What are The Disadvantages of Tenant-in-Common Investment Properties?

If you’ve poked around Realized Holdings’ glossary, you already know there are many different forms of real estate ownership. There is 100% direct ownership (also known as fee-simple ownership) and the equal-percentage joint tenancy. Then there is the fractional ownership, such as that offered through the Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) or tenants-in-common (TIC) set-ups.
What Does a Landlord Pay in a Double Net Lease?

Mention the term “net lease” to someone even remotely familiar with real estate contracts, and the first thing that might come to mind is “triple net.” Triple-net leases are definitely “visible;” the chances are pretty good that any quick-service restaurant on an outparcel, or stand-alone dollar store, or retail automotive supply store signed such a lease with a property owner.
How Does Inflation Affect Retirement Planning?

Inflation has a great impact on retirement planning because it is potentially lowering the value of each dollar you save over time. It is definitely something to consider when mapping out a plan for your financial future.
What Is the 20% Related Party Rule for Opportunity Zone Owners?

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is known for creating the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program, which encourages real estate investors to invest in low-income communities with the intention to stimulate economic development and job growth. Under certain conditions, these private investments may be eligible for capital gains tax incentives. By investing realized gains in QOZs, investors can reduce capital gains tax liability or eliminate it altogether from future value appreciation on QOZ investments.
What Does a Landlord Pay in an Absolute Net Lease?

If you’ve been paying attention to recent Realized Holdings blogs, you’ve likely stumbled onto various commercial lease topics. Understanding the tenant/property owner lease arrangement is important before investing in a property. Also important is understanding which party is responsible for what costs, such as maintenance, taxes, and insurance.
How to Measure Diversification in a Portfolio

For anyone who has done some reading on investment risk management, you’ve very likely come across portfolio diversification. The goal of portfolio diversification is to create a portfolio of investments that have low volatility. That means the value of the portfolio should not fluctuate as much as a similar non-diversified portfolio.
Why Were UPREITs Created?

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) were introduced in 1960 to allow smaller investors access to income-producing real estate investments that were previously only attainable for the wealthy or large investors.
How Much Mortgage Interest Is Tax Deductible?

One benefit of home ownership is the ability to deduct your mortgage interest on your taxes.
What Are the Holding Requirements for Opportunity Zone Investments?

As part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), an Opportunity Zone is a designation and an investment program that allows for certain investments in lower-income areas to have tax advantages. There are over 8,700 designated Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZ) in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories. The goal of the program was to create jobs and stimulate economic development by incentivizing investors to reinvest capital gains in real estate property or businesses located in economically-distressed communities.
What is a Real Estate Syndication?

When several investors partner together to buy a real estate investment, it is called real estate syndication. With the prevalence of the internet, some people also think of it as crowdfunding for real estate.