A 1031 exchange is a type of real estate purchase allowed under Section 1031 of the US Internal Revenue Code. It allows you to defer capital gains taxes when selling a property, as long as the proceeds are used toward a similar investment…
As 2021 draws to a close, many commercial real estate investors are looking to sell. One large reason for the influx in property sales is the projected increase in capital gains taxes for 2022. As of now, the tax law changes are uncertain…
The calendar year is rapidly drawing to a close, and society is moving closer to pre-pandemic normalcy. As 2022 approaches, we expect a combination of more-of-the-same trendlines punctuated with a few new developments that…
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put the eviction moratorium in place last September—yes, the biomedical arm of the bureaucracy unilaterally dictated national housing policy for a full year—it was done…
The Opportunity Zones program was started under the Trump administration, created under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and was since heralded as a means for spurring investment in economically distressed areas of the country…
Of the ten largest industrial projects underway in the US this year, Amazon accounts for eight of them, with a total footprint of 28.3 million square feet—an area about the size of New York City’s Central Park, according to CommercialEdge…
The Supreme Court’s decision last week to strike down the pandemic-era eviction moratorium may arrive too late for many struggling independent landlords, even as it appears to heighten the risk of eviction for tenants behind on their rent…
Millions of American renters are staring eviction in the face, as the often extended federal eviction moratorium first initiated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 11 months ago expired Sunday…
Just as the eviction moratorium, which has been a thorn in the side of many multifamily owners and operators, was supposed to run out, President Biden made a last-minute bid to keep it in place. A statement today from White House…
Keep living in an apartment without paying rent? In the “before times,” it would have been unthinkable — at least without a concerted legal battle with an angry landlord. During the COVID-19 pandemic, though, all that went out the window…
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