Despite negative press, most special purpose entities have legitimate business purposes. Read why mortgage lenders, joint venture partners, and private equity investors require that real estate investments be held in special purpose entities.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, out of the blue, I received an e-mail purporting to be from a real estate paralegal at a law firm with which I had been working on a real estate transaction several months before. The e-mail included a link, which appeared to be a legitimate link from a well-known electronic signature processor, asking me to securely download a document for electronic signature. This particular e-mail made me suspicious because I had no open real estate transactions with the law firm that sent me the link.
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