Maria Rivera brings extraordinary energy to her work as a tax partner and director of the international business center at Kevane Grant Thornton. She gets more done in one day than most people do in a week. And she knows how to get investors the very best tax opportunities in Puerto Rico. Maria Rivera is our guest on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Maria de Los Angeles Rivera

The disposition of a U.S. real property interest by a foreign person is subject to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act - known as FIRPTA. It's not something we've discussed before on the podcast. Yet there's no reason why foreign persons cannot or should not benefit from investment in opportunity zones.

Tax attorney Eric Kodesch is an expert in FIRPTA. He explains how FIRPTA and OZ regulations interact on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Eric Kodesch

Warren Collier sold house numbers as a kid, jumped out of airplanes as a paratrooper, and published articles in an academic chemistry journal. But he found his true calling in financial services , teaching people how to turn money into wealth. So the Opportunity Zone program was a natural fit for him. His company - Black Wealth Group - is the right vehicle for investors who share his vision and passion for bringing the American Dream home to those who need it most. Warren Collier of Black Wealth Group is our guest on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Warren Collier

You'd think any broker or real estate agent worth their wages would know about Opportunity Zones. It is after all just about the biggest thing to come along in real estate in the last decade. Peter Valleau of SVN has a warning for investors though. He sits down to discuss the problem of ignorant brokers and many other issues with us on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Peter Valleau

He's no wide-eyed, pie-in-the-sky optimist about Opportunity Zones. He's realistic about what will work. And - more importantly - what will not work. As a tax accountant who specializes in the Opportunity Zones, his opinion carries more weight than most. Blake Christian of accounting firm HCVT is our guest on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Blake Christian

Kim Lisa Taylor is one of those rare individuals who makes a huge career change later in life. She left a successful career as geologist to become an lawyer. The courage, wisdom and  smarts it took to succeed at that transition places her at the forefront of Opportunity Zone tax attorneys.

She's a nationwide speaker at investing and crowdfunding events, the founding attorney at Syndication Attorneys PLLC, and she's our guest on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Kim Lisa Taylor, Esq.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Dave Euzarraga

His background, experience, faith and passion dovetail perfectly with the overall aim of the Opportunity Zone program.

Now, as California's Deputy Treasurer, he occupies a uniquely powerful position in that state's government.

He just may be exactly the right man in the right place at the right time for this moment in history.

He's Jovan Agee, California's Deputy Treasurer, and he's our guest on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: California Deputy Treasurer Jovan Agee

Sasha Favelukis has created a model for community and economic development that works. You can see it for yourself in the Quartyard neighborhood he developed in San Diego. He's an Investor, a Developer and the co-founder of CoPlace. Sasha Favelukis is our guest on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Sasha Favelukis, Co-Founder of CoPlace