Tax, Accounting and Advisory Expertise for Real Estate Professionals
The real estate industry demands specialized expertise in its technical, financial, and operational aspects. Schneider Downs is a trusted advisor, delivering specialized tax, accounting, and advisory services to help clients manage the risks and opportunities associated with income taxes, property taxes, green incentives, depreciation, and gains upon sale, while ensuring compliance with critical deadlines and optimizing cash flow.
As strategic business advisors, we provide comprehensive consulting and investment expertise to help clients tackle complex challenges, raise capital, structure deals and identify new opportunities. Whether it’s optimizing operations, securing financing, or facilitating mergers and acquisitions, our team works closely with clients to drive growth and maximize value.
Our unique blend of tax, consulting, and investment expertise enables us to deliver comprehensive solutions throughout the real estate lifecycle, which is why national owners, developers and investors trust Schneider Downs.
We help real estate clients maximize ROI and deal performance starting with pre-development or pre-acquisition tax advisory and planning to maximize tax benefits and improve future cash flow.
Our approach focuses on structuring transactions to leverage tax credits, incentives, and deferral strategies, including like-kind exchanges, green building initiatives and opportunity zone investments, ensuring clients optimize their tax position while enhancing investment returns.
We help real estate clients assess federal, state, and local tax credits and incentives, including those from the Inflation Reduction Act, historic preservation, and clean energy programs, to maximize funding and bridge any gaps.
Schneider Downs provides tailored attest services to help real estate companies ensure financial accuracy and regulatory compliance, such as financial institution covenants or your investor agreements. Our audits, reviews, employee benefit plan audits and agreed-upon procedures support transparent reporting, boost investor confidence, and align with industry standards. We perform attest work in accordance with U.S. GAAP, Income Tax Basis or other bases of accounting based upon your unique needs. With deep expertise in real estate accounting and risk advisory, we deliver reliable insights to enhance strategic decision-making. We are the firm of choice for financial statement assurance and providing customized, independent solutions.
Through our partnership with SD Capital, our team delivers comprehensive value advisory, investment banking, and M&A services, maintaining a keen pulse on real estate market trends, deals, and insights.
Schneider Downs offers a wide range of consulting solutions tailored to every stage of the real estate life cycle. We help companies maximize investments and drive bottom-line impact through back-office assessments, digital modernization, and process optimization.
From enhancing efficiency and profitability to providing strategic and financial guidance for transactions, our team delivers the specialized expertise real estate clients demand and deserve.
SD Digital’s mission is to help businesses discover the power of digital through strategic, efficient and attainable solutions. With a pioneering spirit and client-first mindset, we strive to de-risk, demystify and deliver outcome-focused, iterative solutions that translate technology into transformative change.
With our big thinking and personal focus, we provide dedicated real estate advisory services, offering expert guidance and investment insight that clients deserve at every stage of the real estate lifecycle.
From acquisition to disposition, Schneider Downs offers trusted guidance to help you navigate and succeed in every phase of your real estate journey.
With a strong professional network and specialized teams in capital markets, digital solutions, and advisory, we provide the resources to adapt and thrive in a dynamic real estate market.
With decades of hands-on experience, we solve complex challenges and deliver results that drive real estate investment success.
We help clients meet critical tax deadlines and stay informed and compliant with ever-changing regulations.
We bring deep knowledge of real estate’s financial, operational, and technical complexities across sectors like commercial, industrial, residential, multifamily, student housing, hospitality, and land development.
Our team maximizes returns through strategic ownership structures, debt optimization profit analysis, and transaction planning.
* Schneider Downs Corporate Finance, LP is a registered broker/dealer. Member FINRA/SIPC.
Schneider Downs recognizes that every industry is different, often presenting unique challenges that require individualized insight, innovation and experience. Our experience in these industries is enhanced through participation in focus groups, which address the characteristics that make these industries unique.
For more information on additional industries we serve please visit www.schneiderdowns.com/industries or contact us at [email protected].
* Schneider Downs Corporate Finance, LP is a registered broker/dealer. Member FINRA/SIPC.
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