Brian Hill Financial Planner Capital Analysts of New England
Name: Brian Hill
Title: Financial Planner
Company: Capital Analysts of New England
Location: 1266 Furnace Brook Pkwy., Quincy, Mass.
Birthplace and year: Philadelphia, Penn., 1965
Family: Wife, Constance; children: Nora, Alex, Lily, Brendan
College: Villanova, BS, Finance; American College, Bryn Mawr, Chartered Financial Institute (CHFC)
First job in finance or allied field: Kistler Tiffany - Wayne, Penn., a division of Capital Analysts
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Help clients accumulate money for retirement or college; develop retirement income plan and set up estate plans.
Hobbies: Play vintage baseball, coach little league, run
Favorite book: "The Irish Rose" by Joe Hill
Favorite movie: "It's a Wonderful Life"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Warren Buffett
Key to success: Persistence
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Small business owner.
How many of you remember real estate development in the late 1980s? Project sourcing was difficult, until it wasn’t. Into the 90’s, a few years after, banks and other financial institutions were very happy to fund projects.
The purpose of this article is to address problematic or confusing issues which may help assessors and appraisers to better understand how to value real estate for tax assessment purposes.
Attention to owners of real estate in the Commonwealth (and the title companies and other professionals who advise them), the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (the “DOR”) recently adopted a new “millionaire’s tax” via 830 CMR 62B.2.4
Our current, highly competitive real estate market poses specific challenges for investors who are considering taking advantage of a tax-deferred 1031 exchange. In this market, investors will have no problem selling their current property if priced properly, but they may find it difficult to find a suitable replacement property
Over the past several weeks, I have completed appraisal assignments for private clients. Interestingly, after submitting these appraisals, I received several phone calls – not to question the value, content, or any incorrect information, but rather to discuss the price per s/f compared to the comparable sales used in the report.