Sentences with phrase «syndicated conservation easements»

Keller's story — and a close look at some of the deals he's embraced — explains a lot about the battle over syndicated conservation easements.

Yet many syndicated conservation easements largely represent tax shelters whereby investors who don't care about the property are just buying an income tax deduction with inflated appraisals, Small said.

People who put their money in these deals also need to know that the syndicated conservation easement will be most likely be audited by the IRS, and they also could be audited individually.

It's impossible to identify the precise birthplace of the syndicated conservation easement.

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He defends syndicated easements, calling them a «wonderful conservation ploy.»

Most prominent among the renegade land - trust leaders: Robert Keller, a brash conservation biologist in Georgia who has built an empire through syndicated easements.