Commercial

1031 Exchanges: Commercial Real Estate Tax Deferral Opportunities Discover why 1031s continue to be an amazing option for your commercial clients. We spoke with Shelly Ashmore, CPA at Dennis, Gartland & Niergarth, to dive into the world of Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges. Our chat was a quick refresher on 1031s, as well as the latest […]

Horizon Bank & CSS Streamlining The Path to Commercial Title Success Read through this testimonial from Darin, a valued customer at Horizon Bank, as he discusses his experience collaborating with Corporate Settlement Solutions (CSS). Darin emphasizes the outstanding support, streamlined processes, and secure communication that have improved Horizon’s commercial title insurance experience, making their partnership

webinar 1031 Exchanges: Commercial Real Estate Tax Deferral Opportunities Join Maura A. Snabes, Esq., CES, NTP, Corporate Settlement Solutions’ (CSS’) SVP, Corporate Counsel and founder of Corporate Exchange Services, a Qualified Intermediary for 1031 tax-deferred exchanges, as she speaks with Shelly Ashmore, CPA at Dennis, Gartland & Niergarth, about Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges. They will

CSS Thwarts Fraudulent Sale CSS helped uncover a fraudulent sale of vacant land, safeguarding property owners. CSS is pleased to share our role in helping to uncover a fraudulent sale of vacant land worth $204,000. Our team’s attentiveness, notary guidelines, and verification processes contributed to safeguarding the interests of our clients and property owners. When

2023 Commercial Real Estate Forecast With the current U.S. inflation, interest rates, and housing costs rising, many Americans are wondering if a recession is coming. In January of this year, we spoke with Edward R Lawrence III, Senior Research Analyst at Colliers International, to discuss that issue and what to expect from the commercial real

How to Protect your Commercial Real Estate Transactions Commercial lenders, brokers and investors should ensure they are working with title and closing partners who invest in cybersecurity protections to keep their funds safe. As a participant in commercial real estate transactions, you are constantly exposed to financial and reputational risk from your title and closing

ChatGPT: What will Artificial Intelligence (AI) do for commercial real estate? AI: It’s everywhere, it’s becoming more intelligent, and its use is exploding in the real estate realm. The latest and perhaps smartest example of artificial intelligence is the language model known as ChatGPT, or “Conversational Generative Pre-training Transformer”. ChatGPT was created by OpenAI and

2022 Commercial Winter News & Updates What’s New   CSS provides real estate title and valuation solutions throughout the eastern half of the US and Colorado, and is expanding its CSS Commercial Title operations once again. In early 2022, CSS expanded its commercial operations and “boots on the ground” efforts to the Southern part of

Commercial Property Outlook for 2023 by Maura Snabes, SVP, Corporate Counsel.   October, 2022 According to Orion Investment Real Estate, while the commercial real estate (CRE) market generally follows the lead of the larger market, the CRE outlook for 2023 may not be as straightforward. Despite a declining residential real estate market, given the current

Real-Time Payments by Maura Snabes, SVP, Corporate Counsel.   September 9, 2022 As the title industry and CSS continue to look for ways to make the customer experience quicker, more convenient and more secure, a CSS EVP attended an informational presentation on “Real-Time Payments.” Real-Time Payments (RTPs) is a new digital payment rail that provides