Albert Aiello, CPA, MS Taxation, RE Investor
I am talking about the most powerful deduction for the real estate investor – Depreciation — which is an annual tax write-off of the cost basis of assets held for rental or business-use, such as real estate.
Why this “NO-cash-out; yet cash-IN” phenomena?
The first part, “NO cash out” is [...]

Albert Aiello, CPA, MS Taxation, RE Investor
There are three major tax-saving benefits of classifying expenditures as repairs rather than capital improvements. One of them is immediate tax savings. For example, the owner of a rental property is in a 31% tax bracket and pays $20,000 as a repair is an immediate deduction which is worth [...]