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Want to turn your real estate hustle into real tax savings? Prove your material participation and unlock powerful deductions. Qualify for REPS by spending 750+ hours in real estate or use the STR loophole by actively managing short term rentals to offset your income.

How to Track Hours for REPS and the STR Loophole with REPSLog

When it comes to taxes, the difference between paying more and paying smart often comes down to knowing the right strategies and executing them correctly. These four proven tax strategies for business owners can help you keep more of what you earn, build generational wealth, and reinvest in your future.

Tax Secrets No One Tells You (But I Wish Someone Told Me Earlier)

How to Turn Family Payroll Into a Generational Wealth Machine

Family payroll shifts income to lower tax brackets, often tax free for kids. Wages are deductible, can fund Roth IRAs, and spouse payroll unlocks retirement benefits. This cuts your tax bill while building family wealth.

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Tax Saving on Stock Grants (RSAs) & Remedy for Missed 83(b) Election

8:00

Capital Gains Tax Planning with Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF)

7:33

S-Corporation for Real Estate?

6:10

S-Corporation for Real Estate? (Part 2)

5:45

The Generational Wealth Formula

What Counts Toward Material Participation

Understand how to document and track your hours to meet IRS material participation standards and unlock passive loss deductions.

How To Manage Depreciation Recapture

Prepares investors for the tax consequences of selling a depreciated property—and how to minimize the hit.

What You Can Claim With Individual Tax Credits

Tax credits available to individuals and families, including clean vehicle credits, education, and child-related incentives.

How To Deduct Travel Expense

Outlines which domestic and international travel costs are deductible depending on the business vs. personal nature of the trip.

60 Minutes with Q&A session

Tools to Power Your Tax Strategy

We’ve built a library of tax strategies, including our Generational Wealth Formula, to help business owners, investors, high earners, and ambitious professionals keep more of what they earn.

Now, you can get a sneak peek. This guides includes select checklists and planning guides to help you save more, plan ahead, and make confident financial decisions all year long.

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High earning W2 taxpayers often pay more tax. Business owners and active investors have more ways to plan. This article explains why that happens and what you can do to keep more of your money.

The Tax Code Favors Business Owners

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How to Track Hours for REPS and the STR Loophole with REPSLog

Tax Secrets No One Tells You (But I Wish Someone Told Me Earlier)

How to Turn Family Payroll Into a Generational Wealth Machine

Commercial real estate investors often focus on the big wins like finding the right property, negotiating favorable terms, or leveraging financing to scale. But there’s one critical piece of the wealth-building puzzle that many overlook: bookkeeping.

Commercial Real Estate Bookkeeping

When most people think of financing real estate, they picture a bank, a 20% down payment, and a 30-year mortgage. But seasoned investors know the game doesn’t have to look like that.

Creative Financing for Investors: Unlocking Opportunities Beyond Traditional Loans

Capital Gains Tax Planning: Essential Strategies for High-Income Earners

Whether you’re selling a business, cashing out on real estate, or rebalancing your investment portfolio, understanding how capital gains are taxed and how to plan around them is essential for maximizing your wealth.

Barry P. McIntosh, CPA

Real estate investors often prioritize positive cash flow, but negative cash flow doesn’t always mean a bad deal.

Is Negative Cash Flow Worth It for Equity Gains?

Cost Segregation and Its Benefits

Cost segregation is a smart tax strategy that helps individuals and business owners, especially real estate investors, accelerate depreciation and increase cash flow.

Buying your first investment property is one of the biggest wealth-building moves you can make. But here’s the thing: most people reading this aren’t true first-time buyers, they already own a primary residence.

How to Buy Your First Investment Property the Smart Way

Top Reasons to Buy Real Estate in August and September

August and September are smart choices offering less competition, better deals, and ideal timing for families to settle in before the school year starts.

The Big Beautiful Bill introduces powerful tax changes for individuals and families, including tax-free tips and overtime, a car loan interest deduction, and new savings tools for children.

Tax Law Updates

What You’re Missing in the Big Beautiful Bill Details

Tax Saving on Stock Grants (RSAs) & Remedy for Missed 83(b) Election