Real Estate Services

BDO Seidman has a varied array of industry-specific services to assist real estate entities, including:

  • Audit and accounting
  • Analysis and due diligence of proposed real estate transactions
  • Internal audit services and risk consulting, including internal control evaluation and reporting in connection with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  • Cash flow modeling utilizing ARGUS software for real estate entities and in connection with property acquisitions, financings or budgeting
  • Business and real estate valuations
  • Consultation and plan preparation regarding distressed property refinancing or disposition
  • Assistance in preparation of cash flow and operational budgets
  • Special auditing of construction expenditures of projects under development
  • Lease audits and CAM revenue reviews

Our tax-specific real estate services also include:

  • Tax compliance
  • Consulting regarding efficient tax planning for dispositions of real estate and other proposed real estate transactions
  • Cost segregation studies to increase tax depreciation through identification of assets with shorter recovery periods
  • Mergers and acquisitions: planning and structuring
  • International tax planning and structuring
  • FAS 109 services
  • Partnership tax consulting
  • UpREIT and downREIT consulting and compliance