Real estate depreciation… no, not the kind you feel after your neighbor bought a house next to yours at half the price, but the kind that can put more money in your pocket. To stimulate investments in real estate, and thus the economy, the congress enacted tax benefits towards real estate investments in 1971. There are typically two methods for deducting depreciation, either the declining balance switching to straight line, or just straight line. Most people take a straight line approach towards depreciation.

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