Renaldo Sudibya | SGV Income Property Specialist
“I Can’t Sell — The Taxes Will Kill Me”
Sound Familiar?
I hear it almost every week.
A Pasadena duplex or fourplex owner — someone who bought their property back in the 1980s or 1990s for $200,000 — is sitting on a building now worth $1.2 million. Maybe more.
They’re tired. Tenants calling at midnight. The roof needs work. Rents haven’t kept up with the market. They know it’s time to sell.
But then they say it:
“I can’t sell. The taxes will kill me.”
I completely understand why they feel that way. A $1 million gain sounds terrifying. And if you do nothing — and plan nothing — it can be a very big bill.
But here’s what most Pasadena rental property owners don’t know:
There are at least 4 legal strategies that could dramatically reduce — or even eliminate — what you owe when you sell your 2 to 14 unit property. Strategies that CPAs and savvy investors have used for decades.
What’s Inside The Free Guide:
- The 1031 Exchange
How to sell and defer your taxes indefinitely — most owners don’t fully understand how powerful this really is
- The Installment Sale
How to spread your tax bill over many years and create steady retirement income at the same time
- The Opportunity Zone Strategy
How to potentially eliminate taxes on future gains entirely
- The Question Nobody Asks
What is staying in your property actually costing you every single year? The answer may surprise you.
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Plain-English strategies written specifically for
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