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2012.02.04: Quick Claim Deeds
2012.02.03: CPA Power Team
2012.02.01: Real Estate Investor
2012.01.31: Depreciation of your home
2012.01.30: Setting Up QuickBooks
2012.01.30: Debate over U.S. tax policy
2012.01.29: Buying homes
2012.01.28: College expenses
2012.01.27: ProVision expenses
2012.01.26: Our Wealth Vision
2012.01.25: What Can I Do to Advance My Dream?
2012.01.24: Start Up Expenses
2012.01.24: LLC Set Ups
2011.12.16: How Should Entities Be Taxed?
2011.12.15: Buying Single Family Homes as a Married Couple
2011.12.14: Do Rental Properties Qualify as a Business?
2011.12.13: Which Version of Quickbooks is Best for Investing and Business?
2011.12.12: Should I Pull My Money Out of My IRA to Invest?
2011.12.09: Moving Growth Assets into Cash Flow Assets Tax Free
2011.12.08: When Should I Title My Property to My LLC?
2011.12.07: Watch Out for Prohibited Transactions in Your IRA
2011.12.06: Be Careful How You Classify Your Expenses
2011.12.05: Can I Take Money out of my 401(k) when I turn 55?
2011.11.07: New Book on Tax Strategies
2011.10.21: Investing through an LLC - tax benefits?
2011.10.20: LLC for Each Property?
2011.10.20: Does My Basis get Stepped up When I die If I own it in an IRA?
2011.10.19: Understanding Your Kolbe Score
2011.10.18: Entity Set up - Accountant, Attorney or Internet?
2011.10.17: Property Management Company Entity
2011.10.16: Where to deduct start up costs
2011.10.15: Election to deduct start up expenses - new rules
2011.10.14: Educational and other Business Expenses
2011.10.13: Velocity through Refinancing Properties
2011.10.12: Oil and Gas Investing
2011.10.11: Staying Compliant with SEC Rules for Investors
2011.10.11: Taxation of ETF's in a Retirement Account
2011.10.11: Taxation of ETF's in a Retirement Account
2011.10.09: Using Earned Income to Buy Growth Assets
2011.10.08: Using Equity in One Property to Purchase another Property
2011.10.07: Tax Deductions for Wholesaling Real Estate
2011.10.06: Refinancing Property to Accelerate Wealth
2011.09.16: Formal Agreements - Hinder or Help?
2011.09.05: Velocity Through Borrowing on Real Estate
2011.09.04: Medical Expense Deductions in Family Businesses
2011.09.03: Which Entity Should I Use for My Rental Real Estate?
2011.09.02: Deducting Travel prior to Starting Your Business
2011.09.01: Cost Segregation - A Largely Untapped Resource
2011.08.31: Wholesale Business Tax Deductions
2011.08.30: When is the California Minimum Tax Due on a New Entity?
2011.08.29: Understanding Your Personal Role in the Wealth Strategy Process
2011.08.25: What Should I look for in a good Real Estate Agent?
2011.08.24: Home Warranties
2011.08.23: Possible Changes to Tax Laws?
2011.08.22: Paying Your Children
2011.08.03: S Corporations - Do They Require Salary to be Paid?
2011.08.02: Reducing Property Taxes
2011.08.01: Education Expenses - How to Pay for and Deduct Them.
2011.07.30: Florida Holding Companies
2011.07.29: Tax Strategies for Business and Real Estate
2011.07.28: When can I start Depreciating my Building?
2011.07.28: Asset Protection for Insurance and Quit Claim Deeds
2011.07.27: Holding Companies - How Should They be Taxed?
2011.07.26: Tax Consequences of Interest Income (And Asset Protection?)
2011.07.25: Start Up Expenses
2011.07.23: How the Tax Law is a Series of Stimulus Packages for Business Owners and Investors
2011.07.22: When Good Tax Planning Affects Your Ability to Borrow
2011.07.21: Which Entities to Use for Real Estate Investing?
2011.07.11: Holding Companies - Which State is Best?
2011.07.04: Holding Companies - Multiple Types of Businesses?
2011.07.01: How do we Handle Personal Money Used for our Business?
2011.06.30: Getting Your Children in the Game
2011.06.30: Education Expenses - Are They Deductible?
2011.05.20: How Important is Using the Right Entity for my Investing?
2011.05.19: I'm Ready to Build Wealth - Now What?
2011.05.10: Are Americans Really Paying Lower Taxes?
2011.05.05: How To Pay No Taxes - Businessweek
2011.05.04: Using 401(k) and IRA Money for Real Estate Investing
2011.05.03: Should I Put My Home Into an LLC to Protect It?
2011.05.02: UnFair Advantage
2011.05.01: What is the Best Entity For Wholesaling Activities?
2011.04.30: Car Expenses – Should I use Mileage or Actual?
2011.04.29: Distributing Money out of Your LLC
2011.04.28: Real Estate Investing in an IRA – Why Not to Do This – Ever!
2011.04.27: Real Estate Dealer vs. Investor
2011.04.26: Calculating Basis in a Partnership or S Corporation
2011.04.25: Up Front Equity Stripping
2011.04.23: Strategies for Helping a Friend out with Their Home
2011.04.22: How to Create Your Own Real Estate Team
2011.04.21: Buying Real Estate Inside or Outside an Entity?
2011.04.20: Is Real Estate Really the Best Investment for Developing Wealth?
2011.03.25: Integrating Quickbooks with Your Bank Account
2011.03.24: Investing in Real Estate through your IRA
2011.03.19: What Are My Tax Obligations First Year in Business?
2011.03.18: Gift Tax on Gifts to Children
2011.03.17: What is the Best Entity for a Real Estate Agent?
2011.03.16: When Are You a Real Estate Dealer?
2011.03.06: Is There a Tax When I Roll Over My 401(k) into an IRA?
2011.03.05: Deducting Education and Other Start Up Expenses
2011.03.04: How do I Learn Quickbooks?
2011.03.03: Durga's IRA and 401(k) Tax Questions
2011.03.02: Selling Stocks without Capital Gains
2011.02.08: Getting Started Right in a New Business or Investment
2011.02.07: Cost Segregations = Money in Your Pocket
2011.02.03: How Do I Make my International Travel Deductible?
2011.01.27: ROTH IRA’s – Eliminate Your Taxes Forever
2011.01.26: What is the Making Work Pay Credit?
2011.01.26: Which Entity Should I Use for my Real Estate Investments?
2011.01.26: Do I Really Need Separate Bank Accounts for Every Entity?
2011.01.25: Family Business Entity – Which is Best?
2011.01.24: In What State Should I set up my LLC?
2011.01.21: When Do I Get to Deduct Credit Card Charges?
2011.01.20: When Should I Start Building Business Credit?
2011.01.18: LLC’s in Louisiana and Other States
2011.01.18: LLC’s – Member or Manager Managed?
2011.01.17: Estate Planning as Part of a Tax Strategy
2011.01.17: I set up an LLC – now what?
2011.01.11: GEO program
2011.01.10: Opening a Business Bank Account
2011.01.06: Can I shift income through a loan from my S corp?
2011.01.05: Living Trusts in Canada vs. the United States
2011.01.04: Real Estate Professional Status
2011.01.04: Fringe Benefits for S Corp Owners
2011.01.03: Jianghua asks the following question about deducting education expenses:
2010.12.30: Deadline for converting to a Roth IRA
2010.12.29: Asset Protection and Business Credit
2010.11.29: New 1099 Law
2010.11.01: Are There Different Types of Roth IRA Accounts?
2010.10.27: How to Split Profits between Service Partner and Money Partner
2010.10.22: Employer Provided Housing
2010.10.21: Income into a C Corp - Taxes?
2010.10.11: Real Estate Dealer vs. Investor
2010.09.01: Loans from Related Parties
2010.08.31: Can I Claim My Parents as Dependents on My Tax Return?
2010.08.30: Are Partnerships with Family Suicidal?
2010.08.11: How to Invest Business Cash Flow into other Investments
2010.07.31: Taxation of Real Estate Flipping
2010.07.30: How to Reduce my Taxes when I Cash Out my IRA?
2010.07.29: Private Equity (Angel) vs. Venture Capital Investing
2010.07.28: To Be an Employee or Not to Be
2010.07.27: Should I form my LLC in State or out of State?
2010.07.16: Should I Stay with my ISA (IRA) or pull the Money out and Invest It?
2010.07.09: Tell me about Credit Cards for Business
2010.07.07: German Taxes and Tax Advisor
2010.07.01: Focusing on a Single Asset Class?
2010.06.30: Building Businesses to Build Wealth
2010.06.26: Velocity of Money event in London
2010.06.25: Minimizing Taxes when Cashing out an IRA
2010.06.24: Investing in Oil and Gas
2010.06.17: The Single Difference Between a Millionaire and a Billionaire
2010.06.14: So You (I) Want to be a Billionaire
2010.05.25: S Corp or LLC?
2010.05.18: What Type of Entity Should I Use for My Real Estate Investing?
2010.04.25: When Can I Withdraw from my Roth IRA?
2010.04.22: Depreciation of Mobile Homes
2010.04.19: How Much Can I Earn and Not Lose Social Security Benefits?
2010.04.13: Can I Deduct Expenses I pay for my Brother?
2010.04.12: How to Build a Wealth Team when Investing in Other States?
2010.04.10: What Entity Should I Use for Stock Trading?
2010.04.05: Owning Real Estate in Your IRA
2010.04.02: Using a 401(k) to Launch a Business
2010.04.01: Charitable Donations of Household Goods
2010.03.31: S Corp or Sole Proprietor – Which is Best for My Business?
2010.03.30: Getting Your Children Into Your Business
2010.03.26: New 3.8% Medicare Tax on Unearned Income
2010.03.23: How Do I Define My Investment Criteria
2010.03.22: What State's are Good for LLC's?
2010.03.21: Using Real Estate Equity in a Tough Lending Climate
2010.03.20: Financing for Foreign Investors in U.S.
2010.03.19: Health Care Reform's Newest Tax - Medicare tax on Investment Income
2010.03.10: Little Tax Bill - Big Cost - Today
2010.03.09: Smaller Health Care Bill? Hooray!!!
2010.03.09: Tax Results of Converting a Company Car to Personal Use
2010.02.12: Financing Alternatives for Foreign Investors in U.S. Real Estate
2010.02.11: Positive Cash Flow with Zero Taxable Income - Possible?
2010.02.10: Robert Kiyosaki - We Need Two School Systems
2010.01.29: What Happens When to the Dependency Exemption When My Daughter Gets Married?
2010.01.28: How to Prepare for an IRS Audit?
2010.01.27: Should I Use Multiple Companies for My Business?
2010.01.26: How Do I Set Up My Company?
2010.01.25: What’s Better for My Business – an LLC or an S Corporation?
2010.01.21: Student Loan Interest and The Education Expense Deduction
2010.01.18: How Much Should I Put Down on My Real Estate Investment?
2010.01.18: How do I Convert My IRA to a Roth?
2009.12.21: When is Education Expense Deductible for Business?
2009.12.10: Quickbooks vs. Other Accounting Software
2009.12.05: Tax Effects of Loans B/T a C Corp and its Shareholders
2009.12.05: How to Prepare for an IRS Audit
2009.12.03: Protecting Vacation Homes
2009.12.03: Planning to Die in 2010 to Save Estate Taxes? Hold on!!!
2009.11.26: Accounting for Tax Liens
2009.11.26: New War Surtax Proposed
2009.11.18: Setting Up Quickbooks with Real Estate LLC's
2009.11.11: How do I Earn Income without Losing Disability Benefits?
2009.11.11: Net Operating Loss Extension in New Bill
2009.11.09: New Home Tax Credit Extended and EXPANDED
2009.10.30: House Releases Health Care Reform Bill
2009.10.29: Converting Corps to LLC's in California and Elsewhere
2009.10.19: Wealth Building Ideas I Learned from My Triathlon
2009.10.18: Lake Powell Triathlon Results - The Good and the Not So Good
2009.10.15: What's more Important - The Goal or The Process?
2009.10.13: Why It's Time to Retire the 401(k) - REALLY!!!
2009.10.10: Readings for the Current Economy
2009.10.08: Self Discipline - The Path to True Freedom
2009.10.07: More on Self Discipline - Good or Bad?
2009.10.06: Self Discipline - The Key to Happiness or a 4-Letter Word?
2009.10.05: Adjunct Faculty - Mileage and Home Office
2009.10.02: Life May be Shorter than we Think
2009.08.17: How Do I Select my Wealth Team Members?
2009.08.11: What Happens When You Know More Than Your Tax Preparer?
2009.08.11: Is It Okay to Mix and Match Businesses in a Single Entity?
2009.08.03: Are You Better Informed than Your Tax Preparer?
2009.07.30: The Real Book of Real Estate
2009.07.29: Consistency - One of 7 Keys to Wealth
2009.07.08: Change - Good or Bad? How to Cope
2009.07.08: Does AMT Increase the Likelihood of an IRS Audit?
2009.07.07: Sales Tax - Collect it or You Could be Out of Business
2009.07.04: What Counts as a Home Office Deduction?
2009.07.03: LLC's - Who Should Be the Manager?
2009.07.01: Are Inheritances Subject to Income Tax?
2009.06.28: Commitment - The Key to Wealth?
2009.06.25: How Many Deductions Do You Really Get When You Itemize?
2009.06.24: Tax Consequences of a Short Sale
2009.06.24: How Many Years do I have to Keep My Receipts?
2009.05.24: Sales Tax on Seminar Sales
2009.05.24: Education Expenses - IRS and Court Says Not Deductible
2009.05.12: Why You Must Change Your Mindset Before You Can Become Wealthy
2009.05.11: Obama's New Budget - What Will It Do To Your Taxes?
2009.05.11: Documentation - What Can I Scan?
2009.04.16: It's April 16th So Why Am I Not Exhausted?
2009.04.14: Which Entity Should I Use and When Should I Set It Up?
2009.04.13: How Do I Pull Equity Out of Real Estate in Today's Banking Climate?
2009.04.03: How do I Deduct Seminar Expenses?
2009.04.01: As a Man Thinketh, so He Lowereth His Taxes
2009.03.30: Are My Software Purchases Deductible?
2009.03.27: Give More and You Get More
2009.03.26: Do You Know Your Life's Purpose?
2009.03.25: The Key to Success is Context, not Content
2009.03.23: Do We Really Want to Become a Socialist Nation?
2009.03.22: How Serious are You about Your Dream?
2009.03.20: Where There's a Will, There's a Way
2009.03.18: New Tax Credits for Going Green - Solar Panels
2009.03.17: How to Make Commuting Deductible
2009.03.02: Will Your Real Estate Structure Cost you $Thousands?
2009.02.16: How are Your Goals and Resolutions Coming?
2009.02.14: Tax Consequences of a Short Sale
2009.02.06: What Should I do about my 401(k)?
2009.02.02: Who (or What) is ProVision?
2009.01.31: How to Stay Positive in a Depressed Economy
2009.01.28: Why Am I Teaching U.S. Tax Rules to Canadian Investors?
2009.01.26: Hobby Loss or Business Loss? 8 Rules from the IRS
2009.01.23: Where Do I get Good Tax and Financial Education?
2009.01.21: How to Treat Expenses from Stock Trading
2009.01.20: Maximizing Deductible Mileage
2009.01.19: Whose Advice Do You Follow in this Market?
2009.01.16: Investing Like a Business
2009.01.15: Electing to Deduct Start Up Costs
2009.01.14: Financial Education Urgent!!! - Where to You Find It?
2009.01.13: Distributions from S Corporations
2009.01.09: Should I budget my expenses in these tough times?
2009.01.08: How do I Choose my Investment Category?
2009.01.07: Tax Planning in Australia, Canada and other Countries
2009.01.06: How do I create 30% returns on my Investments?
2009.01.06: Trading up in a 1031 Exchange and Personal Residences
2009.01.05: Creating Your Goal Strategy (Plan)
2009.01.03: Celebrate the Success of your Strategy (Plan)
2009.01.02: Strategy to Accomplish Your Goals
2009.01.02: Strategy to Accomplish Your Goals
2009.01.01: Freedom through Goals and Resolutions
2008.11.29: Maximum Tax Benefits in a U.S. Entity?
2008.11.14: Should I Move My 401(k) to an IRA?
2008.11.07: Could Your Tax Plan Harm Your Family?
2008.10.16: Entities and Asset Protection for Unmarried Couples
2008.10.09: Deduction of Educational Seminars
2008.10.08: Year-round Tax Planning - Estimated Tax Payments
2008.10.03: Do Wealth Strategies Really Work?
2008.09.18: Why do People Who Make Lots of Money Never Have Any?
2008.09.10: Managing Your Money and Your Weight
2008.08.14: What's Your Strategy for Building Permanent Wealth?
2008.08.06: Do You Need to Add an Entity? Level 2 Planning
2008.08.04: Obama vs. McCain - Tax Proposals
2008.07.29: Can a Vacation Improve Your Business?
2008.07.28: Self-directed IRA or Solo 401(k)?
2008.07.04: "Goal for Retirement Savings Rises"
2008.06.18: Bookkeeping - Do it yourself or outsource it?
2008.05.15: How to Avoid Losing Deductions for Amounts You Pay Personally for Corporate Expenses
2008.05.14: Secrets to Deducting Auto Expenses
2008.05.08: CPA's and Attorneys Working Together
2008.05.07: Splitting Income to Lower Your Tax Bracket
2008.05.06: Triathlon results - Successes and failures
2008.05.01: Is Component Depreciation Still Allowed?
2008.04.23: Real Estate Professional Status - What Happens When I Sell?
2008.04.22: The Happiness in Gratitude
2008.04.17: John McCain's New Tax Plan
2008.04.14: Is Legally Lowering Your Taxes Ethical?
2008.04.12: The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles Morris
2008.04.11: The Best Way to Account for Independent Contractors
2008.04.10: One Way to Get the IRS to Allow Your Strategy
2008.04.02: How my 18-year old son qualfied to buy his Own House
2008.04.01: Getting Children into Your Business
2008.03.31: Converting Personal Residence to Rental
2008.03.18: Is it too Late to Save Taxes for 2007?
2008.03.17: How Do I Find the Right Tax Advisor?
2008.03.11: What to do when Setbacks Happen (Financial or other)
2008.03.05: What to do when Advisors give conflicting Opinions
2008.03.03: Asset Protection - What's best?
2008.02.29:
2008.02.28: The Best Way to Pull Equity out of Real Estate
2008.02.25: 1099's for Service Providers
2008.02.20: Hot News From The Online Revolution
2008.02.18: Opposition
2008.02.15: "Happy for No Reason at All"
2008.02.13: How is Your Business doing in this Down Economy?
2008.02.09: Real Estate Professional Status for Health Care Provider
2008.02.08: More on the Mortgage Relief Act and Interest Deduction
2008.02.04: When Will You Start on Your Wealth Strategy?
2008.01.29: How Good are your Metrics?
2008.01.17: Saving Receipts
2008.01.16: Have You Evaluated Your Business Lately?
2008.01.15: What's Travel Away from Home?
2008.01.14: Pigheaded Determination and Coaching
2008.01.07: How Committed Are You?
2008.01.02: Are You Happy?
2007.12.31: Goal Setting - What Are You Waiting For?
2007.12.20: Mortgage Relief Act Signed by President (and AMT bill)
2007.12.19: Setting Wealth (and Weight) Goals
2007.12.18: Important Changes to the Mortgage Relief Act by Senate
2007.12.17: Mortgage Relief Act Passed by Senate
2007.12.12: Why Reporting = More $$$
2007.12.11: 1099 vs. W-2?
2007.12.10: Benefits of Accountability - Week 1
2007.12.05: Loans to S Corporations
2007.12.04: Accountability and Wealth
2007.12.03: Are You Accountable?
2007.11.30: How do I Monitor my Investment Portfolio?
2007.11.26: Wealth Fatigue Syndrome?
2007.11.26: Don't Forget to Monitor your Real Estate Portfolio
2007.11.26: Why Year-end Tax Planning?
2007.11.14: Rich Dad: Productivity = Happiness
2007.10.30: Can Anybody be Wealthy?
2007.10.30: How Soon Should I Form My Entities?
2007.10.26: Bringing the Team Together
2007.10.25: How Would Your Employees React?
2007.10.19: Can I Really Improve My Sales???
2007.10.17: Are There Any Real Estate Opportunities?
2007.10.16: Why Do We Procrastinate doing our Tax Returns?
2007.10.15: Public Relations
2007.10.12: School of Tax Strategy
2007.10.10: Velocity with Business
2007.10.04: Number One Tax Question
2007.10.01: Monday Morning - Good or Bad?
2007.09.28: School of Tax Strategy - Initial Class
2007.09.04: SEP's, IRA's, 401(k)'s and RRSP's
2007.08.17: Real Estate Tax Benefits - Are They Really That Good?
2007.08.16: Where to go from here?
2007.08.11: Ready, Fire, Aim?
2007.08.10: Your Wealth Team
2007.08.07: Investment vs. Strategy
2007.08.06: No money? How do I start?
2007.07.26: Focus AND Multiple Streams of Income
2007.06.29: Investments vs. Strategy
2007.06.21: Wealth Coaching and IRA's
2007.06.21: Why are there so many Tax and Accounting questions?
2007.06.19: Not Wealthy Enough for a Wealth Strategy?
2007.06.18: Financial Freedom Now
2007.05.03: If Not Mutual Funds, What?
2007.03.15: Why the Lottery is a Better Investment than Mutual Funds
2007.01.07: Tax Returns - Are they really all created equal?
2006.12.04: Rich or Wealthy?
2006.11.27: Why ProVision?
2006.11.21: Scarcity vs. Abundance

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