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Here in the United States, you first have whats called your FEDERAL tax bracket, which is how much you owe the IRS, depending how much money you make. This is the same WHEREVER you live in the United States, this is all the same for everyone…except Puerto Rico, but that’s the topic for another video.
NOW…In ADDITION to paying FEDERAL INCOME TAXES…almost every state has an income tax that you owe THEM, completely separate from the IRS. As you can see from the chart, some states have ZERO income tax – like Texas, Nevada, Tennessee, Florida, Washington, and so on…and others range anywhere from a few percent all the way to 13.3%.
Now, if we approach this from PURELY a TAX STANDPOINT – Las Vegas does not have ANY state income tax
I was able to get a fixed mortgage at 2.875% interest, with 15% down, for 30 years, at a $1,440,000 purchase price. That means my monthly mortgage is going to be $5,078 per month, my property taxes will be about $1050 per month, the HOA is $300 per month, and my home owners insurance is $200 per month.
That means my TOTAL out of pocket cost to own this home is $6,628 per month…however, when you pay a mortgage, a portion of that goes towards home equity as you pay down the loan…meaning, when you account for $2150 per month going towards home equity, my “total out of pocket” is ACTUALLY reduced to $4,478 per month to own this home.
Not only that, but because I’m planning to use half of the house exclusively for business and filming, HALF of that amount is a write off against my gross income – bringing my out of pocket cost, after tax write offs…to $3582 PER MONTH to own this home.
That means that, even though this house had a purchase price of $1,440,000 and it’s costing, NET, $3582 per month after write offs…not only do I get an extra 2000 square feet to create new filming locations from, but I’m also able to SAVE $33,000 PER MONTH since Las Vegas has no state income tax.
Now, of course – for anyone curious, YES, I WILL STILL OWE California State Income tax on ANY revenue generated from and in California. That means that all of my rental property income in California will be subject to State Income Tax, and any business I do in California will be carefully accounted for so I can pay the appropriate tax. But, because nearly everything else that I do can be done remotely – moving here gives me significantly more opportunity to continue growing and expanding, and bringing YOU even better content to watch day after day.
This is certainly not to say that EVERYONE can do this because there are a lot of factors to take into consideration…but, for me, that is how I broke down the math with how it pertains to myself and this home.
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13.3% tax? Here in Australia, middle class income earners pay 30-40%!
Which bank gave you no PMI with that interest rate and 15% down?
this guy is so smart makes me feel dumb af
“All of the other benefits of living in Las Vegas.” Such as??
cheap hydro electric power from the hoover dam
Plus you gain a new rental property once you move out of the duplex. Talk about life hacks lol
As an Italian broke guy, one of the most informative videos you made! A real peek inside your way of thinking
Awesome for you but the rest please stop coming to Vegas we at full capacity
Now you can have more iced coffee
its pretty stupid to consider savings in this manner as “zero cost.”
its like if i go from leasing a Ferrari for 10,000 a month to a BMW for 1,000 a month, it would be stupid to say “HOW I MADE $9000 BY LEASING A BMW” as a stupid ass click bait title.
You could think of it this way: you don’t **have** to buy a nice car. But he **has** to pay taxes. When it’s necessary expense, you could say that that money saved is money earned.
Oh, you’re coming to Vegas bro? Hopefully somehow we connect someday.
Amazing home man, we need more people like you here in Las Vegas. This is the most financially distressed city in the US after all.
My brain: 🤯🤯🤯
$0… except for the $216,000 down payment
I’m curious how you save all that income tax if you still have to pay ca income tax on all the properties that make you income. Wouldn’t the total amount saving be less
Multiple faulty premises and justifications here. There’s nothing wrong with buying your dream home when you can afford it – but for a financial advice channel, this is very misleading. Be honest – you bought a home you loved that was well within your budget! 🙂
But from the perspective of ‘buying a home for $0’ – you could easily purchase a large home in Las Vegas for under 1/3rd of the cost of this home, one that had sufficient space for recording and living, and all of the other financial analyses (primarily centered upon taxes) would remain the same. Also worth noting that there’s no accounting of opportunity cost on the down payment, and no comparison of the cost to move, or the difference in housing cost between your current home.
Furthermore, Las Vegas may be the hardest hit city in the country by the impending covid-related recession. Combined with it being a less desirable place to live, both your home and related real estate business are likely to make less money in Nevada then in California – this loss of income, though insignificant in relation to YouTube income, should be accounted for in this type of analysis.
And one final note – you say there’s “no traffic” but as someone who grew up in Vegas, I can say that ‘no traffic’ is only accurate when in comparison the the I5 in rush hour, it’s still one of the 10 most traffic-ridden cities in the country :p
How do u ‘write off’ in taxes
& hell make more money with this video being posted on YouTube
This guy explains things soo well! What a dude.
I wish there was a love button!
Can you help me please. I keep wasting my money because I’m being dumb and I have -73 dollars right now. I need to learn how to not get the u the to spend
This is not some Esoteric knowledge people. Robert Kiyosaki bought a yacht he charters it so it essentially pays for itself. Turn your liability into an asset its not hard 🙄
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Lies
How to choose yoyr financial advisors or things you need to ask your financial advisors?
Please do one of these videos for New Hampshire
I want the ‘why am I moving to Las Vegas’ (minus financial considerations )not just the why am I leaving California….as a UK watcher I’d love to know why?
Unfortunately this doesn’t apply to 99.99% of us. Only apply to YouTubers
I actually dont love more than being completely lied to.. my god i will keep watching
@Nate Got Keys 😂😂😂
I love not having an income tax in south dakota!
Doesn’t California tax your rental income earned in California?
You made a video about it and put it on youtube lol.
royaltyexotics???????
My whole life I’ve been told that taxes are super high here in Norway, well I pay around 25% taxes here!
That’s how the rich keep being rich and avoiding taxes. Anyone making more then $1,000,000 should be highly taxed
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Did anyone else calculate equity at $3,400 a month and wonder why PMI was not included?
Boom, sounds like a no brainer deal to me
Forget California!!
can anyone explain for me this ” however, when you pay a mortgage, a portion of that goes towards home equity as you pay down the loan…meaning, when you account for $2150 per month going towards home equity”?
When you get a mortgage, the amount that you take out is called the principal and the additional amount that you have to pay the bank as their profit on the mortgage is the interest. The bank calculates a fixed payment that does not change from month to month. This payment is part interest and part principal. What changes, over time, is the ratio of the interest to the principal that you are paying each month. Paying down the principal is how you generate the equity in your purchase. When you first start payments, the majority of the payment is actually interest and the lesser share is principal. Over time, as you pay down more and more of the principal, this interest payments fall and a larger share of that monthly payment becomes principal which accelerates the reduction in interest payment further. However, because payment on the principal reduces the interest payments, the payment schedule is set up so that you pay a lot of interest up front before you start generating any significant equity in the purchase.
Thank you so much
My BS meter is reading “Alert Alert!”
Welcome to Las Vegas
Just don’t starting voting California style now that you’re in Nevada. You wouldn’t have had to leave CA if the liberals didn’t ruin the state.
echo echo echo
You’re not “saving 33k a month” if you weren’t already gonna be spemding that 36k a month originally in Cali.
Work hard and be frugual gets you a fab home. Very inspiring to get me motavited to move forward with my baby steps. Well done .
I like videos like this.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO
ME TOO
Yo bruh my home told me about your channel can u link the video u made on how to become a youtuber
coming from a teen these are really helpful and help alleviate worries i have for the future. thank you!
This works for him because his income won’t be affected due to his move. Anyone who’s income is made by finding work in the area will know that needs to evaluate the lower salaries of the area to the lower prices to see if it works for them.
Make a video with @chakits!!!
please tell me i am not the only one who got lost on the first write off :/
How does home equity get subtracted from the cost per month?
Just watched your new home tour video of this house updated and now this. The most motivating time spent on YouTube for me personally, being a property investor in the UK. Good luck to you and love how you’ve broken down the explanations! Top Video Graham thanks.
4.16 huh 5000 mortgage for a house that costs smth over 1mio? wtf? how does that work? does that include paying off the loan back so that after 30 years he owns the house without debts ? I didn’t know such old systems were still used. My mortgage for my 860k apartment is not even 600 a month lol. I have a loan for 5y at 0.92% fixed rate and have to pay like 7k a year to reduce the loan but thats it. Also its kind of shocking to see that there are countries out there still giving out mortgages with less than 20% down payment. I thought after 2008 the 20% rule was generalized in all developed countries.
i aspire to be as frugal as you
Avoid debt. Save and invest automatically. You’ll be far ahead of 90% of other people.
Excellent videos. Thank you!
The ppl I know in Vegas…live in a weekly at 300 a week….
i am not getting that -$2150 equity / mo will bring down the cost…. anyone understand it?
you gonna put some solar panels on the roof? looks like a great place for solar panels.
LOOLL I got an ad for Graham Stephan before this video started 😂 It took me a minute to realize it wasn’t my video but an ad
Its so depressing watching these videos and knowing i’ll always be poor
I live in Puerto Rico! Make a video about what you were to say about PR.
I hit the like button and the switch was instant 😂
Well played Graham!
Bro, just bc a percentage of your mortgage payment goes to principal (or equity as you call it) doesn’t mean you don’t have to pay it. So you cannot remove it from your out-of-pocket cost in your equation.
I live in vegas can you adopt me
Graham, I’m also thinking of leaving SoCal and buying in Mesa Ridge if there are any left; thanks for this video. Love your numbers on this home, but quick question: with 15% down are you paying PMI or is there a way to avoid it without taking out a second?
A $3M home cool but the smoke alarm needs a battery🤨😁
Hey Graham. You made a wise choice not moving to Texas, based on the winter disaster happening right now.
eh its too much words
Y not buy a 10 million dollar house if it would cost u 0 dollars?
4:25 is when I start getting lost, he always explains the equity thing and I always have no clue what he is talking about. Can someone help?
How about a video on Post Mortage Forbearance options? Mr. Cooper, other big companies and what options makes the most fiscal sense in the long run 5yr,10yr
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Heads up: There’s an account on here posing as you. They are trying to direct people to some IG account for investing. They stole your picture and use your name.
Why did you minus equity, that is literally the cost of the home.
Welcome To Las Vegas 🎰
You sure I heard, they are going to tax the people that are making over 400k.
Jesus, hearing these numbers makes me pretty depressed. Life must be good when you have a lot of money
He started from nothing and was frugal. He didn’t grow up rich. That is why I watch him. I am not interested in watching some rich, privileged kid. He started from the bottom. Also listen to Dave Ramsey. Total different than Graham. But both are good.
Great Video Graham. I’m planning to move to Vegas. I have a rental property in San Diego. After depreciation, I have a small net loss. Will I need to pay income tax to CA?
Well that’s a no brainier!
In Germany you pay about 42% tax no matter how much you make iirc
You are awesome.
All’s well and good until the California franchise tax board gets a whiff and comes after Graham for taxes due because a chunk of his income is still derived in California. So in essence it isn’t truly 0% income tax.. more like a massive reduction from 13.3%.
i want to see you drinking starbucks coffie now …..once a year …
I think you under estimating your property tax. It’s 1% of your purchase price
you should change your channel name to let me brag about me channel
Tl;dw: paid $1.44M for house
Saves money from decreased income tax and tax writeoffs
…so no, you can’t get a house for $0
Umm wrong. the space needs to be dedicated to working; if you eat at your kitchen table and you also work at it, technically it doesn’t qualify.
The IRS describes an office-in-home as an area separated from the living part of the home, used only for business to either meet clients, maintain books and conduct other business-related needs, and used exclusively for this purpose.
Therefore everything said in this video is wrong. I feel bad for you if you ever get audited by the IRS you’re going to owe them money and or whom ever has been doing your taxes needs to be fired.
I’m living in vegas myself I would love to hook your property’s up with adt and making them smart homes for $0. Keep doing what you doing and making the world a little better! SUPER LATE TO THE VID
Hey graham our school actually has a personal finance class that everyone takes. Teaching about taxes and investments.
I never realised how high taxes are in America. No wonder most families are living paycheck to paycheck
U know what we pay, 30%
Heading to Vegas in January, see you there?
i know people hate on suburbs and i still do to this day, but I used to be way more repulsed by the idea of suburbs until i really understood the personal benefits of an easier life. I still live in a city but after living in a HUGEE city i totally understand why people seek suburbs. that being said, as an architect, we do need to manage growth and building types to create sustainable growth. anyways congrats on the house graham!! it’s looking great!! loved seeing the process of your house coming together and the amazing finances you’ve cultivated!
Impressive. Not sure what else to say. I wish I thought like this when I was younger.
Late to the party! Your 3.75Mth subscriber. Thanks for the life changing videos Graham.
Perfect timing. I hit the like and it changed locations. lol
You can build that home for less
8:00 appreciate the transparency