Sentences with phrase «other real estate legislation»

Glenwood arranged for these payments to ADAM SKELOS due to the company's substantial dependence on DEAN SKELOS for real estate tax abatements and other real estate legislation favorable to Glenwood, and based in part on statements from DEAN SKELOS that he would punish those in the real estate industry who defied him.

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The final legislation enables companies to fully expense capital expenditures for most types of property other than real estate in 2018.
In the other, he was found guilty of profiting from legal business sent to a second law firm by mega-landlord Glenwood Management and another developer in return for his backing on real estate legislation.
The Real Estate Board of New York and other industry organizations are fighting City Council legislation that would make it trickier to convert existing...
David Pfeffer, a partner at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, noted that unions have been throwing their weight all around Albany, lobbying delegates and legislators to oppose other real estate - related legislation until minimum wages were inserted into programs like 421a.
In the other, Silver tilted real estate legislation on rent - control and tax breaks toward two major developers — one of them Glenwood Management of New Hyde Park — which took tax cases to a longtime Silver friend who secretly shared fees with the speaker.
But Dean began pulling double duty, using his meetings with Dorego and other real - estate execs to discuss pending legislation and then ask about jobs for Adam at the end.
Evidence and testimony showed how some lawmakers can wield their considerable power to extort benefits for themselves or others; how the weak enforcement of lax financial disclosure requirements gives legislators ample opportunity to mask illegal payments as outside income; how moneyed real estate interests spend millions of dollars in campaign contributions to influence legislation; and how power is concentrated in the hands of the so - called three men in a room: the legislative leaders and the governor.
There may also be real estate, tax, trust law, criminal, or business considerations that require knowledge of other pieces of federal and / or provincial legislation.
(As noted in the original article, Manitoba does not have general purpose «functional equivalent of writing» legislation in effect, for real estate or other kinds of document.)
In September, the association publicly recognized Sen. Kevin Ranker as the organization's 2011 REALTOR ® Legislative Champion for his role as the prime sponsor of legislation that rejected a federal department of revenue interpretation of tax statutes requiring offices to pay business and occupation tax on other real estate offices» commission amounts; it meant taxing a portion of real estate commissions twice.
Possible topics may include pending legislation that will affect home owners, real estate market trends, or just about any other subject that will provoke interest.
As well, since the hands - free legislation has taken effect in Ontario, being a real estate partnership enables one of us to be on the phone or email, while the other is driving.
Jeans says she supports mandatory education on acts and legislation — in fact considers it essential — but that there are other areas of learning like teaching agents how to ethically survive in the real estate industry that are just as important.
I also rely heavily on email as part of my marketing activities with other realtors, landlords, etc. so I've made it my business to be informed about technologies and legislation of consequence that could change the way I conduct my real estate business, whether by adoption of a new technology or forced change through compliance with the law.
When MacLeans or any other media resource asks CREA's opinion we should oblige willingly then use these opportunities to remind the public we serve that it was the Canadian Real Estate Association who lobbied the government and was instrumental in legislation, fiscal or taxation policies that now benefit the public.
The change, which would allow real estate businesses to take advantage of a new tax break that's planned for partnerships, limited liability companies and other so - called «pass - through» businesses, combined elements of House and Senate legislation in a new way.
These issues and many others initiated early attempts to have the real estate industry regulated by introducing suitable legislation.
Here in South Carolina, REALTORS ® are faced with myriad issues on the legislation front including: an unfair property tax structure, a regulatory agency that spreads real estate license fees across other boards, diminishing the rights of property owners, and burdensome regulations that weigh down REALTORS ® with more red tape.
Alberta real estate legislation does not contemplate the employment relationship between a brokerage and its industry professionals other than from a regulatory perspective such as record keeping, reporting etc..
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