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What is Real Estate? or REIT's?

Huge impacts in the economy for those involved in REIT'S That means Real Estate Investment Trust.

This made National News and is worth noting;

Article written by Mark Heschmeyer;

"Under pressure to reconsider some tax loopholes, the IRS -- and Congress -- have both launched recent attempts to define - or literally, re-define -- what exactly constitutes real estate assets for purposes of of qualifying as a real estate investment trust (REIT) under the tax code. The results of those efforts could affirm or undo a host of tax advantages for existing REITS and block the efforts of several companies seeking to reorganize as REITs."

Article reported by Costar a commercial site that has a news update.

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