Our appraisal and consulting work has encompassed:
TYPES OF CASES WE HANDLE
Our firm specializes in valuation of all types of commercial and residential real estate or interests in real estate where there is the potential for litigation, damages, diminution of or loss in value, adverse tax consequences or unfavorable land use, such as:
- Eminent Domain
- Full Takings
- Partial Takings
- Easements
- Permanent
- Temporary
- Real Estate/income taxes
- Tax Certiorari (appeals)
- Tax preference programs
- Cost Segregation studies
- Estate Taxes- inclusive of the valuation of minority interests under various ownership scenarios (tenants in common, joint tenants, LLCs, corporations and partnerships) .
- Planning and gifting
- Estate Tax returns
- Valuations for charitable donations
- Value of the entire propert
- Value of a partial interes
- Historic or conservation easements
- .Value of a minority interest
- Title insurance claims arising from:
- Defects in title
- Discovered easements
- Fraudulent conveyance
- Errors in lien documents
- Incomplete or inadequate rights search
- Valuation/damages in trespass claims
- Matrimonial
- Pre-nuptial
- Equitable distribution
- Zoning variances
- Obtaining a variance
- Contesting a variance
- Diminution of value or Breach of habitability (entire buildings or individual dwelling units), due to:
- Construction defects
- Damage from construction on an adjacent site
- Breach of quiet enjoyment
- Mold
- Water
- Quiet enjoyment
- Diminution in value or Losses due to Building collapse or Fire Damage
- Damages or losses due to building code violations.
- Professional malpractice (causing an adverse impact on real property) by:
- Insurance brokers
- Real estate brokers
- Attorneys
- Appraisers
- Actions against management, including:
- Breach of lease/exclusivity
- Unlawful eviction
- Loss of a rent-stabilized apartment
- Loss in value due to mismanagement
- Damages due to wrongful lease termination
- Valuation or consequential damages in disputes over:
- Inheritance
- Fee ownership
- Leases
- Air or development rights
- Adverse possession
- Partnership conflicts involving:
- Malfeasance
- Dissolutions
- Roll-ups
- Losses/damages related to Securities Fraud
- Losses/damages due to wrongful Transfer
- Losses due to Mortgage Fraud
- Losses due to breach of contract or fraud
- Valuations for Bankruptcy proceedings
- Feasibility studies
- Highest & Best Use studies
- Value of Use & Occupancy
- Value of Development Rights
- Due diligence in connection with any real estate related matter