Posts Tagged ‘foreign investment’

Guidance for real estate brokers with foreign clients

I made my first post at Bloodhoundblog.com. It is “keep yourself sane” advice for real estate brokers handling sales with foreign buyers or sellers. Cool.

The "net election" for nonresident landlords

This is for the members of my Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate Class earlier this week in San Francisco. We talked about the “net election.” Here’s the detail I promised. The law To learn everything about this, read Treasury Regulations Section 1.871-10. (PDF). The effect Rental income earned by a nonresident owner of U.S. [...]

Doing business in California

This one is for the people who were in my Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate class yesterday in San Francisco. In re B & G Properties, Inc. (PDF) is an opinion from the State Board of Equalization that helps you answer the question “Does this foreign corporation register with the Secretary of State?” The [...]

Estate of Fung – mortgage debt and estate tax

For all of the people who were in my “Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate” class yesterday in San Francisco (I taught a 1-day course sponsored by the California Society of CPAs Education Foundation), here is one of the things I promised to deliver. Tax Court Opinion The Estate of Fung attached (warning: PDF) are [...]