REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT STRATEGY
A Practical Tax Guide for Individual and Small Business Clients By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA, ISA AM President and CEO, MAS LLC | The Green Mission Inc. | GM-ESG | Probity Appraisal Group April 2026 Introduction Real estate has long served as one of the most powerful wealth-building vehicles available to individual investors and small […]
Read MoreThe Case for Cost Segregation Analysis: Why the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Makes It More Valuable Than Ever
By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA March 2026 As tax season is in full swing, my clients and I have been thrilled by the Cost Segregation analyses for which they invested, resulting in significant tax reductions through allocation to shorter-year depreciation buckets. These reports are not cheap and should not be invested in for many simple […]
Read MoreTHE LONG GAME
By Jessica I. Marschall, CPA, ISA AM Rental Property Passive Losses, Depreciation Recapture, and the Tax Consequences You Cannot Afford to Ignore President & CEO, MAS LLC | The Green Mission Inc. | Probity Appraisal Group | GM-ESG Published February 2026 | For educational and professional reference purposes Introduction Residential rental real estate is one […]
Read MoreFrom Tax Code to Deconstruction Sites: Building Solutions to America’s Housing Crisis
By Jessica I. Marschall, CPA, ISA AMNovember 23, 2025 Finding Hope in the Intersection of Tax Policy and Climate Action After 26 years navigating the labyrinthine corridors of federal tax policy and six years elbow-deep in deconstructed buildings across America, I have discovered something remarkable: the same 76,000 pages of tax code (including tax memos, […]
Read MoreThe 50-Year Mortgage Proposal: A False Solution to a Real Crisis
By Jessica I. Marschall, CPAPresident, MAS LLC November 10th, 2025 Understanding the Real Problem First Last week, I published an article examining the unprecedented affordability crisis facing young Americans today. The data was sobering: the median age of first-time homebuyers has climbed to 40 years old, up from 33 in 2021 and 29 in 1981. […]
Read MoreThe Strategic Advantage of Separating Rental Properties into Individual LLCs
By Jessica I. Marschall, CPAOctober 12, 2025 As a CPA advising real estate investors, one of the most critical structural decisions I discuss with clients is how to hold rental properties within limited liability companies (LLCs). While forming a single LLC to hold multiple properties may seem simpler and more cost-effective, the strategy of placing […]
Read MoreEstimated Income Taxes: What They Are, When They Are Due, and How to Stay in the Safe Harbor
Understanding Pay-As-You-Go Taxation The U.S. income tax system operates on a pay-as-you-go basis, requiring taxpayers to remit taxes throughout the year rather than in a single annual payment. When sufficient tax is not paid during the year through withholding or quarterly estimated payments, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) §6654 imposes an addition to tax—essentially a […]
Read MoreReal Estate Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: What Developers, Investors, and Owners Need to Know
Jessica I. Marschall, CPA, ISA AM August 30th, 2025 The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21, represents the most comprehensive tax overhaul for the real estate industry since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. This legislation permanently extends key TCJA provisions while […]
Read MoreComparing Tax Treatment of Investment Real Estate vs. Real Estate Dealer Property (“Flips”)
May 8th, 2025 Jessica I. Marschall CPA In recent years, our practice has seen a marked increase in clients either holding real estate for long-term investment or diving headfirst into the world of house flipping. This trend is fueled not only by rising home values, but also by the desire to create alternative income streams […]
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Business Assets: Section 1231, 1245, and 1250
Jessica I. Marschall, CPA, ISA AM January 23rd, 2024 Section 1231, Section 1245, and Section 1250 are provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code that deal with the taxation of certain types of assets. What About Depreciation Recapture? Depreciation recapture under Section 1245 and Section 1250 refers to the process by which the IRS […]
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