THE PIONEERS OF OPPORTUNITY FUND DEVELOPMENT. Opportunity Zones were passed in 2018, making this venture very new and still in its early stage. Allowing you to take advantage of being an early market player. Right now is the time to set up an OZ Fund. The marketspace needs it. Your business NEEDS it! We encourage you to embrace OZ Funds. As the picture begins to form, and your imagination beings to wonder about what an OZ fund could do for your business. When you are ready. Eazy Do It Opportunity Funds is here to help you get your started. Eazy Do It Opportunity Funds is the country’s leading OZ Fund Development Company. We set up the second qualified opportunity fund in the country to open, the first business focused oz fund in the country to open and are currently responsible for the development of over $15Billion in OZ Funds. Moreover two of our developed funds have been recognized as a Top 25 Fund Manager and Eazy Do It is recognized as a National Top 10 OZ Expert. David Sillaman TOP 10 OZ EXPERT Eazy Do It Opportunity Funds is the country’s leading OZ Fund Development Company. We set up the second qualified opportunity fund in the country to open, the first business based oz fund to open and are currently responsible for the development of over $15Billion in OZ Funds. Moreover two of our developed funds have been recognized as a Top 25 Fund Manager and Eazy Do It is recognized as a National Top 10 OZ Expert. What constitutes success? Just like Benjamin Franklin believed, at EazyDoIt, we believe that well-designed systems are a precursor to success. That’s why we invest the proper resources to infuse proactive planning, lessons learned, and sound methodology that makes the difference between success and failure. We work with clients to develop structured turnkey opportunity fund solutions for businesses and real estate development projects which produce positive economic, social, and environmental returns for investors, stakeholders, and the community. I invite you to experience an Eazier way! Sincerely, “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” ― Benjamin Franklin” AS SEEN IN FACT SHEET *COURTESY OF WHITE HOUSE FACT SHEET ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT: Opportunity Zones will spur private-sector investment to revitalize hurting communities and unleash their economic potential. ● ● ● In 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which established Opportunity Zones to incentivize long-term investments in low-income communities across the country. These incentives offer capital gains tax relief to investors for new investment in designated Opportunity Zones. Opportunity Zones are anticipated to spur $100 billion in private capital investment. Incentivizing investment in low-income communities fosters economic revitalization and job creation and promotes sustainable economic growth across the Nation. LIFTING UP COMMUNITIES: Opportunity Zones help drive economic growth and lift up communities that have been left behind. ● ● ● ● ● Opportunity Zones are a powerful vehicle for bringing economic growth and job creation to the American communities that need them the most. On average, the median family income in an Opportunity Zone is 37 percent below the State median. The average poverty rate in an Opportunity Zone is more than 32 percent, compared with a rate of 17 percent for the average United States census tract. More than 8,760 communities in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 5 Territories have been designated as Opportunity Zones. Nearly 35 million Americans live in communities designated as Opportunity Zones. CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL: President Donald J. Trump is encouraging investment to create opportunity in distressed communities. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● In 2018, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council. The Council is chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, and is comprised of 16 Federal agencies. The Council is engaging all levels of government to identify best practices and assist leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs in utilizing the Opportunity Zone incentive to revitalize low-income communities. The Council is improving revitalization efforts by streamlining, coordinating, and targeting existing Federal programs to economically distressed areas, including Opportunity Zones. Lack of coordination and targeting has led to cumbersome applications, program waste, and ineffective benefits. The Council will consider legislative proposals and undertake regulatory reform to remove barriers to revitalization efforts. The Council will present the President with a number of reports identifying and recommending ways to encourage investment in economically distressed communities. QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND FUNDS INTRODUCTION “We’re providing massive tax incentives for private investment in these areas to create jobs and opportunities where they are needed the most.” President Donald J. Trump OPPORTUNITY FUNDS A BLUE OCEAN WAITS YOU. DISCOVER. DEVELOP. DEPLOY. The world of investing has fundamentally changed. Recent tax laws and changes have opened a new blue ocean of potential investors. Like any opportunity in life, timing is critical. There is a limited window of time to capitalize on opportunity funds before the market becomes too saturated. A VISION WITH A MISSION The Opportunity Zone Investment program is structured to promote development in economically distressed communities by providing tax incentives for Opportunity Zone Investing. Investors divert their investment gains – tax-deferred – into a qualified Opportunity Fund that invest in businesses and property development within a Qualified Opportunity Zone. Additional tax incentives are available the longer the Opportunity Zone investment is held. AN OPPORTUNITY WORTH SEIZING $6,100,000,000,000 exists in eligible capital gains that could be invested in Qualified Opportunity Funds Opportunity Zones were passed in 2018, making this venture very new and still in its early stage. Allowing you to take advantage of being an early market player. Right now is the time to set up an OZ Fund. The marketspace needs it. The U.S. currently holds $6.1 trillion in unrealized capital gains, representing a significant untapped resource for economic development. With the introduction of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Opportunity Funds were created as an investment vehicle for targeted areas called Opportunity Zones. This allows for the benefit of investors in Opportunity Funds with certain tax incentives, and for underserved communities within with Opportunity Zones, where the funds can be utilized to fund projects that will add value to the communities that need it most. The program establishes a mechanism that enables investors with capital gains tax liabilities across the U.S. to receive favorable tax treatment for investing in Opportunity Funds that are certified by the U.S. Treasury Department. The Opportunity Funds use the capital invested to make equity investments in businesses and real estate in Opportunity Zones designated by each state with over 8,700 qualified locations. When realizing the tremendous benefits for all those involved, many are finding themselves seeking the information and expertise to start their own Opportunity Fund or to invest in an existing fund to enjoy the tax incentives and contribute to economically distressed communities. That’s where you come in… IMPACT INVESTING ACROSS THE US 8,700 Designated Opportunity Zones EazyDoIt Developed Fund Locations 30 DAY Turnaround Or Less 30+ Developed Funds $18+ Billion and Counting HOW OPPORTUNITY FUNDS WORK THE TEN-YEAR INCENTIVE. Full step-up in basis to fair market value at time of exit. All gains Tax Free. Tax on original capital gain is reduced by 10% -10% 0 Roll over gain into Opportunity Fund (defer tax on gain) 2020 2025 Year 6 -15% Year 10 Taxes on capital gains is due at 90% Year 5 Tax Break Reduction -100% 2026 OZ Yearly Timeline 2030 THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL WHAT’S YOUR NICHE? Any Nature. Any Diversity. Limitless Potential • Real Estate • Energy • Education • Retail • Manufacturing • Community Development • Technology • Hospitality • Biotech • Film •Undeveloped/New Land • Aerospace • Aviation • Utilities • Infrastructure • Industrial Sectors • Media • Cannabis • Transportation • Financial Services SETTING UP A QOZ FUND To become a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund, the IRS states that an eligible taxpayer must simply selfcertify by completing a Tax Form 8996 and attaching the form to their federal income tax return for the taxable year. Through this process, no further action or approval is required by the IRS, which makes the process relatively easy and straightforward. However, this also means that very few guardrails are in place for these fund managers aside from applying the proper hold period and investing at least 90% of the Fund’s holdings within the designated Opportunity Zone boundaries. This makes it especially important that investors vet fund managers to ensure their investment capital is being properly deployed. “According a recent study by Forbes the average cost to set up a Qualified Opportunity Fund is $95,000” TYPES OF OPPORTUNITY FUNDS There are FOUR types of Qualified Opportunity Funds. 1. C - Corp Based Opportunity Funds selling stock to capital gain investors. 2. Partnership based Opportunity Funds selling membership units to capital gain investors. These funds are typically LLC based and used for Real Estate and smaller friends & family funds where a everyone receives a K-1 at the end of year. 3. REIT. (Real Estate Investment Trusts) REITS use a two tier structure for a OZ fund. The core fund is a C-Corp that invests into a holding company, typically an LLC. This holding company holds the real estate. REIT based OZ funds have additional REIT compliance it must adhere to. 4. Public Opportunity Funds. These are OZ funds that are listed on public markets. These funds are usually consider pink sheet funds. WHAT IS ZONE STOCK? QOZ Stock is defined as any stock in a domestic corporation which meets the following requirements: 1. The stock is acquired by the QO Fund after December 31, 2017, at its original issue (directly or through an underwriter) solely in exchange for cash; 2. At the time the stock was issued, the corporation was a QOZ Business or for a new corporation, it was formed for purposes of being a QOZ Business; and 3. During substantially all the QO Fund’s holding period of the stock, the corporation was a QOZ Business. ADDITIONAL OZ FUND INFORMATION SEC RULE 506 OF REGULATION D Majority of Opportunity Funds are Regulation C Offerings. IMPORTANT NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION! ADDITIONAL STATE BLUE SKY LAWS Under Rule 506(c), a company can broadly solicit Blue sky laws are state regulations established as and generally advertise the offering and still be safeguards for investors against securities fraud. deemed to be in compliance with the exemption The laws, which may vary by state, typically requirements if: ● require sellers of new issues to register their offerings and provide financial details of the deal The investors in the offering are all and the entities involved. As a result, investors accredited investors; and ● The company takes reasonable steps to have a wealth of verifiable information on which verify that the investors are accredited to base their judgment and investment decisions. investors, which could include reviewing documentation, such as W- Day 1 Understanding Blue Sky Laws 2s, tax returns, bank and brokerage Blue sky laws—which serve as an additional statements, credit reports and the like. regulatory layer to federal securities rules— usually mandate licenses for brokerage firms, Purchasers of securities offered pursuant to Rule investment advisors, and individual brokers 506 receive "restricted" securities, meaning that the offering securities in their states. They require securities cannot be sold for at least six months or a that private investment funds register not only in year without registering them. Companies that comply with the requirements of Rule 506(b) or (c) do not have to register their offering of securities with the SEC, but they must file what is known as a "Form D" electronically with the SEC after they first sell their securities. their home state but in every state where they wish to do business. Issuers of securities must reveal the terms of the offering, including disclosures of material information that may affect the security. The state-based nature of these laws means each jurisdiction can include different filing requirements for registering offerings. The process usually includes a merit review by state agents who determine whether the offering is 1 balanced and fair for the buyer. 7 3 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD SET UP A OZ FUND TIMING: Like any harvest in life there is a time, place and season to maximize a seeds potential. Right now you will never have a better time to set up a OZ Fund than now. With less than 5% of all OZ Funds being business focused you have a full blue ocean ahead of you and being the first OZ Fund in your niche. SUPPLY / DEMAND: We are currently in a inverted Supply - Demand yield curve. ● DEMAND: The current potential investment demand ceiling for the OZ Fund Marketspace is $6.1 Trillion. That’s how much capital gains there was last year alone. The Dept of Treasury’s own announcements anticipate $250B to be invested in OZ Funds in 2019. ● SUPPLY: As of writing, there is an estimated 300 Total OZ Funds in the marketspace. With a total market cap estimated to be $80B RETAINED EQUITY IN YOUR BUSINESS: When an OZ Fund invests into your business it does so by purchasing equity. However, unlike a Venture Capital deal, the OZ Fund doesn’t want to own your equity long term. As a matter of fact. It wants your business to buy it back over a 10 year period of time. OZ FUNDS FOR 1031 FUND ADMINISTRATORS As a 1031 Fund Administrator, you may be interested in raising capital to for your client's business. The 2017 IRS Tax rule changes have enabled additional tax break called Opportunity Zones where businesses can provide new tax breaks to investors investing in them. The tax rules that the IRS has laid out with regard to Opportunity Zones have been both complex, confusing and evolving as they have been updating these rules ever since they were originally announced as part of the 2017 tax rule changes. The IRS has designated certain low and middle income areas in cities all across the Unites State as qualified Opportunity Zones that can take advantage of this program under certain rules and guidelines of the 2017 IRS Tax law. While some 1031 Fund Administrators have been skeptical about the longevity and validity of the program, other more progressive and dynamic business owners and managers have seen “Opportunity Zones” as a way for their clients to both reduce and postpone (5 year - 10%) their current capital gain tax requirements, and in many cases completely eliminate their future capital gains taxes on their new OZ Fund investment (While holding it for 10 years). Additionally, investors who are taking profits from their stock sales, can also take advantage of these “Opportunity Zone” tax benefits, as long as they are invested in a qualified opportunity zone fund investment. OZ FUNDS FOR 1031 FUND ADMINISTRATORS Too many 1031 Fund Administrator and investors initially looked at the program as some sort of “IRS Tax Gimmick”, but when they kicked the tires and looked under the hood and they then realized that this program will benefit both them as an investor, the fund manager and the fund; all at the same time. A Win-Win-Win scenario for all involved. Not only that, the investment dollars will be going into these low and middle income areas of the county to help real estate deals that previously were having a difficult time attracting capital, but the investors get beyond what a 1031 exchange would have given them in postponing their capital gains taxes and by providing all these additional benefits. As 1031 Fund Administrator, you are trying to educate your investors on the profitability and validity of your investments and projects. The hardest part is that the IRS has rolled out the “Opportunity Zone” IRS Tax rules and they’ve been updated a few times since their inception. When you are pitching a new investment in your project, you need to make investors aware that there is a difference in tax consequences for a Opportunity Zone investment inside or outside the Ozone. It is not all apples and apples comparison. It’s is truly an apples and oranges comparison. So know that you know a little about Opportunity Zones, how can I apply this knowledge to 1031 Fund Administration business and investments? First thing you need to do is fully read this e-book on Opportunity Zones. Why is the knowledge of this so important to your project? First of all, Opportunity Zones is one of the most significant changes to IRS Tax law that has happened in the last 10 years. Many don’t know most of its nuances and specifics, and thus don’t take them into account when making their own business decisions. 1031 FUND ADMINISTRATORS -WHO WILL BENEFIT THE MOST? 1. A qualified investor who has just made a Real Estate or stock sale and have a current capital gain tax issue. If they invest it all in a Qualified Opportunity investment fund, by holding their investment for 5 years; they will reduce their tax base by 10% and if they hold it the new investment for 10 years or more, they will not have to pay capital gains on the future profits and capital gains from this new investment. This can be a significant savings when you analyze it against a typical 1031 exchange in Real Estate. 1031 have currently not been available to non-real estate capital gains (i.e Stock Sales). 2. Your client, a business owner is interested in raising capital to fund their business that resides in an opportunity zone. If a business owner creates a Qualified Opportunity Zone fund, they need to make potential investors aware that if they invest in their project which resides in a Opportunity Zone. The investor will be able to receive the capital gains tax breaks of 5 years – 10%, and by holding it for 10 years or more, not paying capital gains on the new current investment. This will make their attractiveness of their investment into their project different when comparing it to non-opportunity zone investments that do not provide that same tax benefits. When you analyze the IRR of opportunity zone project with the IRR of a non-opportunity zone project, you can see the net difference in taxes paid or not paid at the end of the investment cycle. OZ FUNDS FOR 1031 FUND ADMINISTRATORS EXAMPLE SCENARIO #1 A qualified investor A has made a Real Estate Sale and made $1,000,000 in profit from the sale of their property. They could use the 1031 rules to take that profit, invest in another property of equal or greater value and postpone the capital gains on that money. Alternatively, if they invested the $1,000,000 in a Opportunity Zone fund; they can postpone by 5 years them paying their capital gains tax by 10%; and if they hold the opportunity zone investment for a total of 10 years or more, they would pay ZERO capital gains on the future investment gains from that OZ investment. EXAMPLE SCENARIO #2 A qualified investor B has made a Stock sale and made a $500,000 profit on the sale. There are no 1031 tax rules allowing the client to postpone paying taxes on their capital gains. By client B investing these profits into a Opportunity Zone property, a Opportunity Zone business or Qualified Opportunity Zone fund, they can postpone by 5 years paying their capital gains tax by 10% and if they hold the opportunity zone investment for a total of 10 years or more, they would pay ZERO capital gains on the future investment gains from that OZ investment. OZ FUNDS FOR 1031 FUND ADMINISTRATORS EXAMPLE SCENARIO #3 Your client wants to purchase a warehouse for their business and operations for $5,000,000 in an Opportunity Zone. They have $1,200,000 to put down from the sale of another Real Estate sale that they sold. All of it is profit and subject to capital gains unless they do a 1031 exchange or invest in an Opportunity Zone property. The problem is that the client has gone through a divorce, their credit is bad and even though they have the down payment, they do not believe they can qualify for a mortgage. If they invested $1,200,000 in the project, they could they can postpone by 5 years them paying their capital gains tax by 10% and they hold the opportunity zone investment for a total of 10 years or more, they would pay ZERO capital gains on the future investment gains from that ozone investment. OZ FUNDS FOR 1031 FUND ADMINISTRATORS EXAMPLE SCENARIO #4 Your client wants to acquire land to build a facility that is in lowor middle-income area of their city that is within an Opportunity Zone. They are interested raising capital to acquire it but have never raised capital themselves before. The business model and proforma projections show that the project will cash flow. By the company creating their own Qualified Opportunity Zone fund (A separate corporation), it will allow them to raise money for the acquisition. Opportunity Zone Fund is designed with the intent of investment in a targeted company, but also with the intent to be paid back with a certain rate of return to the investor during a set investment timeframe. Because management of the fund is also typically the management in targeted company, it can be up to the fund managers and corporate management whether they keep or pay back the investors of their investment. Opportunity Zones are an avenue for your investors to take their capital gains and postpone them for 5 years and remove future capital gains liabilities by investing in your opportunity zone investment for over 10 years or more. It is important whether they are investing in an opportunity zone or setting up a qualified opportunity zone investment fund, they need a professional tax advisor to guide them on how their investment plays out with regard to how capital gains are treated and when they are able to do things based upon current IRS Tax law. This is not a simple tax rule that they can easily research online and should seek out the guidance of educated tax profession allowing them to make the correct decisions about their money. WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR A SUCCESSFUL OZ FUND MARKETING | DESIGN • Professional Logo Design • Brand Style Pack ✔Logo Files For All Media ✔Letterhead ✔Business Cards ✔Custom Imagery & Icons • Graphical PPM • Project Pitch Deck • Social Media ✔Facebook ✔LinkedIn ✔Instagram ✔Twitter • Fund Summary Flyer (1 pager) • Promo Video • Press Releases • Fund Directory Listing WEB | IT FINANCIAL LEGAL • IT Consultation ✔Domain Setup & Purchase ✔Web Hosting ✔DNS Management ✔SSL Certificate Acquisition • Forecasted Income • Legal Formation / IRS EIN Number • State & City Registration • Corporate Governance (if stock based) ✔Articles of Inc ✔Bylaws ✔Audit Committee Charter ✔Compensation Policy Charter ✔Excellence Charter ✔Executive Committee Charter ✔Finance Committee Charter ✔Nominating Committee Charter • Website Design ✔Graphics & Brand Ready ✔Responsive – Mobile Ready ✔Integrated Social Media ✔Subscription Forms & Emails ✔Deal Box Portal ✔Graphical PPM Statements • Forecasted Use of Proceeds • Forecasted VC Valuation • Forecasted DCF Analysis • Financial Administrator Accounts • Investment Highlight • Operating Agreement (if LLC based fund) • Private Placement Memorandum • Term Sheet • Subscription Agreement • 3rd Party Fund Administration • Investment Manager Agreement • SEC Form D (Due 15 Days after date of 1st Investor) THE NATIONAL LEADER IN OZ FUND DEVELOPMENT. 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