John’s Corner

Tampa Real Estate Guy – Helping you crush your real estate investing goals

John Plumstead
July 08, 2025

Hey it’s John,

Wife and three of the boys are up in northern Michigan this week.
So it’s just me and my 13-year-old son living like kings.

Our current operating rhythm?
🥤 Diet Coke
🥩 Medium-rare steaks
💪 Two-a-days at the YMCA

Completely unsustainable... but honestly, the dream.

The One Big Beautiful Bill: Real Estate Edition

Congress passed it. Everyone’s talking about it.
But here’s what most people aren’t telling you:

1. Bonus Depreciation Is Back

100% write-offs. Year one. Locked in.
You can buy a building, add value, and get the tax benefit this year—not five years from now.

This is the single biggest advantage for real estate investors in this market.
If you don’t have a tax-savvy deal in motion, you’re burning daylight.

2. Section 1031 Lives On

Like-kind exchanges stay intact. No changes.
Keep deferring your capital gains. Scale tax-free.

Want to know how pros stack properties using 1031s and still sleep at night?
I’ll walk you through it. Just ask.

3. Opportunity Zones Reload in 2027

New zones. Ten-year windows. Rural tilt.

There will be noise... but there will also be gold.
If you’re long-term and strategic, this is a second chance.
Most people will ignore it. You shouldn’t.

Tampa Market Pulse

I’m walking deals every week, and here’s what’s actually happening:

🏚️ Stale listings? Prime for creative finance
📈 Multifamily rents are creeping up again
🏥 Medical and industrial demand is holding strong
🏦 Institutional money is back—buying quietly, with cash, and with conviction

The window is still open, but not for long.
If you wait for a perfect deal, you’ll get beat by the guy who just makes an offer.

REI Staffing Spotlight

This week’s win: Amna – Lead Tracker Supreme
She took a client’s pipeline from chaos to clean.
✅ Daily follow-up
✅ Zero warm leads slipping through the cracks

Result? Deal flow doubled in three weeks.

You don’t need more leads.
You need systems that don’t let hot ones go cold.
Want a backend like that? I’ll show you.

🍜 Local Plug: Wat Mongkolratanaram (Thai Temple)

Not a restaurant. Not fancy. But unforgettable.

It’s a Sunday-only Thai food market tucked behind a Buddhist temple in Tampa.
We went last weekend.

The Pad Thai? Fresh. Spicy. Way too good for the price.

You eat under the trees, by the water, surrounded by families and monks.
It feels like you’re out of town—right in the middle of the city.
Here’s the link.
If you know, you know.

Got a Real Estate Question?

Stuck on a deal structure?
Wondering how to stack tax strategies in a high-rate environment?
Need help hiring the right offshore team?

Reply with your question.
I’ll answer one next week right here.

If you’ve been reading and waiting for the right time to reach out...
It’s now.

See you next Tuesday,
— John
Tampa Real Estate Guy
Helping you crush your real estate investing goals