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Should You Sell Your Investment Property This Spring?

Eppraisal

If you are a real estate investment property owner, you should have a professional analysis performed each year. A licensed real estate agent can perform the analysis to determine how much your property is worth and if your monthly rent is in line with market value rents. Considering selling?

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What To Do When You’ve Inherited Property

D Fritz Appraisals

You will be taxed on the “ Fair Market Value ”, at the time of inheritance to the time you decide to sell. In theory, you would owe capital gains tax on the difference between the value of the inherited home, and the fair market value of the home when you chose to rent the property out. Real Estate Inheritance Tax.

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Purchasing & Developing Land - Part 5 - Reselling It - Raw or Developed

Eppraisal

While some purchase vacant property to build their dream house and later occupy it, many others see raw land as a profitable investment. If the lot is zoned for commercial use, they do well to develop it as a retail space or other business, and later serving as the landlord.

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Investment Property: How Much Can You Write Off on Your Taxes?

Zillow

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 investment. To do so, however, you need to understand the primary ways in which investment real estate portfolios get taxed. You can't deduct capital investments like new buildings, additions or renovations.

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What’s a House Worth? Wall Street Turns to Drive-By ‘Appraisals’

Realtor

Luke Sharrett for The Wall Street Journal When Blackstone Group LP wanted to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to buy foreclosed homes after the housing crash, it needed a quick, inexpensive way to value thousands of houses the investment firm already owned and was offering as collateral.

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What’s a House Worth? Wall Street Turns to Drive-By ‘Appraisals’

Realtor

Luke Sharrett for The Wall Street Journal When Blackstone Group LP wanted to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to buy foreclosed homes after the housing crash, it needed a quick, inexpensive way to value thousands of houses the investment firm already owned and was offering as collateral.

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What is a Commercial Real Estate Appraisal?

AmeriMac

These appraisals are considered equivalent to a property valuation and are used to determine the value of the property in the current market. Overall, a commercial real estate appraisal is a crucial step in the process of buying or investing in an income-generating property.