The use of the installment method of reporting gain on the disposition of property is one of the most common - and basic - tax-planning techniques. The installment method has also been a favorite target of legislative attention since 1980 and, in...

Daniel Mauck Galbreath, chairman emeritus of The Galbreath Co., died of cancer on Sept. 3 at his home. He was 67. His distinguished career as an international real estate executive, sportsman and civic leader spans more than four decades...

Joseph J. Blake and Associates, Inc. is a national real estate appraisal and consulting firm with offices in eight major cities. For 50 years our firm has engaged exclusively in providing market value appraisals to the nation's leading financial...

In the late-'80s and early-'90s pension funds -- like many other investors -- were burned by the "death and destruction" of the real estate downturn, but by the end of the decade, the size of their assets will probably surpass the National Debt...

At 6 a.m. from his hotel room in Hawaii, Tim Relyea is wide awake and fast-talking on the phone...

A novel re-organization based on a more scientifically driven subgroup to closely study real estate directions is transforming the way Federal Express (FedEx) deals with its combined United States' city station and retail portfolio...

It is said that the devil is in the details. If that's true, then investors, who are quite naturally doing all they can to maximize returns, should pay special attention to which firm is servicing the loans in their CMBS transaction. Handled...

A hidden factor of increasing importance in commercial real estate markets is functional obsolescence. It is especially important for office space, but also significant for most other types of properties. Many factors are causing buildings of all...

When The Lancaster Group, a Houston-based management company with properties in Los Angeles and New York, was offered a chance to manage a 115-room luxury property in Alabama, it did something few, if any, other management firms would have even...

Asale of property is often not effected in a single day. The buyer and seller may spend weeks or months negotiating a contract, the contract will be signed and then a further "executory" period may pass before the closing occurs. During the...