Consulting & Investments

Risk vs. reward is a trade-off not lost on today's real estate developer, investment entrepreneur and homeowner. Balancing the two is a challenge that requires courage, careful planning and the support and assistance of qualified professionals. Ghirardo Real Estate Group (formerly Innovative Properties, Inc.), is an affiliated company of Ghirardo CPA.

Since founding Ghirardo Real Estate Group, Steve Ghirardo has provided real estate consulting services from a CPA's perspective for more than 20 years, a benefit that has proved invaluable to our clients time and time again.

Ghirardo Real Estate Group consists of CPA's and licensed real estate and securities professionals who assist clients in all aspects of real estate investing, including: real estate portfolio evaluations, locating suitable 1031 replacement properties, evaluating and screening TIC offerings for purchase, feasibility analysis, income tax and property tax analysis, financing and sales.

For more information, please contact Tamara Sanner, 415-897-5678 x. 117.

www.ghirardore.com

Tax Deferred Exchanges

With a tax deferred exchange facilitated by Exchange Alliance Group, it's possible to sell your property, acquire new property and not pay one dime in tax at the time.

That's because IRS Code Section 1031 allows income tax on profits from a property sale to be deferred if the property is exchanged rather than sold. An exchange will allow you to dispose of property without incurring current income taxes and allow you time to identify and acquire replacement property.

Exchange Alliance Group exchange specialists are happy to discuss the primary requirements for a qualifying exchange and to help structure it for you. We can also show you how an exchange can provide greater proceeds for your next investment; in fact, far greater proceeds than you could gain through reinvesting your after-tax proceeds.

For more information, please contact Tony Perachiotti, 415-897-5678 x. 142.

www.eag1031.com

Mergers and Acquisitions

Businesses, like people, come to defining moments in their lives. Those defining moments for a business can come in a variety of ways:

• Obtaining outside funding to take advantage of growth opportunities.
• Adding additional management talent to facilitate growth or added complexity in the business.
• Replacing or upgrading computer systems.
• Deciding to sell all or part of the business.

We are financial executives with more than 20 years of experience in helping companies with:

• Raising funds.
• Providing interim or permanent staffing solutions.
• Developing and implementing systems solutions.
• Valuing and selling businesses.

Cardinal Red Consulting can help your business make the right decisions in those defining moments.

For more information, please contact Steve Ghirardo, 415-897-5678 x. 106.