Directly trained and mentored by Raul Walters, Art has lead the company’s commercial real estate development, acquisition, and sales. In addition, he is the lead director on the Board of Advisors for Raul Walters Properties. Commitment to integrity and teamwork has served Art’s professional success, however, his willingness to go the extra mile and ‘never quit’ attitude is what sets him apart. Having cultivated invaluable relationships with Major National Credit Retailers along with his vast knowledge of finance, construction, leasing, and overall industry knowledge has given Art the foresight to be risk adverse while having created extremely successful values and outcomes for Raul Walters Properties. Art graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Missouri in 1987.
Steve has over 32 years of experience including 9 years with a Big Four firm, during which he served both publicly-traded and privately-held companies in various industries. Steve also spent 8 years in industry, both as a Controller and Chief Financial Officer. As Client Accounting Advisory Service practice leader for UHY’s Midwest Region, Steve manages a team of highly skilled professionals providing quality financial reporting and advisory services. In addition to his experience as a Controller and CFO, Steve has extensive experience serving the real estate industry, funds and investment companies.
Bob works with investment funds and other institutional real estate investors that invest in real estate partnerships. Bob serves on UHY’s Real Estate and Personal & Estate practice teams. He consults with clients in all federal income tax matters including partnerships, Limited Liability Company and entity selection as well as asset acquisitions, like-kind exchanges, development, dispositions and liquidations.
He assists Private Equity Real Estate Funds with:
Structuring preferred returns for investors, timely annual compliance reporting to investors, structuring promote incentive returns for managers, managing allocations to avoid issues with UBTI for tax-exempt investorsDebt/equity structure planning to minimize effectively connected income for foreign investors and cost segregation studies