Structuring a Real Estate Installment Sale: Tax Benefits and Pitfalls, Depreciation Recapture

The AIA contract documents are the most widely used form agreements for the procurement of design and construction services in America. Perhaps the most significant change for 2017 was the creation of an Insurance Exhibit. This exhibit offers the parties the opportunity to explore in much greater detail the insurance needs of their project. The Insurance Exhibit also provides a great deal more specificity with regard to required property and general liability insurance. This topic will provide you with an in-depth understanding of how to use the Insurance Exhibit and get the most out of it to best insure a successful project.

Whether you know it or not, anyone who works in the housing industry is likely impacted by the historical practice of redlining. Redlining is the discriminatory and systemic denial of services to those residing in communities associated with a certain racial or ethnic group. By hindering the economic development in neighborhoods populated by ethnic minorities, redlined areas become underdeveloped and undervalued while their residents become poorer.

Digital twins are coming to the built environment, adding intelligence from the beginning of the design phase through to the end of the building’s useful life. Watch a recording of this webinar, co-hosted by independent research firm Verdantix and Spacewell. And gain insight into the impacts of digital twins on building life-cycle management, including learnings from research. Digital twins may still sound like a far-off concept, but they are in fact already very much a reality. A user explains how they leverage a digital twin to enable far-reaching cooperation with different partners during design, construction, and building management phases.

Real estate investing is a great way to diversify your portfolio, and it can get even better when your capital gains can grow tax-free. In this webinar, Chris Palmisano, Rocket Dollar COO/CRO and angel investors sat down with Matt Silk, real estate investor and fund manager, to discuss real estate investing in Austin. They dig into expected returns and why they expect the Austin market to be profitable in the coming years. Matt also shares his experience as a Rocket Dollar customer and how he uses his Self-Directed account to invest.