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Course Details

This CLE/CPE course will brief real estate and finance counsel on alternative methods of financing real estate construction projects, specifically crowdfunding, tax credits, tax increment financing, and EB-5 financing.

Faculty

Description

The construction industry is in an upswing since the pandemic. When traditional financing is not readily available, savvy investors continue to seek opportunistic sources of financing to increase their return on investment and have greater flexibility, particularly in the mezzanine space of the capital stack.

Tax credits (NMTC, HTC, LIHTC), EB-5 financing, crowdfunding websites, and tax incremental financing can be a viable source of financing for urban redevelopment projects. Each offer an alternative source of mezzanine financing that can fill the construction-lending gap left by banks and traditional lenders and several function in combination with one another on a single project.

Listen as our authoritative real estate finance and securities attorneys brief you on these alternative financing tools available for construction financing, including tax credit funds, tax increment financing, EB-5 financing, and crowdfunding.

Outline

  1. Tax credit funds
    1. New Market Tax Credits
    2. Historic Tax Credits
    3. Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
  2. Tax increment financing
  3. EB-5 financing
  4. Crowdfunding

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • Projects that may benefit from tax increment financing
  • Using and pairing tax credits (NMTC, HTC, LIHTC)
  • Latest trends and developments in using EB-5 financing in the capital stack and coupling EB-5 with tax credits
  • Real estate and crowdfunding: a duo here to last

NASBA Details

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Recognize projects that may benefit from tax increment financing
  • Use and pair tax credits (NMTC, HTC, LIHTC)
  • Leverage EB-5 financing for construction projects, as amended by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act
  • Ascertain opportunities for capital raising using crowdfunding portals and innovative proptech

  • Field of Study: Taxes
  • Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
  • Advance Preparation: None
  • Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture
  • Delivery Method: Group-Internet (via computer)
  • Attendance Monitoring Method: Attendance is monitored electronically via a participant's PIN and through a series of attendance verification prompts displayed throughout the program
  • Prerequisite: Three years+ business or public firm experience at mid-level within the organization, preparing complex tax forms and schedules, supervising other preparers/accountants. Working knowledge and understanding of tax credits, tax equity financing, EB-5 programs, and real estate taxes.

Strafford Publications, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of Accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE Credits. Complaints regarding registered sponsons may be submitted to NASBA through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.