An installment sale can spread eligible gain from rental or investment property over several years, but depreciation recapture, seller financing interest, mortgages, passive losses, related party rules, and California withholding can change the expected tax result. Learn what real estate investors should calculate before agreeing to seller financing.

A prior Section 1231 loss can change the tax treatment of a property gain years later. Learn how the five year lookback rule works, how intervening gains reduce prior loss balances, how K1 amounts and passive losses affect the calculation, and when current Section 1231 gain becomes ordinary income.

A loss on rental or business property can receive favorable ordinary loss treatment under Section 1231, but that does not always mean the entire loss is immediately deductible. Learn how annual netting, passive activity rules, basis and at risk limits, excess business loss rules, depreciation recapture, and the five year lookback affect the final tax result.

Selling depreciated rental property can create several different types of taxable gain. Learn how Sections 1245 and 1250 work, why rental property depreciation is not simply taxed at 25 percent, and how cost segregation, installment sales, Section 1031 exchanges, related party sales, and suspended passive losses can affect the final tax result.

Selling rental property or business real estate can trigger several different federal tax rules. Learn how Section 1231 gains and losses are calculated, how depreciation recapture and the five year lookback rule affect the result, and how installment sales, cost segregation, suspended passive losses, and Section 1031 exchanges fit into the analysis.