Pre-Mortem Will Validation

A few jurisdictions allow testators to road test their estate planning.

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The Unexpected Half-Life of A Terminating Grantor Trust or QSST

Focus on preventing an inadvertent end to S corp status.

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Progressive or Regressive?

Some contrarian questions about new-fangled trust codes.

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Letting Go of the Dead Hand

The shortcomings of traditional trust planning.

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How One Major Bank Plans to Grow its Real Estate Lending Market Share as Rivals Pull Back

TD Bank’s newly appointed head of U.S. commercial real estate Hugh Allen notes the old adage: “You make your best loans in difficult times.”

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11 Must Reads for Real Estate Investors (Nov. 27, 2023)

Annual non-traded alternatives fundraising for interval funds, BDCs and REITs has reached $58 billion, according to the latest data from Robert A. Stanger & Co. CoStar is predicting a looming office space shortage for the very top tier properties. These are among the must reads from the real estate investment world to start the week.

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Beyond the Headlines: How COVID Impacted Commercial Real Estate

It was clear prior to the pandemic investors felt strongly that real estate was a less correlated asset class in portfolios.

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