買房做地主賺錢算不算投資?

 

昨晚沒事與老婆爭論，她說不同於買股票，那是earned income，不算投資；而且，報稅時明確歸類到earned income。我說：隻要拿錢出去弄多點錢回來就算投資，她反駁說那開個店找個活幹（最多是個企業主）也算投資？

其實這是個無聊的話題，隻要抓到了老鼠，就算好貓了。老婆說得有道理，買了出租房，不是問題的解決，而是開始。想想JY在2011年有30多個evictions，有多少工作量啊。平時還有大量的工作：招租、維修、處理房客的問題等等，租金是靠完成這些工作後獲得的，當然是去earn income了。我說，那我可以什麽都不幹，隻叫他人幹，最後的結果就是拿錢出去弄多點錢回來，廣義少說也是投資啊。

 

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• 當然，她最後說：你為什麽這麽在乎那是投資啊？（其實，有了老鼠就行，我不在乎是黑貓）。 -backchina888- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:42:02

• its a way of life... -jy101- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:42:51

• back to china 就 OK 拉 -wsn2- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:43:27

• 你老婆有些道理， -cultuslake- ♂ (137 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:43:57

• 經營，not 經驗 -cultuslake- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:44:48

• 資深！ -美西遊子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 09:28:02

• rent income is considered passive income for tax purposes, other -borisg- ♀ (29 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:45:47

• 對小地主羅羅們而言， 俺的理解如此 -美西遊子- ♀ (341 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:55:22

• 大家說得對--- -backchina888- ♂ (200 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:55:55

• 不對吧？出租房收入怎麽可能是earned income？ -texastrader- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 08:56:09

• per IRS -美西遊子- ♀ (3301 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 09:03:21

• 謝謝信息 -backchina888- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 09:05:19

• This is not clear -texastrader- ♂ (170 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 09:13:58

• 非專家， 就定義再瞎掰兩句 -美西遊子- ♀ (3646 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 09:36:34

• You would rather have that 30 eviction! -wooddiy- ♂ (147 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 10:00:42

• At some points, it is. But it was JY's worst year. -backchina888- ♂ (153 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 10:18:22

• then you need to find a good place to do this -wooddiy- ♂ (413 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 11:17:06

• 23% was referred to JY's 31 vs 134 in 2011. -backchina888- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 11:23:32

• 居委會理又亂套了。用自己喜歡的，熟悉的方式掙錢，就是硬道理 -萬楓- ♂ (19 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 10:48:03

• 咳，不就想能少宰點嗎？ -美西遊子- ♀ (80 bytes) () 02/22/2012 postreply 11:29:44