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In an interview by Arda Bircan from STR Tax Loophole, Alex Bagne, President of ICS, explains how savvy investors combine cost segregation with the short-term rental loophole to minimize income taxes, grow a real estate portfolio, and build generational wealth. He discusses a real-life scenario in which a successful C-level executive earning $500K annually from his job buys a $1 million-dollar short-term rental property to produce income, and then has a cost segregation performed to generate huge tax deductions that significantly reduce his tax liabilities....

The IRS released final regulations providing guidance under IRC Sec. 1031 to implement recent changes for like-kind exchanges. Sec. 1031 allows for the deferral of gain recognition on the sale of business property if the relinquished property is replaced with a similar type of property. Prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), both personal property and real property qualified for like-kind exchange treatment, but now only real property qualifies....