Recent turbulence in various market sectors is creating the need to sharpen analyses and understandings of property tax assessment valuations. In evaluating the need for real property tax assessment appeals, it is critical to understand the roles an appraiser can play...
Content By Steven A. Marrer
Downtown vs. Suburban Offices: Commercial Office Space Leasing in a Post-COVID Market
Twenty-seven months ago, we couldn’t begin to comprehend the length or severity of the pandemic, nor its long-term effect on commercial office space. Today, it is still not possible to make an accurate prediction, but a few emerging puzzle pieces are helping to shed...
Gov. Mike DeWine Signs Landmark Property Tax Reform Bill
A property tax reform effort that originally commenced in 2018 in the Ohio House of Representatives has been signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine and will go into effect in mid-to-late July 2022. House Bill 126 (HB 126) was sponsored by Representative Derrick...
Biden’s Tax Focus Moves From 1031 to New Issues Affecting Real Estate
In July, we wrote about how President Biden’s Green Book had proposed limitations on IRS Section 1031 Exchanges. That focus may have changed recently. It is anyone’s guess which policies from President Biden’s new tax plan will survive Congress, but on September 13,...
Biden’s Tax Proposal To Limit IRS Section 1031 Exchanges
You can view an updated version of this article here. Real Estate Investors Beware President Biden’s Green Book was released on May 28, 2021, and the tax reforms include a proposal to limit the deferral of gain on the exchange of real property used in a trade or...
COVID-19 Property Tax Relief Now Available to Ohio Property Owners
As expected, Governor Mike DeWine signed into law a bill that could provide significant relief for property owners whose property values were impacted by COVID-19 and related government lockdowns. SB 57 gives Ohio real property owners the opportunity to file...
How Proposed IRS Regulations Regarding Section 1031 Exchanges May Affect You Now and In the Near Future
Depending on the outcome of the upcoming presidential election, real property investors may lose the valuable benefit of capital gains deferral permitted under IRS Code Section 1031. This article explores how Section 1031 is utilized today, and what may happen to...