2025 Tax Update: How to Maximize Real Estate Incentives Under the One Big Beautiful Bill—from Acquisition to Exit
In July 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law, bringing sweeping changes to tax incentives that directly impact real estate investors, developers, and owners. The final legislation revived 100% bonus depreciation, amended §179D deduction & §45L credit to expire for properties constructed after June 30, 2026. While all three updates offer […]
Don’t Leave Money on the Table: How Strategic FMV Assignment at Sale Can Minimize Recapture Taxes
Most real estate investors know that cost segregation accelerates depreciation deductions, unlocking substantial tax savings and improved cash flow during the early years of property ownership. But far fewer realize that cost segregation also creates a unique opportunity for planning at the time of sale, when taxes on those prior deductions come due through depreciation […]
Cost Segregation and the Lifecycle of a Hotel: Tax Strategies from Acquisition to Renovation
Hotel properties are unique investments. Unlike traditional commercial buildings, hotels operate both as real estate assets and as businesses — complete with intensive capital needs, operational complexity, and constant reinvestment cycles. For owners, developers, and investors in hospitality properties, cost segregation is a key tool to unlock early tax deductions, enhance cash flow, and optimize […]
Tangible Property Regulations, PADs, and Cost Segregation: A Guide for CPAs
Navigating Tangible Property Regulations: Leveraging Partial Asset Dispositions and Cost Segregation for Optimal Tax Outcomes The Tangible Property Regulations (TPRs), finalized by the IRS in 2013, significantly reshaped the tax treatment of tangible property. For Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), understanding the intricacies of these rules is essential to helping clients make informed decisions, especially when […]
Cost Segregation Strategies for Multifamily Owners: Boosting Returns in a Challenging Market
Multifamily real estate has long been seen as a stable investment, but in 2024 and beyond, stability isn’t guaranteed. High interest rates, softening rents, and maturing debt are pressuring margins and reshaping the playbook for owners, syndicators, and developers alike. Cost segregation offers a tax strategy that helps counterbalance these pressures by accelerating depreciation, increasing after-tax […]
The Truth About Depreciation Recapture: Why Cost Segregation Still Delivers Powerful Tax Savings
Want to understand how cost segregation can benefit your specific property, even with recapture in mind? Let’s run the numbers together, reach out today for a no-obligation benefit estimate. The Truth About Depreciation Recapture: Why Cost Segregation Still Delivers Powerful Tax Savings One of the most common misconceptions among real estate investors and even some tax […]
Owning Your Commercial Space? Here’s How Cost Segregation Can Unlock Big Tax Savings
As a business owner, purchasing the building or condo where your business operates is a bold and strategic move. It gives you more control, offers potential long-term appreciation, and allows you to invest in your own equity instead of a landlord’s. But what many business owners don’t realize is that the tax benefits of property […]
How Trump’s New Tax Plan Could Impact Real Estate Strategies in 2025
On May 12, 2025, House Republicans introduced a $4.9 trillion tax proposal strategy strongly supported by President Donald Trump, aiming to reshape the tax landscape significantly. Key components of this plan directly impact real estate investors and professionals, particularly concerning cost segregation strategies and energy efficiency incentives like Sections 179D and 45L. Key Tax Provisions […]
The Future of Bonus Depreciation: What Real Estate Investors Need in 2025
Bonus depreciation has been one of the most powerful tax tools for real estate investors, enabling large, immediate deductions for qualifying property components. But in 2025, we’re deep into the phase-down period set by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), and the benefits are starting to shrink. Or are they? With proposed legislation from […]
Maximizing Tax Deductions for Real Estate Professionals
Investing in real estate is a great way to build wealth over time and make passive income. But understanding taxes, especially when it comes to deducting losses from rental properties, can be tricky. One of the biggest challenges for real estate investors is figuring out the difference between “passive” and “non-passive” income. Luckily, there’s a […]