Interest rates or property taxes spike, squeezing your cash flow?

5 Tax Mitigation Strategies Every Real Estate Investor Should KnowAs a real estate investor, every dollar you save in taxes is another dollar you can reinvest into growing your portfolio.

This implies if you sold and bought the exact same house your current property tax would increase substantially.  

., I left Anderson for a small firm that will do the actual taxes and then another company that specializes in tax strategy. 

For example, instead of tax returns and W2s they will check bank statements and the After Repair Value (ARV) to underwrite the loan.

.• Public Records & County Websites:Local county appraisal and tax records can be a goldmine for owner information.

And talking with my leasing team, the properties that are moving quicker are on the lower end of the rental range $1450-1600.

., Smyrna, Decatur, Marietta), new construction or turnkey rentals for lower maintenance, or small multifamily properties for stability.

If I can park the 388k ($415-27k) for one year at CD rate of 4.5% and then est 300k (after paying cap gain/depr recap) at 3.0% (assume CD rates lower) that interest income of about 24 months net of ordinary income tax is about the same as my current mortgage.Trying to play devil's advocate and think why selling this year does not make sense. 

If your rental rate is below the market anyway, a Tenant might consider this to be win as they would get the lower rate in the beginning and just rise to the level they were looking at everywhere else.Step clauses can be written right into the lease, or created by using 3 month lease terms with an auto-renewal at the step up rental rate price.