Using Depreciation from Rental Real Estate to Lower Your AGI

Any rental property you own counts as income and impacts your tax returns, but there are several things you can do to minimize tax burdens. Taking full advantage of tax deductions to lower your adjusted gross income (AGI) is an essential part…
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Internships Are Good Business for Commercial Real Estate

Relationships are the cornerstone of commercial real estate. They always have been. For many in the industry, those relationships have developed over decades. Those that remember the Rolodex (and those that still use one), the spinning catalog…
Tips for Finding the Right Lease

5 Tips for Finding the Right Lease

Finding a space that best suits your business can be overwhelming. When you view a property, you will hear the leasing agent mention numerous real estate terms such as building classification, annual rent, build-to-suit, standard improvement…
Opportunity Zones in Maryland and Delaware

Opportunity Zones in Maryland and Delaware

Opportunity zones were added to the tax code by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017. The IRS identifies an opportunity zone as “an economically-distressed community where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible…
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Property Values in Maryland Increased Following SDAT’s 2019 Reassessment

Each county in Maryland is divided into three assessment areas; every year, one of these areas is assessed by the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) to determine the value of the properties within that area or group.…
QBI Deductions and Your Real Estate Investments
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QBI Deductions and Your Real Estate Investments

QBI Deductions: A Closer Look As of January 1, 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced a new business income deduction provision, Section 199A: Qualified Business Income Deductions (QBI). According to the IRS, the new code “provides…