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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

934: How to Pay Less Taxes by Buying Real Estate (1 Write-Off You’re Overlooking) w/Brandon Hall

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Investing, Business

4.816.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

With so many real estate tax write-offs, it’s no wonder that CPA Brandon Hall says rental real estate is one of the most tax-advantaged assets on the planet. But, even with so much free-flowing information on how to pay less to Uncle Sam, most real estate investors are missing out on a MASSIVE tax deduction that could be saving them thousands, if not tens of thousands, on their tax bill. What’s the write-off that even our host, Dave Meyer, didn’t know about? Stick around, or walk away from a HUGE tax savings. Brandon Hall is a real estate investor-focused CPA. He knows the deductions, write-offs, and audit red flags that could be helping or hurting you. Today, he’s walking through whether or not you need a tax professional (a LOT of people DON’T), why you need to start tax planning BEFORE you buy your first property, the biggest real estate tax write-off that most people miss, and why you should WAIT to file your taxes to see if a MASSIVE real estate tax benefit is making a much-awaited comeback. Need a tax professional to help you make the right tax moves? Find one for FREE with BiggerPockets Tax Finder. In This Episode We Cover: The big real estate write-off that most investors are completely overlooking Why you should WAIT to file your taxes in case this MASSIVE tax benefit returns Who should (and definitely shouldn’t) be doing their own taxes  Scaling your portfolio? Why you MUST start strategically planning your taxes now The biggest audit red flags that are NOT worth the deduction (watch out for these!) A bonus depreciation update and how this could save you hundreds of thousands And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Pro Membership BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Bootcamps BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Merch Join BiggerPockets for FREE Learn About Real Estate, The Housing Market, and Money Management with The BiggerPockets Podcasts Get More Deals Done with The BiggerPockets Investing Tools Find a BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup in Your Area Expand Your Investing Knowledge With the BiggerPockets Books Be a Guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets' Instagram Hear Dave On the “On the Market” Podcast Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Watch Dave on the “On The Market” YouTube Channel 100% Bonus Depreciation Coming Back? (Do NOT File…Yet) w/Brandon Hall The Biggest Real Estate Tax Loophole You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of w/Brandon Hall Connect with Brandon Brandon's BiggerPockets Profile Brandon's LinkedIn Brandon's Website Brandon's X/Twitter Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-934 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone and welcome to the Bigger Pockets Podcast. I'm your host Dave Meyer here wishing you a happy early tax day.

0:08.0

Now I know probably most of you are thinking you don't wish people a happy early tax day but in the real estate

0:15.0

investing industry taxes are actually one of the benefits that we enjoy as

0:20.0

real estate investors so whether you've already filed for this year

0:25.0

or you're just trying to get in that last minute return,

0:29.0

we're gonna be talking about taxes today

0:31.5

and giving you some advice on how you can use your real estate

0:34.5

investing portfolio to optimize your tax situation. To help us with this topic

0:40.4

we're going to bring on Brandon Hall. You may have heard him on the show before. He's been on this

0:46.2

podcast many, many times to talk all things taxes as they relate to real estate investors,

0:51.6

and Brandon is one of the best in the business.

0:55.0

Today we're going to talk to him about when you need a tax professional in the first place

1:00.0

and when it's okay to do your taxes yourself,

1:03.4

we'll discuss the benefits of real estate

1:05.5

and how it can help lower your tax burden.

1:08.0

And we're gonna get some updates on bonus depreciation,

1:11.7

which is one of the most coveted tax benefits that real estate investors enjoy.

1:17.2

Now in conjunction with this show and tax season, we also wanted to announce that Bigger Pockets has a brand new Tax Finder tool.

1:26.6

This is a matching service.

1:28.1

You may have used our Lender Finder or Agent Finder in the past, and this is pretty similar. It's a matching service where

1:34.2

bigger pockets will connect you with an investor-friendly tax professional. These are

1:38.8

tax pros and CPAs who truly understand what real estate investors need to be thinking about when it comes to their taxes and help you set a long-term strategy for your taxes.

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