With some minimal estate planning, a married couple running a farm or business could eventually exempt $5 million of their estate under Mr. Gore's plan; such planning currently allows the couple an exemption of $2.6 million.
In addition, Jay has extensive experience in local governmental matters and also represents condominium associations and property owner associations in their governance and property matters Jay works with individuals and business owners to ensure cost effective transfer of family wealth to desired beneficiaries, including charities, with minimal estate and gift taxes.
Any collateral damage to Tishman Speyer, which manages a $33.5 billion portfolio of 72 million square feet of property in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America, was expected to be minimal; real estate experts said that Tishman's reputation might suffer, but that the firm would still be able to put together deals and raise capital.
Terbeest did not have any luck searching for a standing desk that utilized minimal real estate so he decided to make one of his own.
"Mobile devices have fantastic input capabilities and lots of power, but even tablets have minimal screen real estate," Witman said, discussing the potential he sees for the broader market.
iOS is already geared towards being extremely intuitive and user-friendly, however, and unlike on the Watch, you don't have to 'solve' the problem of minimal screen real estate, so it makes sense that this might be geared more towards power users, especially at first.
By contrast, Lozano's ion thrusters — even if combined in an array — would take up minimal power and real estate, providing an efficient and low-cost option for exploring the solar system.
Other niches that Mr. Paulsen would consider include market-neutral and other alternative funds, which try to achieve modest returns with minimal risk, and real estate and commodity funds, in case the Fed loses control and inflation begins to stir.
But though the threat of getting a pink slip may be minimal in a real estate office, there is the risk of getting crowded out in a field where the number of agents is growing much faster than the number of homes on the market.
The risk is minimal, and some real estate lawyers claim they have saved individual clients hundreds of thousands in taxes or at least postponed the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Over all, Mr. Weiner said, the tax changes could generate upward of $300 million in annual revenue for the city, with minimal consequences for the real estate market.
