The Government Won’t Buy Your Airbnb. The Tax Code Might Cover a Surprising Piece of It.
A short-term rental can sometimes generate a substantial first-year tax deduction without producing an equivalent cash loss. Here’s how material participation, average guest stays and accelerated depreciation can change the economics of an investment property.
Inside America’s $35 Trillion Housing Wealth Problem
America’s homeowners are sitting on trillions in housing wealth. But with mortgage rates near 7% and sellers increasingly outnumbering buyers, turning that equity into actual money is becoming a much harder proposition.
Orion Says Rural Solar Doesn't Hurt Property Values. LSU's Report Says Something Else.
Orion says rural solar doesn't hurt property values. An LSU review cited in the Persimmon debate says something different. We pulled the report, checked the studies underneath it and compared them with Orion's own research.
We Are Still Pricing Homes With Evidence From a Market That No Longer Exists
Comparable sales still matter, but mortgage rates near 7% have changed buyer purchasing power. Old sales need current-market context when pricing a home.
Who Is Orion Renewable Energy Group? Inside the Company Behind the Persimmon Energy Center
Orion has developed energy projects since 1998. Its long timelines, project sales and corporate power deals show what to watch as Persimmon moves forward.
The Invisible MLS Lines Running Through Southwest Louisiana
Southwest Louisiana’s MLS boundaries overlap in ways most buyers never see. Here’s how SWLAR, GFPAR and ROAM shape the listings beneath a home search.
What Is Azimuth Renewables? Inside the Company Exploring a Data Center North of Moss Bluff
Azimuth Renewables wasn't a familiar name in Moss Bluff. Then the St. Louis energy developer secured an option on more than 1,100 acres. We opened the file.
Something Is Changing North of Moss Bluff. The Records Show It Started Years Ago.
A data center is the newest piece. But years of leases, options, servitudes and utility-scale energy development suggest the bigger story in North Calcasieu started long before the announcement.
Greater Fort Polk REALTORS Fight Over ROAM MLS Is Headed to Court
A lawsuit seeking to remove members of the Greater Fort Polk Area REALTORS board has opened a larger debate over MLS consolidation, local control and the increasingly blurry boundaries between Southwest Louisiana real estate markets.
Louisiana Is Becoming America’s Industrial Dumping Ground
Louisiana is expanding chemical storage, carbon sequestration, underground injection and other industrial containment projects despite a documented history of catastrophic failures elsewhere in the U.S.
