to 26,000 or can they specify that the American is gifting 13,000 and the ...
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What should I consider when buying land as an Investment in Ontario, Canada?

I was bored the other day so I was looking through the real estate listings up in Cottage Country. I noticed a plot of 4 acres of land for sale for $30,000. I was wondering what one should consider ...