Build a profitable organization in any market
Today’s real estate leaders are pursuing growth amid limited inventory and rising competition. As traditional development models face pressure, firms must be more selective, analytical and disciplined in how they evaluate and underwrite opportunities.
Wipfli’s real estate consulting delivers practical guidance, grounded in decades of industry experience, to help you make confident decisions in a complex market.
Grow beyond limited inventory
A lack of inventory has intensified competition for portfolios, driven up pricing pressure and pushed buyers to look beyond traditional markets. For many, crossing state lines and entering less familiar geographies has become a necessity, not an exception.
As acquisition strategies expand and transactions become more complex, objective insight is critical. Wipfli applies our extensive experience helping real estate organizations navigate complex transactions to support informed portfolio decisions, wherever your opportunities are.
Drive profits despite rising costs
Ground-up development is no longer economically viable given today’s debt environment, interest rate volatility and cost pressures.
Growth now depends on identifying the right assets within targeted classes. However, quality opportunities are harder to secure, competition is more selective and underwriting margins leave little room for error.
Wipfli helps you align real estate tax strategy, capital structure and compliance with comprehensive services that support smarter growth in a constrained market.
Modernize with measurable impact
Real estate organizations are under pressure to modernize how they operate and make decisions, while still managing risk. Leaders are evaluating the tools that can help them increase transparency and responsiveness with tenants, residents and investors, while driving better performance.
Our real estate consultants pair deep industry experience with holistic digital services designed to help you modernize systems, strengthen decision-making and build a more capable firm. Whether you’re navigating market shifts, optimizing operations or adopting AI for real estate, we help your technology investments scale smarter and deliver lasting value.
Real estate tax advisory
Get strategic tax support rooted in industry experience. Wipfli helps you balance compliance and opportunity with support for strategies including partnership organization and restricting, buying and selling assets, business portfolio sales and real estate transaction tax. We also help you maximize incentives like opportunity zones, REITs and 1031 exchanges.
Technology consulting services
Wipfli helps real estate leaders turn digital investments into measurable business outcomes with our real estate technology services. We help you make strategic decisions about modernization with support including AI, enterprise solutions, data analytics and cybersecurity solutions for real estate firms.
Performance management consulting
Wipfli can take your organization from strategy to sustained execution. See how we support strategic planning, leadership development, operational improvements and measurable business outcomes.
Business outsourcing services
Wipfli’s outsourcing for real estate gives you access to experienced professionals without the burden of full-time staffing. We offer scalable support for critical functions, including accounting, HR, IT and operations. We also offer fractional C-suite support.
Transaction advisory services
Transactions demand more than speed. They require insights. Wipfli can guide you at every stage of your transaction, with comprehensive buy-side, sell-side and valuations services that help you assess opportunities and make informed decisions.
Private client services
When personal and business interests intersect, planning becomes more complex. We offer integrated private client services that help owners and executives align estate plans and personal financial decisions with long-term goals.
Assurance services
Accurate reporting and strong controls are critical in a complex real estate environment. Wipfli helps organizations enhance financial integrity and controls while supporting strategic objectives.
Risk advisory services
Wipfli helps real estate leaders identify, manage and reduce risk across operations and technology. Learn how our risk advisory services support stronger controls, compliance and confident decision-making.
Why Wipfli?
Wipfli works with more than 6,200 real estate companies across 49 states, supporting developers, investors and owners as they manage complex portfolios and respond to evolving market conditions. Our clients span a wide range of asset classes — including multifamily, commercial, infrastructure and hospitality — providing us with a broad industry perspective grounded in real-world execution, not theory.
While we maintain a national footprint, we operate with a relationship-driven, local firm mindset. Our real estate advisory team is proactive, accessible and invested in understanding your business so that you can increase profitability in today’s complex environment.
Our team
Cory Bultinck, CPA, MBT
Bultinck is the national real estate practice leader at Wipfli. Prior to being the national leader, Cory led Minnesota’s construction and real estate practice. His clients and team value his passion to help others, tenacious approach to his clients’ success and ability to find unique solutions to the most challenging problems.
Dannielle Lewis, CPA
Dannielle Lewis is a partner in the tax practice, focused on serving clients in the construction and real estate industry. She advises clients on complex tax transactions involving partnership interest exchanges or business sales.
Cheryl Carr, CPA
Cheryl Carr is a partner in Wipfli’s outsourced CFO advisory practice, with over 25 years of experience. Since joining Wipfli in 2019, Cheryl has focused on advising clients within the real estate, family office and private equity sectors. Leveraging her in-depth experience with these organizations, Cheryl consults on strategic planning and optimizing accounting and finance functions to drive sustainable growth. Cheryl leads multidisciplinary teams including accounting, finance, tax, legal and other professionals ensuring that the objectives of clients, investors and stakeholders are met.
Steven A. Barnes
Steve Barnes is a manager on the cost segregation team with expertise in the engineering approach of cost segregation for both new construction projects and purchased properties. His understanding of construction finances and his ability to analyze construction documents are important assets in the process of cost segregation projects.
Jon Abrahamson, CPA
Jon Abrahamson is a partner in our real estate practice. His areas of focus include private equity real estate funds, real estate development, real estate investments and family office real estate. He takes a proactive approach toward client service, which includes being up to speed on ever-changing tax laws, helping to ensure compliance needs are met in a timely manner and providing tax strategies to minimize any potential tax impacts, all while remaining fully compliant. Additionally, he is experienced in succession planning, due diligence, reorganizations and estate planning.
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