Savvy real estate investors know that 1031 exchanges are commonly used to defer paying capital gains tax and/or completely eliminate them through estate planning. This maneuver helps investors stay more…
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LLC Primer: Should I Use an LLC for My Real Estate Holdings?
An overview on the benefits and drawbacks of using an LLC with your income properties, along with the cost, ownership structure, asset protection, and financing implications.
Threats to the multifamily sector in 2019
The week began with interesting news that multifamily investors should be aware of, starting with a report released by the National Apartment Association (NAA)outlining barriers to multifamily construction. Greg Isaacson…
Risks and rewards: Buying a foreclosed home in 2019
During the last housing market crash of 2007-2008 home foreclosures nearly tripled, as this 2009 article from CNN Money reports. Real estate investors stepped into the market and scooped up…
Renter profiles: Millennials and knowledge workers
Last week we spoke about the important senior renter demographic, and this week news shifted to another critical group for real estate investors: millennials! To begin, the National Association of…
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Changes in the senior demographic effect on real estate investors
The senior demographic was popular in the news this week, a topic which has important implications for real estate investors. Beginning with Tanya Sterling of GlobeSt, who reported on the…
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Hands-on investing: Learn how real estate investor John N. strategically grows his portfolio
The Stessa Investor Stories are monthly spotlights about real estate investors who are building and scaling their businesses. In this month’s interview, real estate investor John N. talks about why…
Second round of Opportunity Zone guidelines issued
Laura Davison and Noah Buhayar of Bloomberg reported this week on the new Opportunity Zone guidelines issued by the IRS and Treasury Department. Specifically, Davison and Buhayar report that “The…
2018 a record year for multifamily lending
Jann Swanson of Mortgage News Daily reported this week that multifamily lending had a record year in 2018. “Commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers closed $573.9 billion in loans during the…
Real estate corporations and tax time: Your FAQs
In order to scale our real estate investing businesses, many of us form companies to ensure tax efficiency and liability protection—to name only a few benefits. Companies are the best…
Advanced tax strategies for real estate investors: FAQs
So you’ve been around the real estate investing block a few times. You understand the basics of the tax efficiencies that come with owning real estate investments: deductions, 1031 exchanges,…
The 20% pass through tax deduction: FAQs
As real estate investors, we’ve heard a lot this year about the new tax benefit for our businesses referred to as the 20% pass-through deduction. Simply put, this incentive allows…
