James Brennan's (jamesbrennan2) Blog

The Benefits of Oil and Gas Royalties: In the past three months Exchange Solutions Group has been witness to a most interesting and ingenious trend.  A group of savvy local real estate investors, who owned fully depreciated rental property (Adjusted Basis of practically Zero), desired to defer Ca...

General Growth's bankruptcy shakes the foundations of the commercial real estate market, and the financing documents that hold it up. The bankruptcy plot touches on a wide range of issues, from the sacredness of corporate entities to director independence to the prevalence of Delaware entities. ...

  The Estate Tax (or Death Tax), which levies a 45% top tax rate on couples estates valued over $7 million and individuals over $3.5 million, is slated to expire on Dec. 31st. However, it is also scheduled, like a beheaded hydra, to reappear with more ferocity in 2011, with top rates of 55% for ...