Building Permits: Navigating Bureaucracy to Move your Project Along
BY OMAR IZFAR, ATTORNEY, WILSON CRIBBS+GOREN A variety of building permits are typically required for new construction and renovation of buildings. Building permits are issued as a matter of right if...
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In-person meetings are irreplaceable, and no matter the challenges, communication is paramount. But what if your project team is in multiple cities, across multiple companies, located all around the...
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One of the biggest challenges commercial owners and operators face is managing risk. You can secure financing, attract investors make improvements and screen tenants but you cannot know when disaster...
View ArticleTackling Tax Reform: How Changes to the Law Impact CRE
BY BRANDI SMITH Just before Christmas, Congress offered up to President Trump what is arguably the best gift lawmakers could have presented: a major legislative victory in the form of the Tax Cuts and...
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One of the biggest challenges commercial owners and operators face is managing risk. You can secure financing, attract investors, make improvements and screen tenants but you cannot know when disaster...
View ArticleVested Rights: Fair Play by the Government
How do concepts of fair play apply to Land Use Regulation? By: Reid C. Wilson Wilson Cribbs + Goren When engaged in a real estate deal, most would agree that parties should both stand behind their...
View Article2018 Texas Property Tax Deadline Change
BY PAUL BETTENCOURT Protesting your property taxes every year offers a great opportunity to save money. In Texas, property taxes represent approximately 40% of total business taxes. This is a large...
View ArticleFloodplain Ordinance Revisions
BY: OMAR IZFAR, ATTORNEY WILSON CRIBBS+GOREN & JAMES JONES, PE, JONES | CARTER Houston City Council voted just last month to approve revisions to its controversial Floodplain Ordinance. Here are...
View ArticleDealing with Deed Restrictions
BY: Omar Izfar, Attorney, WILSON CRIBBS+GOREN Private covenants and restrictions, often simply called “deed restrictions,” run with the land, bind future owners, and usually affect what you...
View ArticleNew Ruling on Short-Term Rentals
BY: TRAVIS HUEHLEFELD, ATTORNEY, WILSON CRIBBS+GOREN The Supreme Court of Texas recently issued an opinion that has a major impact on short-term rentals in Texas and the interpretation of deed...
View ArticleOpportunity Zones and New Real Estate Opportunities
BY: OMAR IZFAR, ATTORNEY, WILSON CRIBBS+GOREN The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 establishes a federal tax incentive for deferring andpartially exempting capital gains for investments made into a...
View ArticleHow updates to floodplain mapping will impact Texas
BY: ROBERT PAVUR, P.E, CFM Natural disasters, such as catastrophic flooding, challenge the very essence of a community. The state of Texas has seen many dangerous floods in the last 20 years resulting...
View ArticleBuilding Permits: Navigating Bureaucracy to Move your Project Along
BY OMAR IZFAR, ATTORNEY, WILSON CRIBBS+GOREN A variety of building permits are typically required for new construction and renovation of buildings. Building permits are issued as a matter of right if...
View ArticleHow can drones, 360 photography, 3D visualization, and virtual reality add...
In-person meetings are irreplaceable, and no matter the challenges, communication is paramount. But what if your project team is in multiple cities, across multiple companies, located all around the...
View ArticleAsk The Public Insurance Adjuster
One of the biggest challenges commercial owners and operators face is managing risk. You can secure financing, attract investors, make improvements and screen tenants but you cannot know when disaster...
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