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All Forum Posts by: Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson has started 48 posts and replied 65 times.

Post: National & Local CRE Data, Trends, & Projections

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

y popular demand, we are bringing CoStar back to give a market update!


Jesse Gundersheim is a market economist for CoStar, the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces. Jesse analyzes real estate tends and maintains market reports for the San Francisco Bay Area, helping investors and lenders minimize risk and maximize returns. Jesse regularly speaks at industry events to discuss his findings, and has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Business Times, Bloomberg, and BisNow.

Jesse was raised in Marin County and studied finance at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Previously, he led Bay Area market research departments at the brokerage firms of Grubb & Ellis, Studley, and DTZ. Jesse has also worked for private apartment investors, providing due diligence and pro-forma analysis.

You will learn:
* Which markets are hot for investment
* Why rent growth could turn negative by 2020
* How technology is impacting commercial real estate

Snacks and beverages will be provided, and this event is free of charge. Guests are welcome to attend.

Visit www.bacomm.club/resources to access previous meeting slides and recordings.

https://www.meetup.com/BACOMM/events/vhqgmpyzfbcc/

Post: Chief Economist of Fannie Mae Gives Economic Forecast

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

Douglas G. Duncan is Fannie Mae's senior vice president and chief economist. He is responsible for providing all forecasts and analyses on the economy, housing, and mortgage markets for Fannie Mae. He serves as the Chair of the Fannie Mae Corporate House Price Forecast Working Group.


Named one of Bloomberg / BusinessWeek's 50 Most Powerful People in Real Estate, Duncan is Fannie Mae's source for information and analyses on forecasting for housing activity, demographics, overall economic activity, and mortgage market activity.

Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Duncan was Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association. His experience also includes service as a LEGIS Fellow and staff member with the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs for Congressman Bill McCollum in the U.S. House of Representatives, and work on the Financial Institutions Project at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

TICKETS ARE $40 at https://tinyurl.com/duncanbacomm

Snacks and beverages will be provided, and this event is free of charge. Guests are welcome to attend.

Visit www.bacomm.club/resources to access previous meeting slides and recordings

Larry Stone was elected Santa Clara County Assessor in 1994, and has been re-elected by large majorities five times. His constituency is larger than the governors of 13 states.


Pulitzer Prize winning author and Washington Post reporter, Haynes Johnson, described him in his bestselling book, Sleepwalking Through History, as “bright, articulate; an American rarity, a proven political success in a time of political failure.”

San Jose Magazine named him one of Silicon Valley’s 100 most powerful leaders.

He’s been a financial manager on Wall Street, served two terms as Mayor of Sunnyvale, co-founded a successful real estate investment and development firm and the Arts Council of Silicon Valley.

Has Silicon Valley’s real estate “boom” peaked? Is a recession ahead? Larry Stone will discuss the current status and trends of Silicon Valley’s real estate markets from office, industrial and retail, to single-family and apartments, and the intriguing impact Millennials are having on our economy.

You will learn:
- The current status of all property types including single family, apartments, office, industrial, warehouse, retail, and more.
- Economic Factors in Silicon Valley and the impact on commercial real estate
- Why immigration is essential for the survival of Silicon Valley Commercial Real Estate

Wine and appetizer social starts at 6:30 PM.

Visit www.bacomm.club/resources to access previous meeting slides and recordings.

https://www.meetup.com/BACOMM/events/vhqgmpyzgbxb/

Post: Prospering in a Challenging Market with Multifam & CRE

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

Robert Helms from TREG - Prospering in a Challenging Market with Multifam & CRE

Robert Helms is a professional real estate investor with investment and development experience in nine states and six counties. As a former top producing real estate agent, Robert ranked in the top 1% of sales in the world’s largest real estate organization. For 4 years, he taught Real Estate Practices & Appraisal at the college level. Robert’s investment and development companies have past and current projects valued at over $800 Million. He is the co-author of Equity Happens – Building Lifelong Wealth with Real Estate and the host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Real Estate Guys™, now in its twenty-second year of broadcast. The podcast version of the show is one of the most downloaded podcasts on real estate and is heard in more than 190 countries.

You will learn:
- How to best position your investments during challenging markets
- Why syndications are a winning strategy
- Takeaways from this year's investor Summit at Sea (happening the week prior! Featuring faculty like Robert Kiyosaki, Peter Schiff, Beth Clifford, Victor Menasce, and may more!)

Snacks and beverages will be provided, and this event is free of charge. Guests are welcome to attend.

Visit www.bacomm.club/resources to access previous meeting slides and recordings.

Post: Robert Helms Inner Circle Dinner

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

Join us for an inner circle lunch at Tom's house with Robert Helms, real estate investor, developer, syndicator and host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Real Estate Guys™, now in its twenty-second year of broadcast. The podcast version of the show is one of the most downloaded podcasts on real estate and is heard in more than 190 countries.

Register Here

Post: STOP OVERPAYING ON TAXES

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

We are excited to bring together experts across a wide range of tax-deferred strategies in ONE PLACE to educate YOU on how you can keep more of your hard earned wealth!

You will learn:

  • A comprehensive overview to the multiple strategies you can apply to reducing, deferring, or eliminating your taxes when making investments!
  • How to invest across asset classes with minimal tax penalty (i.e. deferring taxes from selling a rental home to purchase stocks)
  • How retirees can sell their Bay Area home with minimal tax penalty and have money left for retirement
  • Strategies real estate agents and financial advisors can leverage to help their clients

About the Keynote Speaker:

Tom K. Wilson is a 5 decade real estate investing veteran who has bought and sold over 4,000 units and over $500M of real estate in 6 states, including three condo conversion projects, 20 commercial & multifamily syndications, and over 650 residential properties. After thirty years of managing some of the Silicon Valley’s pioneering technology companies, Mr. Wilson put his business and management experience toward full time investing.

One of his companies, Wilson Investment Properties, offers high-quality, high-cash flow residential and commercial properties to other investors

About the Panelists:

Thomas Bottenberg is IPX1031's Northern California Manager and has been actively involved in the 1031 exchange industry for almost 30 years, having completed over 40,000 1031 exchanges. Starting with a tax law firm in Oakland, California, Tom developed a continuing education curriculum for real estate brokers and routinely spoke to 6-8,000 brokers and investors monthly. Tom will also be covering other strategies, such as Deleware Statutory Trust, NNN, TIC, and more!

Ruth Van Derostyne is a credit counselor and capital gains tax strategist with over 25 years of 1031 exchange experience. She is a frequent educator and speaker, and was the President of two different Companies. Ruth will be representing the Monetized Installmend Sale strategy, which can be used for investments across multiple asset types, as well as primary residences.

Carl Worden consults for tax deferral options for primary residences, secondary residences, investment properties, stock and other highly appreciated assets. Carl and his team have been leading workshops with top CPAs, trust attorneys, and tax attorneys across the country for the past 2 decades, helping thousands of people from all walks to life defer taxes on the sale of their assets, and educating thousands of real estate agents, title companies, and lenders to provide options to their clients. Carl is a financial advisor, real estate investor, real estatea agent, and 1031 exchange consultant. Carl will be representing the Deferred Sales Trust strategy along with many others.

Logistics

Appetizers, wine, and beverages will be provided. Early bird tickets are $30. Price to increase to $40 on 1/1/2019.

Parking in the structure across the street is free of charge after 6PM.

Post: Stop Overpaying on taxes! BACOMM Showcase Event is ALMOST HERE!

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

This is one of the most common questions I get asked. As you know, taxes alone can eat up as much as 30 - 50% of your hard earned gains!

Unfortunately, the short answer is that a 1031 exchange (IRC Section 1031, which allows an investor to sell a property, to reinvest the proceeds in a new property and to defer all capital gain taxes) can't be done because a syndication is considered a security, not real estate.

The GOOD news is that there are many alternative ways you can tax-defer your gains from a rental property sale into a syndication...or stocks, or a business, or any other kind of investment! Want to sell your stocks, tax-defer the gains for 30 years, and reinvest in real estate? That can be done too!

There are so many legal ways to be smart about taxes that most people aren't aware of, like Deferred Sales Trust, Monetized Installment Sale, Delaware Statutory Trust, 401k backed C-Corps / IRA backed LLCs, and much more!

Sounds like a lot? Digging into the details of each strategy to find what's best for your unique situation is a lot of work. That's why we're bringing together a panel of experts who represent each of these strategies at our flagship BACOMM event!

Buy Ticket

Post: Cupertino, CA - Multi-Family Investing Meet-up

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

@Vasundhara Ranjani Thank you so much for your interest! You can sign up for the Meetup HERE and get more information HERE. Hope to see you soon. Hope you are having a wonderful Holiday season! 

Post: Cupertino, CA - Multi-Family Investing Meet-up

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

@Joel Fine Thanks for the shout out. I appreciate it! Hope all is well with you and your business!

@Stephen Patton We organize the Bay Area Commercial & Multifamily (BACOMM) investment club. We're actually meeting this Thursday. There is currently no cost to attend, and you are more than welcome to join us! We would love to have you and any other guests that you would like to bring. Please feel free to stop by our website. There, you will be able to see all of our speakers and topics - past & upcoming. January's topic is specifically focused on multifamily, so that may be a meeting that you will want to attend. Please feel free to message me directly if you would like more information. Happy to provide!

@Janet S. Please feel free to message me with any questions, and we would love to have you visit us as well!

Post: DIRTY SECRETS from an Expert Land Developer

Tom WilsonPosted
  • Investor
  • Saratoga, CA
  • Posts 75
  • Votes 11

Bay Area Commercial & Multifamily (BACOMM) is a monthly educational forum on commercial & multifamily investing to ALL experience levels, and teaches investors to advance from rental homes to the big leagues of real estate investing.

This month's speaker, Cameron Stewart is a Land Acquisition and Entitlement Specialist with over 30 years of experience in Land Development. He began as a residential realtor, diversified his knowledge base as a Financial

Planner & Investment Analyst with Series 7 NASD, Life, Disability and Variable Annuity licenses before returning to real estate as a Licensed Broker specializing in land transactions.

Cameron also owned and operated a residential, commercial & hard money loan brokerage firm. With this strong foundation, knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit, he formed and owns Hartford Land Management (HLM). Since 1987 Cameron has acquired and developed numerous successful projects that have produced excellent returns for HLM
and its investor partners.

Cameron will be answering the Who, What, When, How and Why of Land Development.

You will learn:
- Why even people with strong real estate knowledge do not understand land development
- Why land development is important and how it affects us
- Understanding the value and processes of Land Development
- In the right hands, land development can be very profitable, and even FUN
- How to break into the "Big Boys' Club" of land development

Snacks and beverages will be provided, and this event is free of charge. Guests are welcome to attend.

Past meeting slides and recordings can be found at www.bacomm.club/resources