{"id":176,"date":"2012-03-27T02:52:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T07:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.RealEstateAnalysisFREE.com\/blog\/?p=176"},"modified":"2021-04-23T06:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T11:37:53","slug":"depreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zilculator.com\/blog\/depreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Depreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Depreciation<\/strong> (or sometimes called <strong>cost recovery<\/strong>) is the amount of the tax deductions that an investor can take each year from the depreciable asset, until this asset is fully written off. In Real Estate only the building part (not the land underneath it) can be counted for depreciation. The property can be depreciated over its useful life. The useful life is specified by the tax laws and usually is not the same as the expected actual physical life of the property. 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