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What is 5/50 rule?

A REIT ownership requirement: five or fewer individuals cannot own more than 50% of the value of the REIT’s shares during the last half of the taxable year.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.