This program is designed to sharpen the due diligence skills that commercial property owners and investors must apply to the purchase and sale of all classes of commercial real estate. This unique program will address the complete gamut of due diligence considerations including:

• Lease Analysis – Evaluate responsibility for maintaining contracts, ability to obtain transference of municipal benefits, and status of appurtenances attached to the sale of the property.

• Condo Conversions – Establish best practices for pre-empting opposition, moving entitlement process forward and accommodating affordable housing requirements.

• Legal Issues – Determine the optimum legal structure for conducting deals, scrutinize representations and warranties, and prepare for post contract issues.

• Tax Considerations – Get a primer on deferring tax consequences as well as accounting for costs related to acquisitions, improvements and meeting environmental requirements.

• Financial Metrics – Learn to analyze leases, insurance coverage, appraisals, debt loads and expenses in assessing the market value of commercial real estate.

• Physical Evaluations – Determine how asbestos, oriented strand board, plumbing, electrical, engineering, vertical transport and architectural conditions affect property valuation.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn how you can achieve higher returns on your investment by improving your property selection processes; better evaluate the cash flow contributions associated with a variety of real estate investments; and, structure your transactions for expedited closings and reduced tax liabilities.

Maximize Your Returns on Due Diligence

You just learn of an opportunity. The deal before you could be tremendously profitable for your firm and could put your career into overdrive. The same deal could be full of traps for the unwary. A whole host of demons could be lurking in the wings – faulty physical structure, inadequate title insurance, rapid lease expiration, environmental costs, litigation, and heavy debt loads.

If you want to bag the deal, you must pull the trigger fast. Plenty of your competitors are looking at the same deal and their bids won’t be long in coming. You are about to make a decision that will affect the foundation of your company. Make a bad decision and your career could be curtailed.

You have less time than ever before to conduct due diligence. The stakes couldn’t be higher. The window of opportunity has never been shorter.

REGISTER NOW for the most comprehensive program devoted to Conducting Due Diligence in the Purchase and Sale of Commercial Real Estate. Our speakers will cover everything from eliminating price retrading to debt repositioning; from all appropriate inquiry to establishing the innocent purchaser defense; from installment sales and wrap around mortgages to structuring conveyance on title insurance; and, from eroding tax abatements to managing inherited landlord obligations.

We will also have special sessions devoted to 1031 and Tenant-in-Common Transactions as well as Coop Conversions.

I look forward to meeting you on January 17-18 in Newport Beach, California.

I remain,
David Wanetick
Managing Director
The Wall Street Transcript