This May’s newsletter has just been released!
Check out the latest tips for tenants and users of commercial real estate space.
In this issue
- Improving Your Real Estate Investment Portfolio
- More Tax Deferred Exchange Benefits
- Office Building Vacancies
- Your Real Estate Investment
When you make your investment in real estate, it is implied that you want to make money. The cash can come from direct income from the property or from capital gains from a sale after an increase in value. Either way, the investment must be managed, considered, and watched at all times……
The main benefit of a tax-free exchange is just that–freedom from a tax. The gain that could be realized by one or both of the principals in the exchange transaction does not need to be recognized at the time of the closing. The gains tax is deferred until the property owner makes a taxable disposition of the new property at some later time……
In a slowed economy, newer buildings may fill up at the expense of older buildings. Since new buildings cost more to build than the older ones, rents may be higher. The actual dollars-per-square-foot costs must be compared, along with other benefits that the tenant may receive, before a final decision is made by the tenant on staying or moving…….
Knowing what you can do in some investment situations can be the difference between an annual profit or loss in your currently owned commercial property or the one you intend to acquire. How you acquire it can be important…….
