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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.
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.
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.
Should Rental Property Be in an LLC or a Trust?
If you have considered buying a rental property as an investment, you have probably wondered whether you should keep the property as a personal asset or to put the rental into an LLC or a trust.
What Investors Should Know About The Student Housing Market
When COVID-19 lockdowns sent college students home in 2020, many feared the pandemic would establish online learning as the new norm and significantly weaken the student housing industry. However, recent reports indicate quite the opposite. Not only is student housing recovering from its pre-pandemic drift, but many schools, particularly Power Five conference universities, continue to trend upward with year-over-year increases in pre-leasing and occupancies.
How Much Does a Conservation Easement Reduce Property Values?
There are many reasons why landowners may want to place some or all of their land holdings in conservation easements.
What is Raw Land and Why Do People Buy It?
Raw land is vacant, unimproved land. Typically, people might buy raw land to use it personally or pursue income. As with many real estate assets, raw land may increase in value (or may not), and the potential for profit is a frequent motivation for buying. Typically, raw land has no improvements, lacking utilities and buildings.
How To Manage A Rental Property Remotely
Marketing, finding tenants, signing the lease, maintenance, unexpected repairs, the list of tasks that go into managing a rental property is extensive. So, how can you manage a rental property remotely if you don’t live locally?
What is Gross Easement?
A gross easement is commonly called an easement in gross and is one of the two most common forms of easement relating to real estate. The other type is referred to as an easement appurtenant. The appurtenant easement involves benefits to one piece of property at the expense of another. These easements belong to the land and are transferrable upon sale. A good example is an easement that allows access to one property by traversing another.
How Can I Transfer a Rental Property to an LLC?
As a rental property owner, you might be enjoying many benefits. These can include cash flow, depreciation, and tax deductions.
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