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2021 Year in Review: David Wilkes, Esq., CRE, FRICS, Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne, LLP

Name: David Wilkes, Esq., CRE, FRICS

Job Title: Partner

Company Name: Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne, LLP

What are your predictions for your industry in 2022?
One of the single most impactful ongoing expenses for any major real estate investment is the property tax. We are all operating in an environment of great uncertainty about the future. The need to forecast risk amid extreme volatility has never been more essential to major investment decisions. Our firm is the “go-to” for property tax insight, advice, and representation, and I predict that the firms that will succeed in our area of practice in 2022 will be those that can best understand the investor’s concerns and provide rapid, reliable, and responsive property tax information and analysis that serves their goals.

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