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14 February 2024 | 35 replies
Property taxes are a lot lower here (sub 2%) than in prime Austin.
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13 February 2024 | 0 replies
In this post, I share with you the pre-construction investment benefits in the Dominican republic in the tourism sectors like Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, Sosua, and others.Among the benefits of acquiring properties on plans are the following:1- Capital Gains: the increase in the value of a property over time, due to different factors, such as accessibility, location, within the urban environment, services and infrastructure, and urban and architectural value.2- CONFOTUR tax benefits: law 158-01, which establishes tax benefits for real estate investors in the country's tourism sectors, which grants the benefit of tax exemption for 15 years.a)- Real estate transfer tax 3%.b)- Real estate asset tax (IPI) 1%.3- Financing available with an interest rate of 0%:Which works depending on the policies of each project, it normally works as follows.a)- the unit must be reserved from $2000 onwards.b)- They are given an approximate period of 21 days - 30 days to complete the downpayment 20%.c)- it is financed in monthly installments without interest until 50% of the value of the property is reached at the time of delivery 12-24 monthly paymentsd)- the remaining 50% can be financed with a bank or you can pay it cash.4- Resort administration: which guarantees monthly profitability and a return on investment which we could talk about by a zoom meeting..Thank you
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12 February 2024 | 5 replies
This has been primarily the result of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy to help curb inflation.So that's a snap shot of local multifamily.
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13 February 2024 | 4 replies
I have filed my US taxes yearly since then and declared my foreign and only income each time to the IRS.
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14 February 2024 | 123 replies
My property taxes go up with no logical pattern (confirmed with other Indy investors) whereas my California properties go up 2% a year (Proposition 13) from the original property tax basis.
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14 February 2024 | 26 replies
The advantage to the seller can be the seller will pay taxes on the amount sold plus will receive the remaining amount in 3 years time, please talk to a Real Estate Attorney/Tax Adviser to confirm the advantages for the seller carry.
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13 February 2024 | 3 replies
We are interested in CPAs who have a good understanding of the unique tax and financial challenges faced by real estate investors in our area.
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13 February 2024 | 2 replies
And if you've lived in it for 2 out of the 5 years prior to sale then you'll get to take the first $250K ($500K if married) of profit from that portion tax-free.
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13 February 2024 | 13 replies
This is where we have income requirements such as the "two years of tax returns".Portfolio - I'll define these loans as loans that come from the bank's own "portfolio" of money.
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13 February 2024 | 0 replies
This accelerates depreciation leading to additional tax savings and cash flow.Historically, a cost segregation study has been a very manual process completed by tax experts and specialized engineers.