“Qualified Opportunity Zones” are creating quite a buzz lately. And for good reason! There’s major profit potential for real estate investors looking to take advantage of the capital gains tax credits that came along with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In essence, the Opportunity Zones tax bill introduced incentives to invest in the development... Continue Reading →
A Whole New Way to Look at Leverage
Listen up, buy and hold investors and math geeks. This one’s for you. How well do you understand leverage? For those only somewhat familiar, there’s a super cool finance concept that I think will make you look at leverage in a completely different way. To begin, let’s test how much you know already. Pop Quiz... Continue Reading →
Investing in Opportunity (Zones): A Tax-Saving Strategy
Within the hundreds of pages of the latest tax reform legislation, one of the least publicized—yet most powerful—tax benefits that came out was the Opportunity Zones program. This government program offers three powerful tax advantages to real estate investors: The ability to defer capital gains taxes on the sale of real estate The ability to permanently eliminate part of... Continue Reading →