Tax planning is essential for all real estate investors, no matter how large or small your portfolio may be. Taxes can eat up a significant chunk of your profits, ultimately reducing your overall investment returns. This article will explore various legal and effective strategies that can be used to reduce your tax burden as a
Real estate investing can be an exciting yet complex venture. As an investor, staying up to date on the latest tax credits and incentives available to you is crucial for maximizing returns. Two tax credits on the radar of many real estate investors today are the 45L Energy-Efficient Home Tax Credit and the Low-Income Housing
The real estate world has an innovative tool at our disposal — tokenization — that can facilitate making illiquid assets (like real estate holdings) liquid. Real estate has almost always been considered a relatively safe investment. As Mark Twain famously said, “Buy land, they aren’t making it anymore.” After all, whatever happens in the stock
You may not be aware of it, but if you’re a property owner, some changes to current tax laws could put substantial money in your pocket, especially via cost segregation studies. With a little strategic planning, you can drastically reduce your tax liability and generate retroactive refunds for extra cash flow, freeing up capital for
Key Points: More properties given expected COVID vacancies could now present an accelerated and less costly strategy for Opportunity Zone (OZ) investors in qualified real estate and businesses (QOZBs). The Treasury Department affirms a special carve-out for a vacant property allowing investors with qualified capital gains to potentially bypass the substantial improvements requirement on existing
In the realm of real estate investment, savvy investors are always on the lookout for strategies to optimize their portfolios and maximize their returns. One powerful tool often overlooked is the Section 721 Exchange. This mechanism, defined under Section 721 of the Internal Revenue Code, allows an investor to swap properties held for investment or
BE A TAX EFFICIENT REAL ESTATE INVESTOR Engineered Tax Services provides the independent engineering analysis required for green certifications, energy tax credits and cost segregation studies. These combined services result in maximum efficiency and cost savings on the federal, state, local, and utility levels. In the previous blogs, we have discussed cost segregation and how
If you are a real estate investor, you should be taking advantage of cost segregation studies. Find out why below. The Benefits of Cost Segregation To A Real Estate Investor Cost Segregation is an IRS approved tax strategy that increases near-term cash flow by utilizing shorter recovery periods to accelerate the return on capital from
By the Real Estate Roundtable Roundtable Chairman-Elect Bill Rudin called on the U.S. House of Representatives to renew the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), a federal program that provides a financial backstop for building insurers. Should Congress fail to extend the program, he said, it will lead to a slowdown in the economy and investments.