Jun 15, 2026 | Building Wealth, Investing, Real Estate
by Carlos Salguero, Founder – CS3 Investments Most investors think liquidity is a feature. They were told from day one that being able to sell at any moment was one of the great advantages of public markets. Instant pricing. Instant exits. The freedom to act on news...
Jun 12, 2026 | Investing, Taxes
Here is what this is. The art donation deduction lives under IRC 170, the same section that governs every charitable contribution you make. Most people think charitable giving means writing a check. It does not have to. You can donate a physical asset, and art is the...
May 29, 2026 | Building Wealth, Investing, Real Estate
Most investors think compound interest is a stock market story. They learned it from a chart in a 401k brochure. Time in the market, double your money every seven years, do not touch it. Set it and forget it. That story works. It is also the slowest, most heavily...
May 29, 2026 | Building Wealth, Investing, Taxes
Let me say the uncomfortable thing first. Most people will never build real wealth, and it has nothing to do with how much money they make. It’s because they can’t let go of a single dollar once it lands in their account. There was a survey done on what...
May 29, 2026 | Building Wealth, Investing, Real Estate
Here’s what a SLAT is. It stands for spousal lifetime asset trust, and it’s probably the single most popular trust that wealthy married people set up. The name sounds complicated. The job it does is simple. It moves money out of your estate while your...
May 14, 2026 | Investing, Real Estate, Taxes
By: Carlos Salguero Most real estate investors think they understand depreciation. They bought a rental, their CPA wrote off a sliver of the building each year, and the deduction quietly trickled in over decades. That is depreciation by default. It is what happens...
