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mk  ·  3390 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Renting in America Has Never Been This Expensive

    “Land has a lot of convexity to it,” Shapiro said in a telephone interview. “If home prices go up 5 or 10 percent, land prices can go up 20 or 30 percent. You have to be careful because it also works on the way down, which is how people got really hurt.”

In addition to the multiplier, land taxes are far lower, and there are no management fees. Although rent and depreciation can offset the taxes, management, leasing and repair costs can dampen the gains on housing.

I wonder, can you claim depreciation on land?





kleinbl00  ·  3390 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Typically not. There's a lot of Washington state rendered unbuildable by wetlands protection statutes over the past ten years and property taxes have not diminished in response.