capital gains tax

Earned income through real estate investing

by Jay Castillo on May 31, 2010 · 24 comments

This is the second part of a series on the three types of income one can get through real estate investing. If you missed the first part, please read it before reading this. You can find part one here – How to get portfolio income through real estate investing Earned income is the type of [...]

Recent BIR Issuances on Property Valuation may affect real estate investors

by Jay Castillo on April 27, 2010 · 5 comments

in Capital Gains Tax, Property Valuation, Real Estate Taxation

A post by Cherry Castillo I can see that the BIR is dead serious in collecting revenues for the government and is exploring all avenues where tax collection can be improved. In fact, the BIR has a string of recent issuances all concentrating on real property valuation, specifically on updating zonal values to be at [...]

Our journey to our new house – Finding a new home like true real estate investors

by Jay Castillo on November 20, 2009 · 29 comments

in Real Estate Investing, Site Updates

My wife who has become so obsessed with finding a new house we can call our home shares updates on what we are thinking of doing with our old house that was devastated by Ondoy, what things to consider, our target locations, finding not just a house but also a sound real estate investment by [...]

What is Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate?

by Jay Castillo on February 1, 2009 · 98 comments

in Capital Gains Tax, Real Estate Taxation

“In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin Taxes are indeed inescapable and the real estate industry is no exception. I am sure a lot of real estate investors are very much interested to know the taxes involved in investing as they significantly impact the total cost of acquiring a [...]