tax strategies for savvy real estate investors

Feverpitched/iStock via Getty Images In a recent article, I present all the reasons why REITs (VNQ) are better investments than rental properties in most cases. I summarize the main reasons in the table below: REITs Rentals public private liquid Illiquid Limited liability unlimited liability Professionally managed Work-intensive diversified Concentrated Extremely low transaction costs Very high …

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Elon Musk has long dreamed of taking people to Mars and leaving them there (he says he’ll build a habitat) and has hinted on and off about these plans for years. A recent Tweet from Musk, in passing, referred again to his Mars plan, setting off yet another flurry of people interested in the Red …

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There are 21,951,000 millionaires in the United States, according to the 2021 Global Wealth Report. It’s a pretty safe bet that not all of them were born rich. In fact, the number of millionaires increased “substantially” between 2020 and 2021, largely due to housing price increases and stock market gains. Not all these millionaires are …

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You’re probably sick of hearing the word “metaverse” by now, but when something this big and exciting captures the imagination of the digital world, well, sometimes, you just have to run with it. The metaverse promises to become the next big thing for investors who aren’t afraid of a lot of risk, and it’s a …

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designer491/iStock via Getty Images 2022 has been downright awful for bond investors. At least it had bone. Fixed income has actually provided some ballast to a balanced portfolio over the last two months. Consider that since late April, the iShares Aggregate Bond market ETF (AGG) sported a positive total return while the SPDR S&P 500 …

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Passive income streams can take many different forms. The usual ones that come to mind involve real estate rental and interest income. Other types might not be as well known, such as peer-to-peer lending, information products, and royalties. Whatever avenue you take to collect passive income, you will hopefully have the problem of choosing how …

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