This falls in the category of Shameless Self-Promotion.

I spoke yesterday at the 2007 International Tax and Business Conference in San Francisco. My topic was "Multinational Families: When a Border Runs Through Your Balance Sheet." The conference was organized by the California CPA Education Foundation.

Here is an article I wrote for publication in a local newspaper circulated amongst real estate brokers in Southern California.

Remember! This is not legal advice. An article for general publication by definition leaves out important clarifications and technicalities. In other words, read this for your amusement :-) but do not make any legal or tax decisions based on this. Or anything else in this website, for that matter.

TAX WRINKLES FACING THE FOREIGN BUYER OF U.S. REAL ESTATE
by Philip D. W. Hodgen

The latest issue of The Tax Lawyer (published by the American Bar Association) arrived today: the Spring, 2003 edition. In it is an article entitled Foreign investors in RICs and REITs, by Robert J. Staffaroni. Go look at page 563, footnote 319. My REIT paper,