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FILE – In this July 21, 2011 file photo House Ways and Means Oversight subcommittee Chairman Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. It was a curious offer to contractors from a government agency: We’ll give you a tax deduction for making federal buildings more energy efficient if you qualify and if you’ll write us a check for 19 percent of the tax break’s value.The General Services Administration (GSA), already under a cloud for a lavish Las Vegas employee conference, says that after seven months, it dropped its demand for the giveback requirement because there were no takers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? It was a curious offer to contractors from a government agency: We’ll give you a tax deduction for making federal buildings more energy efficient if you qualify and if you’ll write us a check for 19 percent of the tax break’s value.

The General Services Administration, already under a cloud for a lavish Las Vegas employee conference, says that after seven months, it dropped its demand for the giveback requirement because there were no takers.

But the policy is now raising new questions about whether GSA was trying to raise money for its own budget without congressional authorization, whether that effort was legal and whether other agencies have tried anything similar.

“It was brought to our attention that certain people at agencies were asking for what looked like kickbacks in order to get allocations of a tax deduction,” Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s oversight panel, said Thursday. “This is a major concern and I’m certainly going to investigate this.”

GSA officials said the practice was legal and a way for them to raise money to make additional federal buildings more energy efficient. GSA manages 9,600 federally owned or leased buildings, more than any other landlord, though some federal properties are owned by the Defense Department or other agencies.

“No contractors took part in the program and no money was paid to the GSA” while the giveback requirement was in force, said GSA spokesman Adam Elkington. “We will review the letter and respond accordingly.”

Boustany sent letters Thursday to 17 agencies and Cabinet-level departments, including GSA, seeking details and asking whether others have engaged in similar practices.

Letters GSA sent to contractors last year said that if they met all the conditions for the tax break, the agency would be willing to grant the deduction “upon payment to GSA of 19 percent of the deduction amount.” The money was to be used by GSA “to invest in additional energy-efficiency projects,” said the letter, signed by Patrick J. Fee, director of GSA’s building operations division.

A letter of intent attached to Fee’s letter added more detail.

“The contractor shall send a check made out to ‘General Services Administration’ in the amount of 19 percent of the amount of the deduction allocated, with the notation, ’179D Deduction Payment,’” it said.

The tax break is called a 179D deduction after the section of the tax code that established it. It’s intended for owners of buildings that install lighting, cooling, heating or other energy systems that cut power costs in half, compared to comparable buildings. If the federal, state or local government owns the building, they are allowed to pass the tax deduction to the person it considers most responsible for designing the energy savings.

The deduction, included in energy legislation first enacted in 2005 under President George W. Bush, was extended in 2008 through next year. It is estimated it would cost the government roughly $1.6 billion to renew it for the following decade.

GSA spokesman Adam Elkington said the agency believes its attempt to require refunds from contractors was legal, citing a separate law that lets officials put money “from rebates or other cash incentives related to energy savings” into a government fund for managing its buildings.

While acknowledging the law did not specifically empower agencies to seek refunds from the energy tax deduction, he said when it comes to granting that deduction to contractors, “The IRS has not placed limitations on the manner, terms or conditions by which an agency may make such a decision.”

Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., a sponsor of the energy tax break, said Thursday he saw no problem with the short-lived demand for a refund from contractors because GSA was “trying to reduce the cost to taxpayers of the project.” Another sponsor, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said the government has not administered the tax break “effectively, efficiently, or consistently.”

Several longtime tax analysts said it is not unusual for state and local governments to use potential tax deductions as bargaining chips with private contractors, getting lower prices or extra services in exchange for the tax break. But they could not recall instances in which federal agencies demanded partial paybacks for tax breaks they distribute.

“An agency, in effect, asking for a rebate? That’s stunning to me. I’ve never heard of it before,” said Edward Kleinbard, a tax law professor at the University of Southern California law school, who once headed Congress’ nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. The committee analyzes tax issues for lawmakers.

GSA’s Elkington said the policy was in effect from May 18 until Dec. 23 last year.

“It was an attempt to increase the ability of the federal government to provide additional energy efficiency upgrades for our own federal buildings,” he said.

The policy was dropped, he said, because “basically, no one had taken part in it. It was just determined it wasn’t economically viable for designers” because the 19 percent giveback was eroding their profits.

Since the tax break’s inception, GSA has granted it for 15 projects by seven different contractors and has one application pending, Elkington said. None involved the 19 percent giveback.

The American Institute of Architects, whose members are among the beneficiaries of the tax break, said it warned GSA officials that firms would not participate if they had to return 19 percent of the money. On its website, the institute takes credit for talking GSA into abandoning the idea.

“As we said, ’19 percent of zero is zero,’” said institute lobbyist Andrew Goldberg. “If you’re going to do it, you’re not going to get any money back.”

The institute’s lawyers believed GSA’s policy of seeking a 19 percent giveback was legal, Goldberg said.

The law says owners of buildings that meet specified energy efficiency standards can qualify for tax deductions worth up to the value of the equipment and material they install or up to $1.80 a square foot, whichever is less.

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Online:

Copy of GSA letter: http://apne.ws/JhmBy7

Associated Press

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Marabella Commercial Finance, Inc. refinanced a Walgreen with a loan amount of $2,800,000 that had a Tenants In Common Entity.? This was a difficult transaction due to the fact that most lenders do not favor TIC Entities at this time in the commercial real estate cycle.? Marabella arranged a Quasi Portfolio / Institutional Non-Recourse loan with standard carve-outs,? an amortization of 25 years and a fixed rate term of 10 years.? The interest rate was locked for 10 years at approximately 6.13%.? This transaction funded in January of 2012.?? The owner of the Walgreen property was located in Beverly Hills, CA and Marabella met the owner at our satellite office in Beverly Hills to assist with the structuring and processing of the loan.

Marabella Commercial Finance, Inc. funded a $4,353,000 loan for a Walgreen corporate leased pharmacy.? The Buyer for this transaction was involved in a 1031 exchange transaction.? The Borrower requested a long fixed rate loan term and amortization.? Marabella Commercial Finance, Inc. arranged a CMBS loan with a 30 year amortization and a 10 year fixed rate.? The rate was locked at 4.90% for the full 10 years.? This loan was Non-Recourse with Standard Carve-Outs.? This loan was applied for on around February 27, 2012 and funded on approximately April 16, 2012. ?Thus from the time the Borrower applied for the loan to the time the loan funded was a total of 48 days.? Timing was very important to the Borrower since he was involved in a 1031 Exchange and the seller gave him a very short window for his Due Diligence / Financing Contingency period so exceeding this time frame could have jeopardized the Buyer / Borrower’s Good Faith Deposit that was given to the seller of the store.?? Marabella assisted in the processing of the loan which enabled the buyer to meet his 1031 exchange requirement and close in a smooth and stress free manner.?

Marabella Commercial Finance, Inc. arranged an acquisition permanent loan of $4,500,000.? This was also a CMBS loan and had similar loan terms to the previously mentioned CMBS Walgreen loan.??? This arrangement should fund if all conditions are met around the end of April 2012.? This loan was applied for on March 12, 2012.? Thus from the time the Borrower applied for the loan to the time Marabella expects the loan to fund will be a total of 49 days start to finish if all conditions are met.? Again timing was very important to the Borrower since he was involved in a 1031 Exchange and the seller gave him a very short window for his Due Diligence / Financing Contingency period.???

Marabella Commercial Finance, Inc. is working on a fourth Walgreen transaction that still needs approval.? This transaction is a refinance and will hopefully win approval sometime in April 2012 if all conditions are met.? Loan Amount for this transaction is $2,750,000.? Marabella is arranging a 25 year amortized loan with a 10 year fixed rate.? Rate has not been locked on this transaction at this time.? Estimated rate at this time for this transaction is 5.00% to 5.375%.???? This loan has a very friendly prepayment penalty of 3/2/1 giving the Borrower a lot of flexibility if he plans to sell or pay off the loan before the end of the loan term.? This loan was sourced to a portfolio lender at the request of the Borrower.

About Marabella Commercial Finance
Marabella Commercial Finance specializes in arranging financing for 1031 Exchange Net Lease Buyers, Commercial Investment Properties and Large Anchored Centers. Past Credit Tenant Net Lease Properties that Marabella Commercial Finance has originated loans for are; Walgreens, CVS, Kohls, Safe-Way Stores,? Rite Aid, Jack in the Box, 7-Eleven, Family Dollar, CSK Automotive, and Large Anchored Centers with credit tenants.? MCF is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association and will be attending the annual International Council of Shopping Center’s 2012 Annual Convention in Las Vegas starting on Saturday, May 19, 2012 through Wednesday, May 23, 2012.? Christian S. Marabella who is President of Marabella Commercial Finance, Inc. is also the 2012 President of the Association of Commercial Real Estate Executives Inland Empire (Ontario,?California).?

Contact: Christian S. Marabella – President
Marabella Commercial Finance
We Finance America’s 1031 Exchange Net Lease Properties
(760) 479-0800
Email:? nnn(at)marabellafinance(dot)com
http://www.marabellafinance.com

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This may be the weirdest doughnut you have ever seen, but it solves a long-standing geometrical puzzle that evaded mathematicians including Nobel laureate John Nash, who inspired the film A Beautiful Mind.

Topology is the branch of mathematics concerned with the geometric deformations of objects. According to its rules, a flat square is equivalent to a holed-doughnut, or torus, because one can easily be turned into the other. First, form a cylinder by joining the top edge of the square to the bottom edge, then bend that cylinder into a circle and join its two open ends.

There is just one problem: for the two ends to meet, the torus must be stretched in a way that distorts the original shape of the square. Any horizontal lines on the original square will be stretched on the torus, while vertical lines will remain the same. (Cartographers encounter a similar problem when unwrapping a globe of the Earth to create flat maps. They are forced them to make compromises such as inflating the size of Greenland, which can appear similar in size to Africa on standard maps but is actually one-fourteenth as big.)

Molecular doughnut

But could there be an alternative torus that leaves both horizontal and vertical line lengths unchanged? In the 1950s, game theorist and economist John Nash, together with mathematician Nicolaas Kuiper, proved that such a torus could exist.

However, their methods only worked at a tiny scale, making it too difficult to actually visualise the shape. As a result, no one knew what it would look like. “It’s like describing a cooking recipe at the molecular level,” says Francis Lazarus at the University of Grenoble in France.

Now, Lazarus and a team of mathematicians from Grenoble and the University of Lyon have managed to visualise the shape of this torus. Starting with a shrunken version of the regular, smooth torus, they wrinkle the surface in the horizontal direction, increasing the length of just the vertical lines.

3D printout

They then apply further wrinkles in other directions until the lengths of both vertical and horizontal lines are equal to the lengths of these lines on the square. The result is the bizarre-looking torus that is pictured above-right.

The method of wrinkling is known as convex integration theory. “Until now people though it was a very complicated technique,” says Lazarus. “This work proves you can actually use it.”

He says the theory could now be applied to solving complicated systems of equations that arise from problems in physics and biology. Meanwhile, he and his colleagues plan to bring their strange new shape into the real world using a 3D printer.

Journal reference: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118478109

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There are still people flipping houses in this down market, but there still are a few things you can do to your home to help up the resell value.? You have to be careful in this economy to not spend much money trying to add value to your home, because many things will not pan out to add more value than cost.

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?The results from HomeGain?s annual 2012 D-I-Y Home Improvements for Sellers spiked a few myths about what improvements pay off in marketing homes today. Nearly 500 real estate agents nationwide participated in the survey to determine the top 10 low cost, do-it-yourself home improvements for people getting their home ready to sell.

Cleaning and de-cluttering continues to rank as the top suggested home improvement (since the survey was originally conducted in 2003). This low cost home improvement is recommended by 99 percent of real estate professionals. The average recommended cost is $402 with a returning value of just over $2,000 to the home?s sale price, or a 403 percent return.?

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