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Recent Real Estate Law Articles
Blockchain has come to Real Estate
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:08-05:00Sunday, December 10th, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Earlier this fall an apartment in Kiev became the first real estate purchased using blockchain, portending a new era in the sale of land and improvements. It is suggested blockchain may do for the $217 trillion real estate market what the Internet did for communication. ...
A Single Family Home in Maryland Cannot be Sold “As Is”
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:07-05:00Monday, July 24th, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|
The question this law firm is asked most often about single family home sales is whether or not a house can be sold “as is.” The answer since a dramatic change in Maryland law effective October 1, 2005, is “no” a single family home cannot ...
New Alcoholic Beverage Laws from the 2017 Session of the Maryland Legislature
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:06-05:00Sunday, May 7th, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|
More than 2,881 bills were introduced in the 2017 Maryland General Assembly session of which more than 361 bills were enacted, including more than a few that will provide business opportunities for those engaging in the sale of alcoholic beverages
Zombie Liquor License is Really Dead
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:05-05:00Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|
The transfer of a liquor license in Baltimore City often involves issues of life and death, and in some instances, zombies and phantoms.
GRESB is Huge with $2.3 Trillion in Real Estate so Follow the Money
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:03-05:00Monday, December 28th, 2015|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Representing a huge share of the market capitalization of real estate across the globe, this year, 707 real estate companies and funds, with over 61,000 properties, having an aggregate value of $2.3 Trillion reported their environmental, social and governance information to Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB).
Congress Breathes New Life into 179D Tax Deduction
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:41-05:00Sunday, December 20th, 2015|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Last week the 114th Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 and the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015.
Federal Court Rules Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensary Cannot Deduct Business Expenses
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:47-05:00Tuesday, July 7th, 2015|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Tax Court’s decision precluding a tax payer from deducting ordinary and necessary business expenses associated with a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco. This decision and the underlying position taken by the ...
Maryland Medical Marijuana Producing Real Estate Opportunities
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:43-05:00Tuesday, June 30th, 2015|Categories: Real Estate Law|
The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission published the long awaited draft regulations last Friday, June 26, 2015, and it is anticipated that applications for growers, processors and dispensaries will be accepted beginning in September. Noting the lesson that those who benefitted most from the California Gold ...