During the last few years, as competition has risen for prime commercial real estate, a number of investors have turned to distressed properties as an alternative. Their goal is to buy the property, renovate or reposition it, and stabilize and improve its financial...
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Update: Proposed Caps on Like-Kind Exchanges Remain Up in the Air
An effort by the Biden administration that would essentially eliminate 1031 exchanges, also known as like-kind exchanges, for a broad swath of commercial real estate transactions is running into significant opposition in Congress. Yet the fate of exchanges remains in...
SEC Guidance to M&A Brokers for Avoiding Broker Dealer Registration—with Major Limitations
In January 2014, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission issued a no-action letter that effectively exempted certain intermediaries from registering as broker-dealers when they are assisting in the sale of private companies. While the SEC’s 2014 letter offered a...
Recent Proposed Regulations for 1031 Tax Exchanges
Section 1031 tax exchanges are a critical tax planning tool used by investors to help defer taxes that would otherwise be incurred on gains from a real estate transaction. In June, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a series of proposed regulations designed to...
Regulation Best Interest Sets a New Bar for Broker Dealers
The COVID-19 pandemic may have put a damper on business activity this summer, but it didn’t motivate the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delay the June 30th compliance deadline for Regulation Best Interest. SEC Regulation Best Interest, which became...