Ep 91. What the IRS Calls a Loss Might Be Your Shortcut to Financial Freedom

Go Big with Gib Podcast · Sep 30, 2025 · 2m · transcript

We unpack how passive losses in real estate, driven by depreciation, can show a tax “loss” while your property still pays you steady cash flow. We explain why this legal strategy helps you keep more of what you earn and how professionals can use it to speed up financial freedom.

• what passive losses are and why they matter

• how depreciation creates a paper loss without reducing cash flow

• a simple example showing $20k cash flow with a $25k paper loss

• why keeping more after tax beats earning more before tax

• who commonly uses this strategy and why

• the importance of playing by IRS rules…