Tax Considerations When Drafting your Purchase and Sale Agreement
Wednesday, January 09
“Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.” Kenneth L. Pike When purchasing real estate, how important is it to allocate your purchase price to various components of your real estate purchase? Very much if you would like to take specific ...
Tax Law Changes for 2013
Wednesday, January 02
Taxes are going up and spending cuts are on hold until March. As predicted, our elected representatives in Washington D.C. are unwilling to deal with the reality of our budget deficits. We have a financial crisis that no amount of tax increases will solve unless we make serious spending cuts. ...
4 Tax Law Changes for 2013 That Deserve Consideration
Thursday, November 08
When I awoke on Wednesday morning it was with great consternation over the results of the election, both locally and nationally. (However, I am very relieved with the cessation of political ads that sandwiched the nightly news broadcast.) Now that the circus is over and the country must get dow...
Alternative Financing Arrangements for Real Estate
Friday, October 26
Are you an investor who needs money but who is having difficulty finding a lender to loan you money at an interest rate or on terms that will make your deal profitable? Are you a lender who would like to increase your return on the money you are lending to investors? If the answer to either of ...
Putting Together Your Fundraising Agreement
Sunday, October 21
This is the second part of my 3-piece blog on raising capital for real estate investing. This piece covers some key aspects of the partnership agreement. My third installment will address alternative financing strategies to be used in place of raising capital. Assuming you have decided to proc...
Raising Money for Real Estate
Tuesday, October 09
Talk to any serious real estate investor and you will probably hear the same complaint – I have more deals than I do money or credit. Some investors have solved this issue through simultaneous closings or with hard money lenders. Others have taken a different approach by activel...