what is a right time frame to recover your investment in a business?
920256
5 years, is the norm,
633721
If the partnership has stopped operating, then the depreciation should have stopped on the date the partnership ceased operations as well.  The up side to this is that your capital gain will be less when the business property is disposed.  Consult your tax advisor for more details.
251664
Yes, even though they are not in business for the purpose of making a profit, they aren't there to lose money either. A break-even analysis will show the business how much it needs to sell without going broke. If the business operates below its break-even point, it will be out of business in no time.
615710
the best time to invest was ten years ago.... the second best time?  NOW.  Investigate your market and the last time the value went down and by how much.  I love my duplex, I am earning ALL of the equity and paying NONE of the principal or escrow.
450413
First I recommend, be patient.  No need to make any quick decision(s).  Keep an open mind, and listen to suggestions.  Think for yourself then, and you will make the appropriate decision.  Look at your circumstances.  If it is a windfall, and not needed right now, take $10000 of it and find a no-load mutual fund as an investment.  Then leave it alone and your investment ought to double about every 7 years.  That is what us "little" people do.  A no-load fund means, no fees to buy and no charges when you sell later on.  Hold the remaining $5000 and think some more.
185751
3 years or less I would have to say a CD or ING Direct.  That is not enough time for a mutual fund.
1124057
Youre too young.  Your product will be poor quality and your business will fail.  Give it another thought in about a decade.
255912
I'd go into a business that has low starting capital and a steady revenue in it's first year. I could guarantee not going backrupcy so fast and make a few extra bucks for myself.
521478
Unfortunately, you can only roll it over into another investment property (Like-kind exchange)  Applying it to your residence will not work.  You have sixty days (before or after the closing) to identify another property and 180 days to close on it.  If you held the property for investment (say yes) and held if for over 12 months, you will pay tax on it at the lower capital gains rates. If you held it for less than 12 months, it is considered ordinary income and is taxed at your regular rate.  If it is less than a year, see if the buyer will wait until the year is up.  Give them soem money back at closing to compensate them for waiting.  It could be worth your while.  To see what the tax might be, use your tax software to estimate what your tax would be.  Sorry to hear about the medical problem, I hope everything works out.  Also, ANY profit is a good profit!!!!!
890092
Kinda' depends on what you're investing in, but basically, I would look at rate of return over at least a 10 year period (absolute minimum 5 years).  Longer track records are better.  Ten percent or more is good.  Don't forget to factor in taxes, risk, and inflation.  For example, taxes will eat about 2.5% of your 12%.  Inflation will eat about 4% of your 12%.  And risk is dependent on the type and volatility of the investment.
1038373
Invest a million dollars in something that gives 1,000 times return.\nGetting the original million is the tricky part.
592097
Depending on the securities, the firm might have to cash them in at an unexpected time to pay for business expenses.  With that, it might not be the optimal time to get out of the securities.\n\nAlso, the investments might be poor and lose money for the firm.
1185175
YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING !!!   No one should have more than 5 % of their total investments in any one stock.   If you purchased it at $ .50 (total investment = $ 5,000 ), wait til it hits $ 1.00 and then sell off half.  You now have all of your investment back and no matter what happens,  you are safe.  If it goes to $2.00,  sell off another half.    Then just sit back and hope that it goes to $ 10 and splits.  In a few years, you could have 10,000 shares worth $ 100,000 but, in the meantime, you have had no sleepless nights worrying about it.
275923
In this example you have $10,000,000.00\n\nYou invest $5,000,000.00 in the stock market with the help of a portfolio manager and you reinvest half of your profits and give away the rest to your family.\nIf you get a 10% return you reinvest $250,000.00 and you give away to your family $250,000.00 \nIf you get a 20% return you reinvest $500,000.00 and you give away to your family $500,000.00\n\nThis way you HAVE MORE MONEY EACH YEAR. Therefore you never run out of money.\n\nKeep in mind that with a $5,000,000.00 portfolio you can afford a very expensive portfolio manager that hopefully will protect your money against bad investments and market crashes and war. Therefore there is a very low probability that you will lose money in a year.\n\nEven if you lose, say 20% in the first year. You still have $4,000,000.00 to make more money in the future. (If that happens fire your portfolio manager)\nWhen a bad year ends (Losses) you only give away to your family a minimum wage salary to survive that year or they could survive on credit for an entire year and when the next year comes they pay off all debts or a combination of both.\n\nThe other $5,000,000.00 goes to start a Company (You could easily start 50 $100,000.00 small businesses or 5 $1,000,000.00 medium size businesses)\n\nLike before you reinvest half of the profits in the company and the rest goes to your family.\n\nYou hire 50 managers to run your small businesses or 5 manager to run your medium size businesses and you live your life.\n\nThe key is not to spend $5,000,000.00 to buy a house in Beverly Hills or $250,000.00 to buy a Ferrari because if you burn your money at that rate you will go broke within 3 years. Just like most Actors or Singers.\n\nThere is nothing wrong with a $250,000 Ferrari or a $5,000,000.00 House. \nJust buy them WITH YOUR PROFITS. (Take $125,000.00 from your company and $125,000.00 from your stock market profits and buy it)\nIf you did not make enough to buy it. You could save and buy it the next year.\n\nWealth Management is a very complex subject.\nDrop me a line if you need more detailed advice.
127296
You should do a schedule C - Schedule of Profit/loss from a Business.This will allow you to deduct expenses that you may have had which were related to obtaining this income.
717769
I would suggest you find whatever business that you have interest in. Ones that motivate you or open your mind to business input for them. Your own inner desire for a particular area of market will allow you to use your own  judgement to make wise investment choices.
165064
no way, sorry. what you have is an asset, not an expense. \n\nif the money was stolen or the contractor went out of biz, you might have a casualty loss.