How to offset as much active income as possible in 2026:

Every investment property has DEPRECIABLE items within it.

If you acquire a $1M property, there is $200k-$300k of DEPRECIATION EXPENSE that would get spread out over 39 years.

HOWEVER, you need to qualify as a “real estate professional” in order to take 100% of that expense in the FIRST YEAR.

In other words, if you make $250k/year in your job, you can potentially offset your ENTIRE INCOME and pay $0 in taxes after buying 1 building.

So, in order to qualify as a “real estate professional” in 2026, you need to meet the following criteria:

• More than 50% of your total working hours must be spent in real estate

• AND that time must total, at least, more than 750 hours

• OR have your spouse meet the above qualifications

In our CRE Collective investment group, myself and our members use the “Real Estate Pro - Tracker” tool we created to log our time spent in real estate and JUSTIFY our real estate professional status to the IRS.

If you’d like access to this tool and help acquiring your first commercial property, find a time on my calendar and let’s discuss getting your taxable income down to $0.

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