Real Estate News

A Review of the Latest US Census Estimates – Where is the Population Growth?

I have been following US Census data closely since 2010. As a real estate advisor, I’d like to know which areas of the country have populations that are growing faster than the national average – I think buying in these areas gives us a better chance of success. 2023 population estimates were just released: let’s take a look at the results. Read more

Ground Leased Property Can Offer Better Tax Efficiency

One of the big benefits we receive from our investment real estate (including partial interest properties) is tax savings from the depreciation benefit. If we own the land our building is on, we can only depreciate our improvements’ value since land is not depreciable. With a ground lease, however, we don’t own the land. Therefore, our entire purchase price can be depreciated – for potentially substantially more tax savings! Read more

An Emerging Residential Product Type – Build to Rent

A new multifamily asset class has emerged called “Build to Rent.”  A Build to Rent apartment community is constructed by homebuilders as single family homes or townhouses, but then leased out as apartments and sold to investors in one package.  This could offer investors an interesting “additional exit option” that we will discuss this month. Read more