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Guides, analysis, and straight talk on rental property investing. No fluff, no paywalls.
Guides, analysis, and straight talk on rental property investing. No fluff, no paywalls.
Short reads on what actually drives wealth in a single rental property.
The money left after a rental property pays every bill, with the real math.
Read moreThe increase in market value over time and why leverage amplifies it.
Read moreYour tenant's rent reduces your loan balance every month. The math adds up.
Read moreDepreciation, deductions, and 1031 exchanges in plain English.
Read moreRental real estate has structural advantages stocks don't: direct ownership, monthly income, 30-year fixed financing, and an insurable downside.
Read articleYes, you can move into a 1031 property. The 5-year rule, the prorated exclusion, the safe harbor that documents intent, and the tax that survives no matter what.
Read articleThe 1031 timeline day by day: what has to happen before closing, by day 45, and by day 180, plus where exchanges actually stall and how to build slack into the clock.
Read articleThe real tax bill when you sell a rental: capital gains, depreciation recapture, NIIT, and state tax, with a worked example, plus the one legal way to defer all of it.
Read articleDSTs solve the 45-day identification problem by selling you a fraction of someone else's deal. What you give up, what you keep with direct ownership, and how to decide.
Read articleLike-kind is the most misunderstood term in Section 1031. What qualifies, what never does, and why the rule is far more permissive than it sounds.
Read articleYour QI holds every dollar of your sale proceeds. What a qualified intermediary does, what one costs, and the five questions that separate real ones from cheap ones.
Read articleA reverse 1031 exchange lets you buy the replacement property before you sell. How the EAT structure works, what it costs, and when it beats the standard exchange.
Read articleWhat turnkey rental companies actually do, where the model stops short, and how to vet any operator before you wire a dollar. No pitch, just the category explained.
Read articleThe vocabulary you'll encounter on a pro forma, in a lender call, or on a property page — defined plainly with Lineage examples.
Everything you need to know before buying your first investment property.
How investor loans work and why 85% of Lineage investors use them.
Why the best rental markets probably aren’t where you live.
Depreciation, cost segregation, 1031 exchanges, and passive loss rules.
Line-by-line walkthrough of the numbers behind every property.
From 1 to 10 properties. When to buy, how equity compounds, and scaling strategies.
Property manager handoff, tenant placement, maintenance, and what ownership looks like.
Start with an investment plan — a conversation about your goals, timeline, and a clear path forward.