Real Estate

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Foundational Services for Real Estate Companies

Real estate companies stand to benefit from the economy’s growing strength. To do so, however, they must be ready to capitalize on new opportunities, combining sound accounting and financial performance with long-range strategic vision.

DHG Real Estate professionals have been helping developers build asset value and operating income in times of economic expansion and contraction.  We work with a wide range of industry players — real estate owners, developers, partnerships, funds, trusts and property management operations. These clients develop and/or manage a wide range of properties, including:

  • Major shopping centers
  • Single-tenant retail
  • Neighborhood and community strip centers
  • Office and industrial properties
  • Multi-family housing
  • Residential developments

We can monitor your financial performance, provide tax planning and offer strategic guidance on the formation and management of complex capital structures. Our services include:

  • Strategic Planning
  • Tax Planning
  • Assurance
  • Transaction Advisory

We customize our resource delivery through one DHG partner. This partner manages your relationship, working closely with your owners, management and board to provide the accountability and responsiveness you need.

Services

Our services come with an up-to-date understanding and awareness of industry trends, so you can plan intelligently, manage risk and capitalize on opportunities while maintaining full regulatory compliance and demonstrating the operating efficiency and cash flow that lenders look for.

Assurance

  • Audits, reviews and compilations, including those subject to the reporting requirements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and cost certifications
  • Accounting and Internal controls
  • Internal audit, risk and compliance services
  • Cash flow analysis and forecasts
  • Budgets, forecasts, and projections
  • Feasibility studies
  • Financial risk management
  • Contract compliance
  • Employee benefit plan audits

Tax

  • Return preparations
  • Entity selection considerations
  • Project analysis
  • Tax-free exchanges
  • Partnership taxation consulting
  • Transaction assistance and analysis
  • Passive activity rules
  • Alternative minimum tax (AMT) issues
  • Cost segregation
  • Representation before the IRS

Advisory

  • Business Valuations
  • Cash flow analysis and forecasts
  • Cost Segregation Studies
  • Estate planning, including charitable remainder trusts, family limited partnerships, gifting strategies and asset transfers
  • Evaluation of expert reports and expert witness testimony
  • Federal and state tax credit programs
  • Internal Controls
  • Financing
  • Government-Assisted and Government-Insured Property Advisory
  • Historical Tax Credits
  • Like-Kind (1031) Exchanges
  • Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
  • Operational improvement services, including operational manuals, human resources management, compensation programs, operational reviews, internal control reviews and accounting system selection
  • Ownership considerations, including business continuation and transition, formulating exit strategies, employee relationships, business valuations and mergers and acquisitions
  • Personal tax services, including alternative minimum tax considerations, capital gains, installment sales and individual tax return preparation
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
  • Special Partnership Allocation and Distributions

Experience

We work with real estate owners, developers, partnerships, funds, trusts and property management operations. These clients develop and/or manage a wide range of properties, including:

  • Major shopping centers
  • Single-tenant retail
  • Neighborhood and community strip centers
  • Office and industrial properties
  • Multi-family housing
  • Residential developments

In addition to our client experience, DHG Real Estate professionals stay involved with national, state and local industry associations. Our involvement keeps us current with industry trends and legislative and regulatory activity, to help ensure that our guidance addresses both your short- and long-term needs.

Our professional certifications and associations include:

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accounts
  • National Association of State and Local Equity Funds
  • Affordable Housing Association of Certified Public Accountants
  • Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals
  • LEED Accredited Professionals
  • Certified Green Professionals
  • Certified Management Accountants

Knowledge Share

Upcoming Events

Private Company Financial Reporting Matters Related to COVID-19
Webinar | June 4, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | CPE: 1 | Virtual - Webinar
More About | Construction | Dealerships | Manufacturing & Distribution | Real Estate | Technology & Life Sciences | Assurance | IT Advisory | Tax | Cybersecurity | Revenue Recognition | Tax Reform | Lease Accounting | Performance & Growth | Risk & Regulatory | COVID-19

Following DHG’s 2020 Private Company Livestream, which kicked off the 2020 calendar year in January, the year threw us a curveball in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic. To follow up from our Livestream, this webinar will cover financial reporting implications of this disruption: financial statement disclosure impacts, asset impairment considerations, going concern and uncertainties.

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Driving Digital Change in a New Normal – an IT Perspective
Webinar | June 10, 2020 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT | CPE: 1 | Virtual - Webinar
More About | Construction | Real Estate | IT Advisory | Innovation & Technology | COVID-19

Join DHG and ConTech360 on June 10th for our next webinar in the Emerging Strong series. Now more than ever, developing and implementing a digital roadmap is critical to the success and continuity of your organization. Subject matter experts, Steve Maddox and R.J. Sudlow will team up to deliver an insightful discussion around technology investments that deliver value to your business, while protecting your data, infrastructure and people in this new Covid 19 environment.

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Webinar Recordings

Emerging Strong - Where Does the Hospitality Industry Go from Here?
Webinar Recording |
More About | Construction | Real Estate | Tax | COVID-19

For our first webinar in the Emerging Strong series, join DHG and Pinkowski & Company for a discussion on emergence, focused on the hospitality industry. Curt Griffin will discuss the CARES Act and its impacts and opportunities for the real estate and hospitality industry. Chuck Pinkowski will lead us through the question of where does the hospitality industry go from here; highlighting strategies for moving forward to drive customer confidence, reopen markets and new development and evoke optimism for the future.

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The CARES Act and its Impact on the Construction & Real Estate Industry
Webinar Recording | Virtual - Webinar
More About | Construction | Real Estate | COVID-19

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law March 27 which includes a significant number of tax and other provisions designed to support businesses and individuals impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Join DHG for a discussion of CARES Act implications for your organization and next steps after you receive your Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan.

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