Now Available: The Opportunity Zones Playbook
Now Available: The Opportunity Zones Playbook
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act has advanced in the Senate with 89 yes votes — and it explicitly touches Opportunity Zones. Jimmy Atkinson and Andy Hagans break down what’s in the bill, what it means for OZ investors,…
Most Opportunity Zone investors treat the program as its own isolated thing — but OZ is really an overlay on the pre-existing tax code, and understanding that interaction is where the real edge is. Jonathan McGuire, CPA at Aldrich Advisors,…
With Opportunity Zones now permanent and OZ 2.0 set to launch on January 1, 2027, investors sitting on capital gains face a critical decision: deploy capital into a QOF now under OZ 1.0, or wait for the stronger benefits of…
OpportunityZones.com will host OZ Pitch Day Spring 2026 on Thursday, March 12, 2026, beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time — marking the platform’s 17th such event since launching the series in 2020, and the first of three planned for 2026,…
The Trump administration’s Maritime Action Plan is out — and it explicitly calls for a new class of place-based tax incentives modeled after Opportunity Zones. In this March 2026 episode of OZ Office Hours, Jimmy Atkinson walks through the plan’s…
A new AI tool built specifically for Opportunity Zones is here — and it may change how investors, fund managers, and advisors navigate the transition from OZ 1.0 to OZ 2.0. In this month’s episode of OZ NewsHour, Jimmy Atkinson…
Rural Opportunity Zones could play a much bigger role in the next phase of the program than they did the first time around. With enhanced rural incentives built into OZ 2.0 — including a 30% basis step-up and more flexible…
The census data that will likely inform Opportunity Zones 2.0 tract eligibility is now out, but how Treasury uses that data remains unresolved. How that data is interpreted, particularly with respect to margins of error and unreliable income estimates, will…
The data that will define Opportunity Zones 2.0 is finally here—and it points to a materially smaller, more targeted map heading into the 2026 designation round. In this February 2026 episode of OZ Office Hours, Jimmy Atkinson walks through the…
OpportunityZones.com analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau data indicates that 6,544 new Opportunity Zones would be designated in the OZ 2.0 cycle, assuming Treasury relies on the ACS data as published. This analysis is based on the Census Bureau’s…