Jeff Beal has published articles in Real Estate Weekly on “How to Talk to an Appraiser” and “Looking Beyond the Appraisal Form.”

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• 7/2024 - New York State Budget’s Impact on Real Estate
• 6/2024 - How Often Should a Law Firm Update Its Website?
• 5/2024 - Supreme Court: Traffic Fees Amount to a Taking Under Fifth Amendment
• 4/2024 - Piercing the Corporate Veil and Voiding Fraudulent Conveyances in Commercial Lease Litigation and Judgment Enforcement
• 3/2024 - Office to Residential Conversions in the News
• 2/2024 - New York Real Estate Market In the News
• 1/2024 - Office Real Estate Market Outlook
• 12/2023 - Broker Commissions Verdict and Industry Impact
• 11/2023 - Office to Residential Conversions in the News
• 10/2023 - US Supreme Court & NY's Rent Stabilization Laws
• 9/2023 - Zoning in the News: Bloomberg & Forbes
• 8/2023 - SACKETT et UX v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY et al., 598 U.S. -- (2023)
• 7/2023 - SUPREME COURT RULES ON SEIZURE OF EQUITY IN PROPERTY TAX CASE
• 5/2023 - Supreme Court case threatens city’s tax enforcement
• 4/2023 - Landlords Demand Major Rent Increase After Dismal Housing Report
• 3/2023 - Effects Of Inflation On The Capital Markets
• 2/2023 - How to Conduct a Successful Media Interview
• 1/2023 - Death Knell for AirBnB in NYC Apartments? Co-ops, condos and rental owners can now block transient rentals in their buildings.
• 12/2022 - Case File: Eminent Domain. Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Longridge Associates, LP
• 11/2022 - Housing Court Judge Grants Owner's Request To Lift ERAP Stay In Holdover Proceeding
• 10/2022 - How to buy land to build your dream house on
• 9/2022 - Downtown Brooklyn Project Moves Ahead with Construction; Last to Use 421a Abatement
• 8/2022 - Federal Court Awards Fifth Avenue Landlord Multi-Million Dollar Judgment for Rent Arrears Release in Tenant’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• 7/2022 - A Look Back at Some Key Points of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act
• 6/2022 - What If An Owner Needs a Rent Stabilized Apartment?
• 5/2022 - Joint Representation: With Reward Comes Risk
• 4/2022 - Owners: Don't Jeopardize Your Free Market Unregulated Buildings
• 3/2022 - Beware of Possible Succession of Rent-Regulated Apartments
• 2/2022 - Latest U.S. Supreme Court Decision Signals a Major Victory for Landlords and Also for Common Sense
• 1/2022 - How to Boost Your Cash Flow by Utilizing a Cost Segregation Study
• 12/2021 - Estate Planning And The Holidays: A Checklist For Your Family
• 11/2021 - The Ethics of Harassment and Discrimination by Attorneys
• 10/2021 - How Law Firms Can Avoid Failure
• 9/2021 - Who You Gonna Call?
• 8/2021 - When Does A Regulatory Action Become A Taking?
• 7/2021 - Increase Profitability in a Law Firm by Improving Operations
• 5/2021 - The Rise of Alternative Legal Service Providers
• 4/2021 - Why Video Marketing Gets You More Face-time with Prospective Clients
• 3/2021 - Landlord Court Victory in LINC / Licensee Case
• 2/2021 - Target More, Spend Less: Reducing Document Review Costs for Discovery
• 1/2021 - Court Dismisses Constitutional Challenge To Local Law Precluding Enforcement of Certain Guaranties of Commercial Leases Through March 31, 2021
• 12/2020 - Goal-Setting and the Law
• 11/2020 - How to Deliver a Full Marketing Experience to Your Client
• 10/2020 - Reopening the Law Office in the Age of Covid-19
• 9/2020 - New York Judge Denies Commercial Tenant Seeking to Void Lease
• 8/2020 - Collecting Arrears and Cutting Costs in the COVID-19 Era
• 7/2020 - Lender Alert: New York Permits Defendants in Foreclosure Actions to Assert Standing Defense at Anytime
• 6/2020 - NOAH SYNDERGAARD and FORCE MAJEURE
• 5/2020 - Coronavirus May Push Trusts and Estates Practice into the 21st Century
• 4/2020 - Factors to Consider When Advising Clients on Medicaid Transfers
• 3/2020 - 200 Amsterdam Ruling Threatens ‘Havoc’ To New York City Development
• 1/2020 - 2020 NYC Housing Predictions: What We Expect Next Year
• 11/2019 - Considering a Patent? Think Designs!
• 10/2019 - New Acris Disclosure Requirements When Selling or Purchasing Residential Real Estate Through a LLC
• 9/2019 - My advice to appraisers for litigation
• 7/2019 - U.S. Supreme Court Overturns State-Exhaustion Requirement For Federal Takings Claims, Providing Landowners With A Direct Path To Federal Court
• 5/2019 - How will the adopted 2020 NY Budget affect Real Estate Buyers and Sellers?
• 3/2019 - 2019 Business Outlook: Real Estate Industry
• 12/2018 - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from all of us at Real Estate Solutions!
• 11/2018 - Defer tax with a Section 1031 exchange, but new limits apply this year
• 8/2018 - Judge overturns state's title-insurance regulations
• 5/2018 - Introduction to Qualified Personal Residence Trusts
• 3/2018 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Offers Favorable Tax Breaks for Real Estate Owners
• 1/2018 - The Tax Reform Act and Its Impact on Real Estate
• 12/2017 - Ethical Considerations When Practicing New York Real Estate Law
• 11/2017 - Transferring Real Property into an Irrevocable Trust
• 9/2017 - Neighbors are demanding 'ransom' from adjacent developments
• 8/2017 - SCOTUS Decision, June 23rd: A loss for Property Rights in the Murr et al. v. Wisconsin et al.: A New Test for Regulatory Taking
• 7/2017 - 1031 Exchanges - The Latest on Proposed Repeal of IRC Sec.1031
• 5/2017 - NY Court Upholds Oral & Electronic Mortgage Loan Agreements as Enforceable
• 3/2017 - Inbound Investment in U.S. Real Estate
• 2/2017 - New Administration Tax Implications
• 1/2017 - Eminent Domain