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Is Raw Land a Good Investment?

Real estate investors have a multitude of choices - residential rentals, other commercial properties like office buildings and hospitality centers, retail operations, and more. Every class and sector offers potential pros and cons. Investors can also decide to purchase real estate-backed securities or fractional interests in asset portfolios by investing in REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) and DSTs (Delaware Statutory Trusts).

Jan 25, 2023

What is the Difference Between Raw Land and Vacant Land?

People with longtime roots in one place may often drive by a new subdivision or retail strip center and wish they’d had the foresight to purchase that particular piece of land 20 years ago when it was still located far from their hometown’s urban core. Buying land can be a risky investment – especially raw land that’s located well outside of currently developed areas. Let’s take a closer look at the differences between raw and vacant land and some important considerations that come with both types of investments.

Jan 22, 2023

What Can Offset Depreciation Recapture?

Depreciation can be an extremely favorable and advantageous tax benefit for real estate investors. Depreciation is a tax deduction that allows property owners to lower the costs associated with purchasing and making improvements to income-producing properties. This deduction lowers the amount of taxable income (but not cash flow) generated from rental properties.

Jan 20, 2023

What is Title Vesting?

For many people, buying a home or an investment property is the culmination of years of dreaming, hard work, and saving. Purchasing real property comes with some important decisions, most notably, how to hold the title for the residence or asset. This decision, known as title vesting, affects the legal rights of the property owners, as well as directs the flow of payments if the asset is sold.

Jan 18, 2023

What Assets are Subject to Depreciation Recapture?

Depreciation of fixed assets provides an important tax deduction for real estate investors and business owners. Depreciation can be applied to a wide range of long-term fixed assets. It’s an important tax provision because it allows businesses or investors to deduct a portion of the cost of buying physical assets over time instead of all at once. Depreciation deductions also lower taxable income, which can help maximize tax savings.

Jan 2, 2023

What is the Difference Between Raw Land and Unimproved Land?

Is there any difference between raw and unimproved land? They sound like the same thing. Some people use these terms interchangeably. But yes, there are differences. Land types can be broken into several categories. Land lenders mostly use those categories.

Dec 31, 2022

Can You Sell a House that is Under Construction?

Real estate investments are often attractive to buyers as a potential means to wealth accumulation, and residential dwellings also have the emotional appeal offered by a place to call home. Owning your home is part of the American dream, and many extend the vision by turning a property into income. Still, real estate is volatile and subject to ups and downs.

Dec 28, 2022

Does Raw Land Depreciate?

Depreciation is an income tax deduction that the IRS allows investors to take to recover the cost of the property. It is one of the tax advantages of owning investment real estate, although depreciation also applies to other business assets, like machinery. The depreciation process provides recompense for the investment cost during the asset’s gradual loss of utility. Whether you own an office building, a retail property, or a residential rental, you can use the depreciation process to recover some of the investment over time.

Dec 26, 2022

Is Capital Gains Yield the Same as Growth Rate?

Successful investing often requires a host of well-rounded skills, and they are ever-changing. The ability to gather knowledge and perform robust fundamental analysis on prospective investments doesn’t require any particular set of skills, though – yet these tools can help you better understand key metrics such as risk, return, and yield while forming stronger investment strategies.

Dec 26, 2022

What is Encumbrance in Real Estate?

In basic terms, an encumbrance is a claim against or a hold on a property by someone who is not an owner. You can consider any limitation on property use as an encumbrance. An encumbrance can limit both the owner’s use of their property and potentially their ability to sell or transfer it.

Dec 24, 2022

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