A Closer Look at Today’s 1031 Exchanges – Part 2 August 24th, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault   In last week’s post, we discussed how 1031 exchanges can benefit investors looking to defer a sizable tax burden on appreciated investment property. 1031s allow taxes on gains to be deferred when the proceeds…

1031 Exchanges – What are They and How Do They Work? Part two in a series on private placements. August 09, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault 1031 exchanges can be helpful for people selling a piece of business or investment property. If they expect to sell the property for more than they…

Brushing Up on Private Placements August 3, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault Although private investments into companies have existed for hundreds of years, the Securities Act of 1933 set the rules for modern-day private placements. Depending on net worth and risk tolerance, private placements can be a good choice for investors seeking capital…

Sales of T Shares May be Bright Spot in Nontraded REIT Market Share Classes Blog Series - Part Four July 27, 2016 | By Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault It’s no secret that nontraded REIT sales have slowly tapered off since hitting a high of $6.5 billion in the third quarter of 2013. In the…

    Transparency & Liquidity in the Nontraded Space: What’s Hot, What’s Not Part three in our month-long blog series on REIT Share Classes. July 20, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault In last week’s post, we talked about how nontraded REIT and BDC sponsors have introduced the T share in response to…

Understanding the World of Share Classes Part One in a Four-Part Series on Share Classes From ABC to Z, the variety of share classes in the investment world seems to have proliferated across the entire alphabet. The differences in share classes really boil down to one thing: fees and expenses that provide compensation for those…

Guest Blog - Written By Ira Bellinkoff ira@edgerealtyadvisors.com Banks are modernizing by embracing technology, providing more interactive customer experiences and conducting the same amount of work in a branch with a smaller footprint. Large, regional, and local banks are updating the traditional teller counter to provide a more self-service experience, opting instead for multiple kiosk-type stations…

Click to download: Nontraded REIT Industry Review Q1 2015  

Full-cycle events within the nontraded REIT sector provide interesting and potentially valuable insights.  Whenever a nontraded REIT lists its shares on a public exchange, or merges with a listed company, the market valuation of its shares is revealed after years of reporting share prices based upon the original issue price or subsequent “NAV” reports based…