Because as soon as you sell them, you have a taxable event.The beauty of real estate is that you can structure your deals so that they are set up as investments, which are treated favorably under tax law.I recommend that you discuss your business plans with a CPA who is familiar with real estate investing and who then can advise you on how to structure your ventures to lower your taxes.

@Andrew D Hansen If you take the property out of service as a rental and treat it as a second home (for instance), then you can stop depreciating it.

I had tenants who signed with me back in early 2017 and for the majority of their time treated my house well and paid rent on time.

Hello All,I just closed on a duplex and I can already tell that I'm treating Real Estate more like a job rather than a business.

Get termites treated and purchase an ongoing service plan.

If you treat it as a flip and sell or refinance using the BRRRR philosophy, you put the proceeds towards paying down the HELOC.

This is a very important distinction that a lot of investors miss - treating sellers of this nature, like dollars and cents investors, is a mistake and likely a big turn off to the seller.

Hi Guys,How is the first week of a brand new year treating you?

I try to treat everything as logical numbers.

In fact the average person gets a raise and ends up "treating" themselves to a new car or some other luxury.