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Archives for October 2012

A Crash Course on Rental Property Tax

October 27, 2012 by Marco Santarelli

One way or another, Uncle Sam is going to get his cut. Count on it. And so will your state and local governments. That said, as you file taxes there are certain things you can do as a real estate investor to help manage your tax bill, and maximize your after-tax return on your investment.

In order to do so, however, you need to understand the primary ways in which investment real estate portfolios get taxed. You must also have a general grasp of some abstract concepts like calculating your tax basis, as well as the depreciation of capital investments. Hey, if this stuff were easy, we’d all be CPAs, right?

Warning: This article will only arm you with enough information to be dangerous. You can click on any of the links for more detailed information directly from the Internal Revenue Service. This article won't make you an expert. But you can become conversant with the basic terminology, so you can be better prepared for a meeting with your tax advisor.

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Filed Under: Financing, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Investments, Taxes Tagged With: 1031 Exchange, Amortization, Capital Gains, Capital Gains Tax, Depreciation, Passive Activity Rules, Property Tax, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Tax, Real Estate Tax Deductions, Real Estate Taxes, Rental Income, Rental Property Tax, Tax Deductions

65% of Housing Markets Worse Than Four Years Ago

October 22, 2012 by Marco Santarelli

Sixty-five percent of U.S. housing markets are worse off today than they were four years ago according to the California-based real estate research firm RealtyTrac.

The results of the survey arrive the same day as the final presidential debate and just weeks before the general election.

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Filed Under: Economy, Foreclosures, Housing Market, Real Estate Investing Tagged With: Economy, home prices, Housing Market, Real Estate Economics, Real Estate Investing, RealtyTrac

A Stunning Map of How Foreclosures Ate America

October 15, 2012 by Marco Santarelli

We've all heard that the housing bubble's pop led to thousands of foreclosures, but its interactive maps like this that really show how prevalent the problem was — and still is. Part of a project on 30 election issues, the map below uses data from RealtyTrac to display foreclosure rates by county.

The darker the color is, the higher the rate of foreclosure. You can see what each color represents in the legend on the lower left.

By pressing play, you can see how many more dots show up on the map, indicating a higher prevalence of foreclosures. But perhaps more disturbing, the map displaying the most recent data in July 2012 doesn't look much better than past maps: The crowded dots maintain the visual effect of a foreclosure epidemic.

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Filed Under: Foreclosures, Housing Market, Real Estate Investing Tagged With: Foreclosures, Housing Market, Real Estate Investing

National Economic Outlook (October 2012)

October 10, 2012 by Marco Santarelli

Unemployment in September fell to 7.8% (according to government stats) but otherwise the economic situation was pretty much as it has been for the last six months: improving but at a slow rate.  Employment was up 1.4% over last year, with health care and business services providing the bulk of new jobs, as usual.

Some interesting developments: jobs in car manufacture were up 7% as car sales increase 9%; jobs in truck transport were up 4%, signaling that companies are confident enough to increase inventories; the hemorrhaging of teaching jobs has finally stopped; restaurant jobs were up 3%; and jobs in real estate and construction edged upward after years of contraction.

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Filed Under: Economy, Housing Market Tagged With: Economy, Housing Market, Real Estate Economics, Real Estate Market, US economy

5 Good Reasons to Hold Real Estate in a Land Trust

October 9, 2012 by Marco Santarelli

Are you a target for tenant lawsuits? Are your assets easy to locate? Do you own rental properties in your own name?

You wouldn’t walk around with a financial statement taped to your forehead would you? So why would you have your most valuable assets exposed to public scrutiny? Anyone can go down to the county courthouse or recorder’s office and look up the owner of any property. Real estate records are now computerized, so all of your real estate holdings can be located at the touch of a button! Lawyers, creditors, IRS agents, newspaper reporters, tenants and other “snoops” can find out what you own and whether you are worth going after.

Don’t give them the ammunition – make your real estate ownership hard to find!

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Filed Under: Asset Protection, Financing, Real Estate Investing Tagged With: Asset Protection, Financing, land trust, Real Estate Investing

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