The Effects of Flipping on Your Taxes

If you are looking at making a quick hundred-thousand on real estate flipping, you may find it is quick, but not as lucrative as you thought. With housing prices on the rise across the nation, flipping has become the hottest investment trend. You buy a property and quickly resell it at a higher price. Most … Read more

Opalesque CT Roundtable : Industry moves from asset allocation to risk allocation, risk measurement to real risk management

The Roundtable took place in October 2010 with the following experts:a-pub-5157679868954075″, “Left_Column_To;Technology• Donald Brownstein, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Structured Portfolio Management• Joe Taussig, Founder, Taussig Capital AG• Jonathan Litt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Land and Buildings• Kevin Schweitzer, General Partner, Chief Investment Officer, RockView Capital• Marco Bianchi, Head of US Business Development, … Read more

Financial Modelling

FINANCIAL MODELING   Financial modeling is a process of forecasting performance of a certain asset, using relationships among operating, investing, and financing variables. The central aim of all financial modeling is valuation under uncertainty: how to estimate the value of a security when its future trajectory, or the trajectory of the other securities or economic … Read more

THE TRUTH WILLS OUT

UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE For People Who Think   THE TRUTH WILLS OUT   Amid all the Red Herrings splashed across the entire Media, the one really big and significant event, which was completely ignored by the Media, happened on Saturday 9/12: We had the first huge demonstration against being taxed to death. There were about … Read more

Up With Income and Down With Tax Liability

A 1031 exchange refers to Section 1.1031 of the Internal Revenue Code which was passed in 1990.  Normally, when you sell all real and personal property, the tax code requires the payment of the Capital Gains Tax.  That is to say, when you sell your office for 0,000 more than you bought it for, you … Read more