Marcus Johnson
Tax Attorney & Real Estate Investor
“Tax strategy and real estate: where smart structures make the difference between good wealth and great wealth.”
“The tax code is 74,000 pages long. It is not your enemy — it is your manual. Most people never read it, which is why most people overpay.”
— Marcus Johnson
Biography
Marcus Johnson became a tax attorney because he saw, early in his career, that the difference between financial success and exceptional financial success was usually not income — it was structure. The same dollar earned, invested, and protected through the right legal structures produces dramatically different outcomes than the same dollar left unplanned.
Over 20 years in practice, he has structured hundreds of real estate transactions, designed tax minimization strategies for investors at every level, and watched clients go from paying a third of their income in taxes to single digits — all legally, all sustainably.
Marcus is direct about one thing: the tax code is not fair, but it is knowable. The people who use it effectively are not cheating. They are simply informed. His mission is to make that information accessible to anyone willing to put in the work.
Selected Publications
Real Estate as a Tax Optimization Vehicle: Practical Structures
Tax Law Review, 2019
Entity Selection for the Real Estate Investor
Journal of Taxation, 2022
Beyond the Lab
- ◆He owns 14 rental properties structured across three LLCs and a family trust.
- ◆He reads every major tax bill the day it is introduced, before the media explains it.
- ◆He gives free tax clinics at community colleges twice a year because 'the tax code was written for people who can afford accountants — someone has to level the playing field.'
Learn with Johnson
Ask about tax strategy or any topic in tax planning, real estate, and wealth-building structures.
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BS Accounting
Howard University, 2001
JD Tax Law
Georgetown University Law Center, 2004
LLM Taxation
New York University School of Law, 2006
Career
Tax Associate
Deloitte Tax LLP
2004–2008
Senior Tax Counsel
Blackstone Real Estate
2008–2014
Managing Partner
Johnson & Associates Tax Law
2014–present
Specializing in high-net-worth individuals and real estate investors
Awards & Honours
- ★Best Tax Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers (2019–2024)
- ★Super Lawyers Real Estate — Tax, New York (2018–present)
Research Areas
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