Posts Tagged ‘buy and hold’

Accounting for buy-and-hold real estate investments

Posted on: September 15th, 2015 by Real Estate Accountants 11 Comments

Buy-and-hold real estate investing has its own unique set of tax and accounting rules. As discussed in articles on flipping properties, and rent-to-owns, using the proper structure is critical. Think of this as a short primer on those rules, and how they may affect your taxes as you plan your real estate investment business with […]

Using corporations with real estate investments: Flips, RTOs and buy and holds

Posted on: December 8th, 2014 by Real Estate Accountants

We often get these two fundamental questions from real estate investors: Is it important to have separate corporations for rent to owns (RTOs) and flips vs long-term holds for our real estate investments? What happens if the property changes from one category to another? These questions answered, plus many other questions from the audience for […]

Q&A: Long-term holds vs rent-to-owns: inactive vs. active income?

Posted on: February 27th, 2014 by Real Estate Accountants 2 Comments

Q.  We currently own 6 revenue properties, and over the last 6 years we have sold 5 revenue properties. We have always been buy and hold. We are considering entering into a Rent-to-Own agreement and I understand it will be taxed as active business income. It would be a one year or two year term. […]