What is General Market Risk?
General market risk is one of the most macro levels of risk that a real estate investor can assume. Market risk is made up of the economic and financial cycles within an economy. At Realized, we consider market risk to have nine specific components, which we’ll go over in this article.
Reason to Consider Investing in Senior Housing
The first of the nation’s approximately 73 million Baby Boomers turned 65 back in 2011. Since then nearly 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 each day. These elder Americans comprise the second-largest age demographic in the U.S. behind Millennials. However, this “gray wave” is the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, the U.S. Census Bureau reports.
How Long Can You Defer Capital Gains Tax?
Capital gains (or losses) are important to understand when it comes to capital asset investments. Understanding what they are, and how they might be taxed, can play an important part in your overall strategy.
How Do You Find a Financial Advisor?
Often people think of a financial advisor as a broker, giving you investment advice and managing your trades. Undoubtedly, that can be a big part of the advisor's role, but it can be more than that. A financial advisor can be like a coach, helping you pursue maximum performance as you work toward your financial goals and even pushing you to aim higher. We believe your advisor should help you create and stay on track toward your financial goals, including investing, saving for retirement, accumulating wealth for your heirs, or other specific objectives.
Have Opportunity Zones Been Successful?
The Qualified Opportunity Zone program, introduced as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, allows investors to defer paying capital gains taxes by directing those gains into Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs). Those funds then move monies toward improving federally designated lower-income tracts. Now entering its fourth year, the program boasts more than 8,700 census tracts designated for QOZ funding.
Can I Sell My Rental Property With Tenants In It?
Investors acquire real estate for a variety of reasons, one of which is the potential for cash flow from tenants. While tenants can be the backbone of potentially successful real estate ownership scenarios, when it comes time for disposing of that duplex or small shopping center, the potential seller may ask himself/herself: “Can I sell my rental property with tenants in it?”
Ways to Finance an Investment Property
If you are an aspiring real estate investor, you may be anxious to get started. Traditionally, real estate can be a path to building wealth, although there are no guarantees, and even real estate can decline in value.
Is the Down Payment on an Investment Property Tax Deductible?
Some may argue that the down payment on an investment property is tax deductible. If an investor puts down $50,000 and wants to write that off as a business expense, what’s stopping her. The IRS is very clear on this — you can’t deduct an expense with a multi-year useful life in the same year the expense is incurred.
How to Buy an Investment Property with a Partner
Buying an investment property with a partner might include anything from personality conflicts and strains on relationships to the positives of distributing workload and the combination of resources.
Form 8824 - Section III Explanation
Form 8824 is the part of an investor’s tax return that contains 1031 exchange transaction information. Section III of the form determines the net results of the transaction (gain or loss). This section is the 1031 exchange transaction and how the IRS receives information about the transaction’s gain or loss for tax reasons.
