Can tax-aware investing increase your liquidity?
Most people think:
“Hedge funds, real estate, private equity = less liquidity.”
But done right, tax-aware investing can actually increase your usable cash flow, even if the vehicle itself has a lock-up.
Take real estate:
Depreciation can shelter your entire distribution, so a 5% yield can stay a full 5% after tax - something a taxable bond simply can’t replicate.
Excess depreciation can even offset other passive income, boosting your after-tax cash flow even further.
Tax-aware hedge funds can also pass through ordinary deductions that reduce W-2 income - leaving more net cash in your pocket each year.
And a well-structured long/short SMA can harvest losses that offset taxes from:
- Business sales
- PE carry
- Concentrated stock
Yes, some of these strategies have lock-ups.
But after a few years, many clients have already received 30–50% of their investment back in the form of tax savings alone.
If you’re a $5M+ family and want to increase after-tax cash flow without sacrificing long-term compounding, this is exactly the type of planning I build at QFS.