How Short-Term Rentals are Taxed
More and more real estate investors are adding ‘short-term rental’ properties to their portfolios and with a lot of success. However, many still have questions about where to place them in their tax and legal structure.
Practical Checkbook Procedures for your Business to Succeed
As we have been working through tax returns for clients this tax season, it’s alarming to see how many clients aren’t maintaining their checkbook properly, or not even having a separate checkbook at all for each of the companies they own and operate.
How to Write-Off Your Technology Expenses and Cell Phone
When it comes to these ever increasing expenses and strategies to make us more successful in our business, we should be looking for ways to deduct them.
How to Hide My Home Address from the Public
It’s scary for many of us to think where our address is posted publicly and how easy it would be for someone to find it.
Using a 10 Year Plan in your Business
All too often I meet with clients that have grand ideas for investing or other business projects for cash flow, but they don’t have a thorough and sensible plan to get there. I have learned time and time again, that a 10-Year Plan is critical to set the path for the business and then build […]
The Perils of Investing with Friends, Family and Church Members
Every week our firm gets call from clients around the country who have lost money by investing with friends, family or neighbors they trusted—but who were not licensed to sell securities or did not properly document the relationship as a partnership.
Tennessee Rentals and the FONCE Exemption
The FONCE (Family-owned non-corporate entity) Exemption is most common for rental property owners in Tennessee to save on taxes.
The Power of the Health Savings Account (“HSA”)
The Health Savings Account is one of the most powerful pieces of a well designed health care strategy. It includes saving money, saving taxes, building a tax-free ‘bucket’ for health care and most importantly taking control of your own health care strategy.
529 vs ESA: The Best for College Savings
The little-known fact that can transform your Coverdell ESA into a powerhouse for college savings is that you can self-direct the investments. The Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA) is the best tool to save and build wealth for college expenses tax-free. In fact, it offers greater benefits than the popular 529 plan. So why don’t […]
