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Short-Term Rentals06 · Wealth & Exit

Keep it, grow it, and get out without handing a third to the IRS.

The long game: deferring gains, compounding equity, and timing the exit. The domain that closes every loop the rest of the site opens.

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Start here · The flagship guide

Building Long-Term Wealth With Short-Term Rentals

How to turn an STR into long-term wealth: how equity compounds, the number that determines your exit tax, and how to sell, exchange, or refinance without a surprise bill.

Matt Nunn · 12 min read

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What it covers

  • How STR wealth actually compounds
  • Adjusted basis — the number everything is measured from
  • The tax bill when you sell
  • Sell, 1031, or refinance?

Start with the flagship above — everything else in Wealth & Exit supports it.

Supporting guides

The guides, in order.

In dependency order — Basis first. Everything at sale is measured from it.

  1. Compound

    How STR Wealth Compounds & Adjusted Basis

    Appreciation, paydown, deferral — and the number that drives every exit.

  2. Scale

    Scaling With Equity

    Cash-out refi and BRRRR to add the next property.

  3. Exit-tax

    The Tax Bill When You Sell

    Recapture, capital gains, NIIT — and how to defer.

  4. Exit

    Getting Out Well

    The decision that pulls it all together.

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