Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services

UPDATED 2-FEB-2012

As we begin 2012, all real estate investors need to pay very close attention to the ever changing tax landscape. Particular attention needs to be paid to the significant tax increases slated to occur in 2013. Investors considering whether or not to sell and pay their taxes, or sell and 1031 Exchange, must consider the year-over-year tax implications. Real estate investors will have a much greater tax burden in 2013 than in 2012…[...]

UPDATED 11-OCT-2011

It’s not news that the current Social Security and Medicare programs are not sustainable. In fact, with the first wave of baby boomers already eligible for Social Security and first becoming eligible for Medicare in 2011, the outlook is bleak for each program unless significant reforms are made. In an attempt to bolster the Medicare program, as part of the over-1,000-page and much-publicized “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010,” Internal Revenue Code Section 1411 was enacted…[...]

UPDATED 13-SEPT-2011

Setting the stage:
Owners who are selling their real estate assets are doing so for many reasons:
Large Class-A properties (“core assets”) are currently achieving high premiums upon sale.
Partnerships are breaking up because investor partners need money.
Many properties bought in the run-up (2005-2008) are not performing so sellers must unload, even if they have to take a loss…[...]

UPDATED: 11-Nov-2010

Uncertainty is the watchword of the day, as investors sit on the sidelines trying to decide what to do.

Volatile midterm elections
The midterm elections and the frozen decision making in Congress regarding taxes left investors piling money into the bank or into election campaigns. With the January 21, 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporations, trade associations, unions, and nonprofit groups are now allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money advocating for or against politicians or political issues, though they still aren’t allowed to make direct contributions to politicians…[...]

UPDATED: 17-AUG-2010

The end of 2010 is bringing with it a new era of Federal tax rate changes, most of which are not favorable to those with higher incomes and/or capital gain situations. The changes to personal income tax rates along with lost or limited deductions and credits are too numerous and complicated for me to address in this brief article…[...]