
On this episode of Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing, Jonathan sits down with Sean Graham, founder of Maven Cost Seg. Sean is also a real estate investor and a registered CPA. Additionally, he is the founder of Maven Equities. As Jonathan and Sean begin their conversation, Sean shares how real estate first appeared on his radar. He explains that he started investing with a house hack in Chicago. Eventually, Sean discovered self-storage and quickly realized that wholesaling was not his niche. He did like self-storage, though, and continued to invest in that asset class. Sean explains how the geographical area a property is located in affects how it operates, his strategy for finding deals and what’s changed about it over time, and the financial advantages of self-storage. You’ll hear what cost segregation is, the assets it best works for, and how it can help investors save money. And how Sean approaches cost segregation for different asset classes. Finally, Sean explains what it means to be a real estate professional with active status from the IRS’s perspective and two ways to create a relationship with a tax professional. Tune into this episode for information on cost segregation that can save your real estate business money.