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🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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What if your next listing appointment helped you build wealth too? 🤯
In this episode, we’re joined by CPA and real estate investor Amanda Han, and let us tell you—this conversation is a goldmine of money-saving, tax-planning goodness for every Realtor out there. Whether you’re brand new to the business or pulling in six figures consistently, Amanda breaks down what you need to know about entity formation (LLC or S-Corp?), bookkeeping systems, tax planning, investing in real estate yourself, and how to stop leaving money on the table.
Amanda is not just any CPA—she’s a real estate investor herself and co-founder of Keystone CPA, where she works with clients all over the country to help them reduce their tax burden through smart planning and investments. Her approach is down-to-earth and easy to understand (thank goodness), and by the end of our chat, her goal is to convince every Realtor to become an investor. Spoiler alert: she might just succeed.
We cover it all, including:
When (and if!) you should become an LLC or S-Corp
The most common tax mistakes Realtors make
How to organize your finances without getting overwhelmed
What depreciation actually means (and how to use it to your advantage)
Tax planning strategies for high-income agents
What to do if you haven’t taken depreciation on your rental
Real estate investing 101 (with serious tax perks!)
Setting up retirement accounts as a self-employed Realtor
And don’t worry—we kept this super conversational and full of lightbulb moments. Even if you’ve been avoiding your finances, this episode is your sign to get in there and take control. Future-you (and your tax bill) will thank you!
“You don’t have to become an accountant to be a successful entrepreneur. You just need the right systems and the right people.” – Amanda
“Tax planning isn’t scary. It’s just a conversation.” – Amanda
“The best way to protect the money you earn is to spend a little time planning how to keep it.” – Katy
“You can’t retroactively assign income to an entity that didn’t exist. So set up the LLC now—even if you're unsure.” – Amanda
“If you're a Realtor, you already see the deals. You're walking past wealth-building opportunities every day—start picking them up.” – Amanda
Amanda’s company: keystonecpa.com
Amanda on Instagram: @amandahanCPA
Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor (book by Amanda Han)
UDirect IRA and Equity Trust Company (for self-directed retirement accounts)
QuickBooks and Excel (for bookkeeping options)
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0:00.0 | Oh, this is how much I think I'm going to get in commissions, but I actually don't |
0:07.4 | care how much you're getting commissions. |
0:08.7 | I want to know how much is your profit after all of your expenses and write-offs. |
0:13.0 | Unfortunately, you can't undo payroll, and so you end up overpaying 15% taxes for, you know, no good reason. |
0:24.4 | It's the avoiding setting up the system that really causes you the most pain, I believe. |
0:29.8 | And this definitely makes sense that it would happen the same with your money and accounting. |
0:36.1 | Hi, y'all. |
0:37.0 | Welcome to Hustle Humbly. |
0:38.1 | It's Alyssa and Katie and we are two top producing realtors in the Baton Rouge market. |
0:42.1 | We work for two different companies where we should be competitors, but we have chosen |
0:45.5 | community over competition. |
0:47.1 | The goal of our podcast is to encourage you to find your own way in business. |
0:50.8 | So stop comparing yourself and start embracing your strengths. |
0:54.6 | Hi, everyone. Katie here. Alyssa is out today teaching a class, but we didn't want to miss |
1:00.1 | this opportunity to talk to a guest. So this is episode 296. And Amanda, please tell us who you are, |
1:07.7 | where you are, and what you do. Oh, well, hi, everyone. I'm really excited to be here today. |
1:12.6 | My name is Amanda Hahn. And what I tell people is I'm a CPA by day and real estate investor by |
1:19.1 | night. So my husband and I founded a company called Keystone CPA and we work with real estate investors |
1:26.2 | nationwide on how to use real estate to |
1:29.0 | save on taxes. So that's our day job. And then, yeah, we are also real estate investors ourselves. |
1:35.8 | Perfect. I love that. Okay. So you're going to have some really specialized knowledge for the |
1:40.0 | investor angle, obviously. But just to give some backstory story, we are a podcast strictly for realtors. |
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