A series of earthquakes on the island of Kefalonia in 1953 totally destroyed the majority of the buildings with only a small area at the northern most point escaping the devastation. As a result, an estimated 100,000 people left the island seeking a new life elsewhere. Following the major earthquake of 1953 property development on … Read more
Net Lease Real Estate Investments Passive real estate for both the investor and the investor’s heirs By David E. Sobelman, Vice President, Calkain Realty Advisors and Benjamin R. Hanan, Shareholder, Abel Band, Chartered Experienced, savvy and sophisticated real estate investors typically are inundated with decisions of what to do with their existing assets as they … Read more
Income Taxes (How Real Estate Investors Minimize Taxes) Tax tips and tax help to assist taxpayers by describing optionsfor tax reduction and tax cuts through lawful tax deductions. Income taxes are too high. However, real estate investors have found many options to reduce the level of federal income taxes. Congress has provided a number of … Read more
“It’s not how much you make that counts,” my father told me many years ago, “but how much you keep of what you make.” I did not really understand that old adage at the time, but he was passing on some wisdom that his father had given him. It’s just common sense, but it is … Read more
Taxes are your major expense in your lifetime, so choose your source of income as you wish. Real estate has some of the best tax breaks of any investment in United States and some other countries. The more you earn through your profession, the more you get taxed, and the system is setup that way … Read more