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What is trade or business property?

Real estate used in a trade or business, including rental operations, the Section 1231 class. Depreciable, with capital-gain treatment on net gains and ordinary-loss treatment on net losses.

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.