While we are immersed in the joys of holiday celebration, tax time stealthily approaches. And although it is said that “time and tide wait for no one”, there are things we can do to prepare ourselves for the tax deadline. Most homeowners operate on a conventional tax schedule, so that regardless of whether they pay … Read more
Inthe summer of 1990, the Internal Revenue Service announced the long awaited rules on Tax Deferred Exchanges. Section 1.1031 of the IRS Code laid out in detail the procedure for turning a sale and purchase type transaction into an Exchange. The revised rules allow owners of certain types of “like kind” real estate to sell … Read more
One of the most essential concepts in the 1031 exchange process is that a property investor must not receive any cash benefit from the proceeds of the sale of his or her relinquished property; any kind of cash benefit from the sale is considered to be boot, and this means, in fact, subject to capital … Read more
One of the biggest tax hits you’ll likely ever take is when you sell investment real estate. Although taxes are a way of life, avoiding taxes is also as American as apple pie. Fortunately for all of us, there are ways to reduce (and even eliminate) taxes legally. One of the most loved loopholes the … Read more
As a real estate investor, you are aware that each and every dollar that you have invested is compounding your wealth, and, in contrast, that every dollar not working for you represents a lost chance to increase your funds. So, when the time comes to put your property up for sale, you have two choices. … Read more