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What Is a 1099-S Tax Form and What Is It Used For?
The IRS uses the 1099 Form for taxpayers to report various miscellaneous income other than wages. These include contractor pay, rental income, and income from interest and dividends. However, the 1099-S is specifically used to report the proceeds from real estate transactions so that the taxpayer can accurately reflect gains or losses.
Are REITs a Good Long-Term Investment?
For many investors, real estate is an alternative asset class to consider as part of a diversified portfolio.
What is Geographic Risk in Real Estate?
Location may be an old saw in real estate, but the saying will always make sense, especially when it comes to geographical risk.
What Is SFR In Real Estate?
The world of real estate investing is one of the most varied asset classes available to investors. With such a varied asset class, it’s no wonder that investors often opt for real estate as a way to diversify their portfolio, that can help manage the volatility of other investment classes. While many people think of real estate investing and immediately think about the fix-and-flip model that is so prevalent on television shows, or about owning massive apartment complexes that seeks to provide significant rental income each month, there is an asset class that falls between those two groups. Understanding where single-family rentals fit into your portfolio can help you further diversify your portfolio and provide a different opportunity for you.
What is a Conservatorship?
You may have heard a lot about conservatorship lately, as the news of pop singer Britney Spears seeking to have her father’s conservatorship over her legally removed. While many people are not familiar with the process of conservatorship and don’t know exactly what conservatorship entails, it’s important that you have at least a working knowledge of the process. Doing so ensures that you’re in a position to help care for anyone in your life who may have significant financial assets, real estate investments, or other holdings, but are not in a position to properly manage them.
Can You 1031 Into a Joint Venture or Partnership?
A 1031 exchange provides investors with excellent tax advantages, but it also comes with many rules. If you own a property as an individual and want to perform a 1031 exchange into a joint venture or partnership, does anything in the 1031 exchange rules prevent you from doing that? Let’s dive in to find out.
What is the Unlimited Marital Deduction?
In the United States, the federal government charges a tax when individuals give money or other items of value to others, whether during the givers’ lifetime or upon their death. These levies are gift and estate taxes, and sometimes inheritance taxes, and in some cases, they can be significant. While gifts to political or charitable organizations are not included in funds subject to gift taxes, many gifts given to other people can be. Here are some of the rules:
Can a Trustee Also Be a Beneficiary?
If you research the definition of “trust” from the Realized website’s glossary, you’ll see different types of trusts; land trusts, living trusts, irrevocable trusts, and so on. Boiling it down, a trust is a relationship in which a trustor (generally the owner of assets) turns over management and holding rights to another entity (known as a trustee).
How Does Government Investment in Infrastructure Help the Economy?
Infrastructure spending has taken center stage in recent years, and the topic garnered even more national headlines in late 2021 when President Biden signed into law the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
What is Submarket Risk in Real Estate?
Real estate investing involves various types of risks. Categorizing and identifying those risks is one of the first steps to managing them. One risk you are likely to encounter is submarket risk. Virtually every real estate investor is susceptible to this risk since nearly all properties are in some submarket. Let’s look at what a submarket is and how to analyze its risk.
