Cost Segregation

Alex Zylberglait shares with you the topic of COST SEGREGATION with Jim Shreve, founder of Cost Segregation Services, Inc.

Cost segregation helps facilitate maximum tax savings which improves your cash flow through accelerated depreciation.

Cost segregation is the IRS approved method of re-classifying components and improvements of your commercial building from real property to personal property. This process allows the assets to be depreciated on a 5, 7, or 15-year schedule instead of the traditional 27.5 or 39-year depreciation schedule of real property. Thus your current taxable income will be greatly reduced and your cash flow will increase.

Florida Land Trust in Real Estate Transactions

Alex Zylberglait shares with you the topic of FLORIDA LAND TRUST IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS with Paul Lester founding partner of Fieldstone Lester Shear & Denberg, LLP, a Coral Gables based law firm that concentrates in the areas of real estate, banking, corporate law, income tax (federal and state), commercial trade regulation, and public finance.

This topic covers three areas:

• Confidentiality in sales
• Estate planning
• Potentially minimizing real estate taxes.

How to Complete a Commercial Defeasance

Alex Zylberglait shares with you the topic of HOW TO COMPLETE A COMMERCIAL DEFEASANCE with John Ahern VP at Commercial Defeasance LLC.

Defeasance is a substitution of collateral.

This topic covers three areas:

• The processes involved to complete a defeasance
• The parties involved to complete a defeasance
• The costs involved
• What to negotiate in new condo loans

How to Upgrade to a Green Building for Cost Savings and Increased Bottom Line

Alex Zylberglait shares with you the topic of HOW TO UPGRADE TO A GREEN BUILDING FOR COST SAVINGS AND INCREASED BOTTOM LINE with Joe Higgins who is a member of LEED EB Faculty and chair of the LEED NC Commissioning Sub-committee and is currently active at a large Fortune 100 company advocating energy and sustainability related initiatives across a global real estate portfolio.

This topic covers these areas:

• How to operationally make an existing building more environmental friendy?
• What are the cost benefits of transforming existing assets into green assets?
• What does it take and why does it make sense to make a building LEED certified?
• When does it not make sense to convert a building into a green building?
• Why is this environmental trend here to stay?
• What can property owner do to stay ahead of the curve?

Negotiation of Office Leases

Alex Zylberglait shares with you the topic NEGOTIATION OF OFFICE LEASES with Eric Rapkin who has a full-service commercial real estate practice, including the leasing, financing, acquisition, and disposition of office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, and industrial properties for developers, retailers, and institutions, with a strong concentration in major commercial leasing transactions.

This topic covers these areas:

• Use and misuse of letters of intent
• Operating expense provisions
• The greening of leases

How to Upgrade your Building to a Smart Building

Alex Zylberglait shares with you the topic of HOW TO UPGRADE YOUR BUILDNG TO A SMART BUILDING with Jim Sinopoli who is managing director at Smart Buildings with over 25 years of background has worked extensively on projects involving the configuration and optimization of technology systems and networks and has facilitated design, engineering, implementation of several hundred building technology systems.

This topic covers these areas:

• How to upgrade technology systems with existing buildings
• How to choose the most effective upgrades

How to Invest Retirement Funds into a Real Estate Investment while Deferring Taxes

Alex Zylberglait shares with you the topic of HOW TO UPGRADE YOUR BUILDNG TO A SMART BUILDING with Glen Mather, founder and director of Entrust Administration Services.

This topic covers these areas:

• IRA real estate investment rules
• Relationship between parties
• Reporting requirements
• Partnering through LLC and tenancy account
• Unlocking the power of a 4.5 trillion in IRA fund for your investments
• Using other people's IRAs to fund your deal