Opportunity Zones News

In April, the IRS published correcting amendments to the final regulations on Qualified Opportunity Funds. What are the key changes that Opportunity Zone participants need to be aware of? Jessica Millett is partner and chair of Duval & Stachenfeld’s tax practice group. Ashley Tison is co-founder at OZ Pros. Click the play button below to listen to my conversation with Jessica and Ashley. Episode Highlights The purpose of the IRS correcting amendments to the final regulations on Qualified Opportunity Funds. A review of the three most substantive changes that the correcting amendments made to the final regulations on Opportunity Zones.

How has the Opportunity Zone marketplace matured over the past 12 months? What has the investor response been? And is the current pandemic-instigated economic downturn threatening to change everything? Jill Homan is founder and president of Javelin 19 Investments, a Washington DC-based commercial real estate investor, developer, and Opportunity Zones advisor. Click the play button below to listen to my conversation with Jill. Episode Highlights How the Opportunity Zone marketplace has matured over the last year as the IRS has issued additional guidance and final regulations. Investor response — in particular family office response — to Opportunity Zone investing, both

What insights can be gleaned from the newest book on Opportunity Zone investing? Jim White, PhD is chairman and CEO of Post Harvest Technologies and founder of the PHT Opportunity Fund. He is also a best-selling author; his latest book is Opportunity Investing: How To Revitalize Urban And Rural Communities With Opportunity Funds. Click the play button below to listen to my conversation with Jim. Episode Highlights How Jim White’s book — Opportunity Investing — helps bring awareness to the problem of the disparity of the economic recovery following the Great Recession of 2008-09. How the book helps address a