Articles on real estate
You can sell property to anyone you like at any price if you own it. … The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) takes the position that you’re making a $199,999 gift if you sell for $1 and the home’s fair market value is $200,000, even if you sell to your child. 1 You could owe a …
The one percent rule, sometimes stylized as the “1% rule,” is used to determine if the monthly rent earned from a piece of investment property will exceed that property’s monthly mortgage payment. What is the 1% rule in real estate? The 1% rule of real estate investing measures the price of the investment property against …
The size of the professionally managed global real estate investment market increased from $9.6 trillion in 2019 to $10.5 trillion in 2020. How much is the real estate industry worth? The total size of commercial real estate in the U.S. was estimated $16 trillion in 2018. Nareit estimates that the 2018 total dollar value of …
Can US citizens own land in El Salvador? No single natural or legal person – whether national or foreign – can own more than 245 hectares (605 acres) of land. The Salvadoran Constitution stipulates there is no restriction on foreign ownership of rural land in El Salvador, unless Salvadoran nationals face restrictions in the corresponding …
Is 55 years old too old to buy a house? If you’re in your 50s, it’s not too late to buy a new home, but it’s key to ask the right questions and make the wisest decisions possible. Above all, make sure you won’t be stuck making mortgage payments years after retirement. Does it make …
A fixture is personal property that becomes real estate by means of permanent attachment, such as by bolt, screw, or nail, you quickly learn. … But when that stove is built in, to become part of a kitchen cabinet, the stove becomes a fixture and is automatically included when the home is sold. Is a …
Value Added Tax (“VAT”) is a Consumption Tax that is imposed on the supply of (a) Services, and (b) tangible and intangible Goods, that are not expressly exempted by Law, irrespective of the residence of the supplier. It is the residence of the Consumer that triggers the imposition of this Tax. What does VAT mean …