Tag: real estate investing strategy

Calculating cap rates

Understanding Cap Rates to Gain the Highest Returns on Investment

Capitalization rate (or cap rates) is a term that real estate investors use to determine the value of an income-producing property. Unfortunately, it’s also one of those terms that cause head-scratching among some people, as it sounds like something you’d see in an accounting course rather than when talking about mortgages and properties. So what […]

How To Gift the Real Estate from Your Rental Business

You’ve worked hard to accumulate and build your investment portfolio, and you would hate to have to turn around and pay a huge tax bill to get rid of it. If selling your property is not in your best financial interest, you can gift it to a recipient of your choice. The Tax Code dedicates […]

6 Worst Mistakes by First Time Real Estate Investors

Real estate investing is a time tested way of building wealth with efficient planning and effective execution of long term strategy. While it is lucrative it can also be very demanding and costly when mistakes are made. Remember that the real estate industry is highly competitive and you should know this in advance. It can […]

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