From STRs to manufacturing—leveraging depreciation for serious appreciation.
Advanced depreciation mechanisms, notably bonus depreciation and Section 179 expensing, have long served as pivotal tools for U.S. businesses to accelerate tax deductions on capital investments.
If you had quietly bought into St. Louis’ Central West End in 2013—before the cranes, before City Foundry, before Cortex became a national case study—you wouldn’t have needed to be the biggest check in the room.
As the dust settles on the overleveraged frenzy of 2019–2021, investors are searching for grounding.
In today’s capital-constrained, fundamentals-driven real estate environment, gentrification has re-emerged as the clearest lever for long-term portfolio growth.
