01/01 - SO THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR SUNDAY!

[booboo33]

good morning all. happy new year.

 

[Peachy]

Feels a little hollow watching football with no fantasy. just going to watch for fun now~

 

[Xandro]

You guys can't write off a portion of your house/mortgage apartment/rent, phone, computer, electricity, office supplies, etc...?

you gotta section off a part of the house. so if its one bed room, you only do your business stuff in there. my tax folks said i could section off a walk in closet, for example.

 

[SweetiePuff]

Today's self hates last night's self for suggesting to everyone "No leave it, that's ok ... I'll clean in the morning"

 

[Jesicu]

Well I made $22,020.63 in 2016 and I don't have hardly any deductions and I will be paying over $3000 in SE taxes.

I made about the same as you and was super scared when I estimated about the same in SE taxes. Luckily it looks like dependents, student loan interest and preschool payments should cover than and still give me a sizeable return.

 

[MindNumbing]

You guys can't write off a portion of your house/mortgage apartment/rent, phone, computer, electricity, office supplies, etc...?

I can get a little bit but not enough to make a difference.

 

[catnapped]

I can get a little bit but not enough to make a difference.

Drop in the bucket pretty much

 

[MindNumbing]

I made about the same as you and was super scared when I estimated about the same in SE taxes. Luckily it looks like dependents, student loan interest and preschool payments should cover than and still give me a sizeable return.

Yeah the dependents are the only thing saving me this year of it coming out of pocket. But not too big of a return and I more worried about the government help we get.

 

[Wilma]

you gotta section off a part of the house. so if its one bed room, you only do your business stuff in there. my tax folks said i could section off a walk in closet, for example.

My tax prepare guy includes my phone, phone bill, anything I buy for my PC (paper, ink, upgrades, internet bill, anti-virus subscriptions, etc...) electric bill, pens, calculators, office supplies, courses (udemy, in your case). Last year, between school write-offs and mturk - it made a significant difference. Only reason I'm not doing the "room in home" thing is because I'll be renting this out when I move and according to him, it makes things pretty complicated when a dwelling with a "office portion for tax reasons" is turned into a rental property.

 

[humbleturker]

Title: Testing Traits | PANDA Requester: Scott Barry Kaufman [A3Q4Q47SEZIJ8C] (Contact) (TO): [Pay: 2.11] [Fair: 5.00] [Comm: 5.00] [Fast: 5.00] Description: This research study is designed to gain a better understanding of personal traits and how they impact other aspects of life. This survey takes about 30 minutes, and most people find it interesting. Please do not take this survey more than once. Time: 2 hours HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.50 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is greater than 100; HIT approval rate (%) is greater than 95; Location is US;

 

[Xandro]

My tax prepare guy includes my phone, phone bill, anything I buy for my PC (paper, ink, upgrades, internet bill, anti-virus subscriptions, etc...) electric bill, pens, calculators, office supplies, courses (udemy, in your case). Last year, between school write-offs and mturk - it made a significant difference. Only reason I'm not doing the "room in home" thing is because I'll be renting this out when I move and according to him, it makes things pretty complicated when a dwelling with a "office portion for tax reasons" is turned into a rental property.

you consider renting out your property for airbnb? It could potentially make you more money if its located in a high trafficked area. this guy rents property and then sets it up for airbnb:


he's able to charge more on the day to day basis since the stay is short term. his strat is to make 2x on the rent. I actually bought his course on udemy to see how they set the whole thing up.

 

[panda3303]

Thank goodness for the Upsides, all gone now.

 

[C to the J]

 

[Henrik]

Happy New Year everyone!

Also if you have the UNU EPL qual, we're going to be doing a soccer swarm this afternoon at 4pm ET. Be on the lookout for that HIT. Because of scheduling, this will be the last EPL swarm until January 13. We will very likely be opening up the qual between now and then for some new participants who have knowledge and are fans of Premier League soccer.

 

[Wilma]

you consider renting out your property for airbnb? It could potentially make you more money if its located in a high trafficked area. this guy rents property and then sets it up for airbnb:


he's able to charge more on the day to day basis since the stay is short term. his strat is to make 2x on the rent. I actually bought his course on udemy to see how they set the whole thing up.

I live in a fairly small town (population ~7,526) about 20 minutes from a "large town" Lafayette, LA (population ~490,488). I don't think many airbnb clients would flock to my humble abode, unfortunately. Unless I'm completely mistaken.

I was thinking more just your average home rental. 2 Similar homes in the neighborhood with a somewhat smaller square footage are renting for ~ $1,700 monthly

 

[vickiJ]

Title: 8-10 Minute survey about pre-ordering a tablet PC | PANDA Requester: Phillip M Hart [A1BAMVCN9WSB98] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 5.00 Communicativity ★★★★★ 4.82 Generosity ★★★★★ 5.00 Fairness ★★★★★ 5.00 Promptness Number of Reviews: 17 | TOS Flags: 0 Submit a new TO review Description: Give us your opinion about our upcoming product Time: 20 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.00 Qualifications: Masters has been granted

 

[GobbleGobble]

Greetings from Amazon Mechanical Turk,

The following is a summary of activity for your Mechanical Turk account for the week ending Dec 31, 2016.

Your HIT activity for this week:
- Number of HITs submitted: 47

Approvals and payments that occurred this week:
- Number of HITs approved: 44
- Number of HITs rejected: 0
- Bonus reward earned: $0.20
- HIT reward earned: $30.05
- Total Amount earned this week: $30.25

 

[nopoopwarez]

Anyone have any recommendations for coding courses on Udemy? Already picked up one for CCNA but would like to look into others as well since they are so cheap at the moment.

 

[Turtlefemm]

Happy New Year, everyone! I've made a dollar today, this week, this month, this year!

 

[Xandro]

I live in a fairly small town (population ~7,526) about 20 minutes from a "large town" Lafayette, LA (population ~490,488). I don't think many airbnb clients would flock to my humble abode, unfortunately. Unless I'm completely mistaken.

I was thinking more just your average home rental. 2 Similar homes in the neighborhood with a somewhat smaller square footage are renting for ~ $1,700 monthly

all good. still good to talk about the hustle. never know where ideas may lead (like you finding mturk from reddit or someone). the rental airbnb properties are actually not even close to him. they're on the west coast but he's been currently traveling in thailand. he does have 2 other business partners that he shares the 10 properties with.