Joe Carabetta III

Never give up on your DREAMS!🇺🇸

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: Elon Musk is now worth $840 billion

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Bernie Sanders’s hypocrisy explained by his own posts 😂

[Erick José Lantigua @EJLantigua]

¿QUÉ NECESITA CADA EQUIPO PARA AVANZAR EN EL GRUPO B?

1⃣ Si Italia gana mañana, es simple: Italia y USA avanzan a Cuartos de Final.

2⃣ Si México gana, tendremos un triple empate 3-1 y, como ningún equipo le ganó la serie particular a los otros dos, entra el segundo criterio de desempate del reglamento:

Carreras permitidas ÷ Outs defensivos (en los juegos entre los equipos empatados).

En este momento están así:

México: 5 / 24 = 0.208
USA: 11 / 54 = 0.204
Italia: 6 / 27 = 0.222

1⃣ Si Italia le gana a México
✅Avanzan Italia 🇮🇹 (B1) y USA 🇺🇸 (B2)

2⃣ Si México gana y anota 5 carreras o más
✅ Avanzan México 🇲🇽 (B1) y USA 🇺🇸 (B2)

3⃣ Si México gana y anota 4 carreras o menos
✅ Avanzan México 🇲🇽 (B1) e Italia 🇮🇹 (B2)

#WorldBaseballClassic

[Joe Carabetta III @jcarabetta]

@OTN_Weather Luckily— winter is almost over!

[Barrett Linburg @DallasAptGP]

We just built an $18.5M apartment complex in Dallas.

In 10 years, we will sell it.

The federal tax bill will be $0.

Even better: The IRS will permanently forgive $5M in tax deductions we took along the way.

This is the single most powerful deal the IRS can offer a real estate investor without dying.

Here is how we did it.

The strategy is called Opportunity Zone investing.

It sounds complex. It is not.

You follow three steps:

• Take a capital gain (from stocks, a business sale, or crypto).

• Invest that gain into a designated “Opportunity Zone.”

• Improve the property.

If you follow the rules and hold for 10 years, the federal government grants you tax immunity on the backend.

But the real magic happens when you combine this with a Cost Segregation Study.

This is the “Super Move.”

Let’s look at the numbers on our Dallas project.

We raised $8M from investors.

We borrowed $10.5M from a local bank.

We built 75 units.

Total cost: $18.5M.

Now we depreciate the asset.

In a standard deal, you depreciate the building over 27.5 years.

You get a small tax deduction every year. It is slow. It is boring.

We don’t do slow.

We hire an engineering firm to perform a Cost Segregation Study.

They walk the building. They identify components that do not last 27.5 years.

Flooring.
Lighting.
Cabinets.
Landscaping.

The tax code allows us to write these items off immediately.

On this project, the engineering study unlocks about $5M in “bonus depreciation.”

That is a $5M paper loss this year.

Our investors use this loss to offset other passive income. It crushes their tax bill today.

In a normal real estate deal, this comes back to bite you.

It is called “Depreciation Recapture.”

When you sell a standard building, the IRS looks at all those deductions you took. They say, “You wrote this off, but you made money.”

They tax that $5M at up to 25%.
Unless you are in an Opportunity Zone.

The OZ rules change the math.

If you hold an OZ asset for 10 years, your cost basis steps up to fair market value when you sell.

That means two things:

• You pay $0 Capital Gains Tax on the profit.

• You pay $0 Depreciation Recapture tax.

That $5M in deductions? It was a gift. You never pay it back.

You got the tax break upfront. You kept the cash flow in the middle. You keep all the profit at the end.

This is not a loophole.

It is a congressional incentive.

The government wants housing built in these zones. They offer tax-free profits to get it.

We take the deal every time.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I’ve lost a few battles over the years, but I’ve never lost a war

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 BREAKING: Suspected US Apache attack helicopters seen TOTALLY DOMINATING the skies above Caracas, Venezuela while explosions ring out

Trump seems to be going for the jugular here.

Venezuelan air defenses look to be COMPLETELY disabled by the U.S. military already.

Maduro may be living on borrowed time.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

NBA teams are "in a panic" because the 20-1 Thunder might own TWO top 10 picks, per @BannedMacMahon 🤯

They control the Clippers 2026 1st-RD pick and Utah's top-8 protected 1st-RD pick 😳

(h/t @cassiusdoitall, @CAlmanza1007)

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: President Trump tugs French President Macron around in Egypt.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Home sales are headed for their worst year since 1995, per Redfin

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

🔥 UNITY: President Trump and Elon Musk are sitting next to each other at the funeral of Charlie Kirk.

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

WATCH: Fort Worth homeowner opens fire on attempted car thieves

"I'm protecting my property. That's my right."

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

TRENDING: #NFL fans are saying that Tom Brady and the #Raiders did not draft Shedeur Sanders after Brady said this about quarterbacks.

😳😳😳

“When a quarterback throws a touchdown pass, I actually watch to see who he goes and celebrates with.”

WOW…

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Go woke, go broke.

[Cracker Barrel @CrackerBarrel]

We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel. We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our “Old Timer” will remain.

At Cracker Barrel, it’s always been – and always will be – about serving up delicious food, warm welcomes, and the kind of country hospitality that feels like family. As a proud American institution, our 70,000 hardworking employees look forward to welcoming you to our table soon.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: Cracker Barrel caves, reinstates original logo after pressure from critics, including President Trump

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

RED SOX HAVE BEAT THE YANKEES IN 8 OF THEIR 9 MATCHUPS THIS SEASON 😳

[The Adventurous Soul @TAdventurousoul]

25 Pictures with Deep meaning 🧵

1. Just enjoy it

[NJ Transit Rude Zone 🚌🚈 @rudezoneNJT]

Please watch this video of a Connecticut state trooper SERGEANT BRIAN FAHEY spitting in Sean from Long Island Audit's face!

Look at the deranged actions by the officer and what he is carrying.

Full video will be released tomorrow.

Long Island Audit is the biggest First Amendment Auditor in America with almost one million subscribers on YouTube.