Tax-Loss Harvesting Tax-loss harvesting involves selling investments at a loss to offset capital gains on investments that went up in value. Here's an example: Assume you are set to sell your rental ...

Straight-line depreciation is the most common form of depreciation, in which the value of the rental property is evenly reduced each year over the useful life of the asset. "In the tax world ...

Ridvan Celik/Getty Images When investing in real estate, knowing how to value property well in an often-shifting marketplace often means the difference between a profitable venture and a costly ...