Introduction to 1031s Dick Goble is a senior partner and real estate tax specialist with the accounting firm Kerkering, Barberio & Co. P.A. Goble, who has been with the firm since 1978, specializes in 1031 exchanges, a subject on which he lectures nationwide. In addition, Goble also advises clients on as many as 200 1031 …
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Ulmer’s mantra key to his rise, ruin
Ulmer’s mantra key to his rise, ruin Playing the dual roles of preacher and friend, John Ulmer unlocked the secrets of his lucrative housing empire at a Florida real estate “boot camp.” “It’s not voodoo,” he said. With dozens of eager would-be developers hanging on each folksy catchphrase, the college football player, now paunchy and …
Apartment-to-condo conversions move at frenzied pace
Apartment-to-condo conversions move at frenzied pace [Central Florida] The conversions are making money for some but squeezing low-income renters. Carlos Balzola is a condo converter. He came here in late 2004, fleeing Miami’s overheated condo-conversion market because “it was crazy.” He scouted Naples, Tampa and Orlando before deciding that Central Florida offered him the greatest …
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Empty Nesters Find 2nd Perch in New York
Empty Nesters Find 2nd Perch in New York Once a pied-à-terre had a whiff of rarefied wealth, suggestive of an apartment kept by a well-traveled European baron, a Hollywood star or even a Greenwich, Conn., mogul who might use it to stash such amenities as a mistress. But while second homes have always represented a …
Homes, homes on the range
Homes, homes on the range [Central Florida] In this sprawling county of nearly 1 million acres, recent sales of ranches and groves show up as specks on a map. But combined, they represent Central Florida’s next hot spot for growth. The more than 50,000 acres sold in Osceola County for potential development since 2000 are …
Selling the Air Above
Selling the Air Above – New York Times On an island where there is often nowhere to build but up, the air in Manhattan can get pretty pricey. Air-rights deals, or the sale of unused development rights from one property owner to another, are generally considered the business of big-time developers. But in cheek-by-jowl Manhattan, …