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by photochemsyn 811 days ago
You can tell this is fluff because it discusses commercial real estate without ever mentioning the many tax shelters that politicians have created for their real estate developer donors, e.g.

> "What are the most common tax benefits of investing in commercial real estate?

> "The most common tax benefits of investing in commercial real estate include accelerated depreciation, mortgage interest deductions, and tax advantages for an investor’s heirs. Accelerated depreciation allows investors to write off the cost of their investment over a shorter period of time than the asset’s useful life. Mortgage interest deductions allow investors to deduct any interest they pay on a commercial mortgage off of their federal income taxes. Lastly, tax advantages for an investor’s heirs can lead to a massive difference in returns, especially over an extended period of time."

https://www.commercialrealestate.loans/blog/the-top-10-tax-b...

If the market really goes belly-up, then the government will step in to bail out the 'fearless entrepreneurial capitalist investors' as with the subprime collapse, the covid collapse, the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, etc. Then the cheerleaders of capitalism stop complaining about socialism, at least for as long as it takes for them to deposit their government welfare checks.

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> You can tell this is fluff

What does that even mean? It's not a marketing page, it's just a simplified, introductory lesson.