Do REIT ETFs Pay Dividends?

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are companies that own and operate income-generating commercial real estate properties. Most REITs are publicly traded, which provides individual investors access to dividends derived from real estate without the burden of acquiring, managing, or obtaining financing for investment properties.
How to Report the Sale of Inherited Property On a Tax Return

Anyone who’s dealt with inherited property likely knows how important the step-up in basis can be for real estate transferred to heirs upon the owner’s death.
What Is A Realty Trust?

Many different trusts are available that can hold (and transfer) personal and real property.
How to Pick A Delaware Statutory Trust Broker

Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) are sophisticated investment vehicles that allow individual investors to purchase fractional shares of the types of real estate often owned by real estate investment trusts, pension funds, and institutional investment firms.
Can You Rent an Investment Property to a Family Member?

Acquiring real estate for investment purposes can generate a multitude of benefits. One potential advantage involves the available deductions, including expenses and depreciation.
Can A Spouse Override A Beneficiary?

Estate planning can be complex, partly because the process can be rife with misunderstandings and assumptions. Such issues can range from what exactly is tax exempt to who exactly receives disbursements or assets.
Can You Depreciate DST Interest?

Investing in real estate typically involves not just income and expenses but also navigating the tax implications on the value of the investment. Therefore, an investor may choose a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) to pursue potential gains, the passive nature of ownership and income, and the tax advantages.
Does a General Power of Attorney Cover Medical Decisions?

If you’ve taken the time to consider estate planning, you’ve likely run across the concept of power of attorney. A power of attorney (POA) can be helpful in an incapacity strategy. It can also provide transparency in business or financial matters.
Partial 1031 Exchange Rules You Need to Consider

When performed successfully, the 1031 exchange process can help you trade your real estate property into another one of greater or equal value and allow you to potentially defer capital gains and depreciation recapture taxes.
What 1031 Exchange Expenses are Added to Basis?

When it comes time to sell real estate you might use for business or investment, you could defer capital gain and depreciation recapture taxes with help from 26 U.S. Code § 1031 – “Exchange of Real Property Held for Productive Use or Investment.” When you follow the IRS rules for a 1031 exchange, you “swap” real estate you currently own (relinquished property) into different real estate (replacement property).