One might think ...

... that a lawyer who advertises specialties in partnerships, real estate, and taxes might feel competent to advise on the tax consequences of a partnership sale of real estate. Curiously, I'm zero for two on this matter. The legal referral service that I get through the Big B gave me the names of three local lawyers in response to my question about the above conjunction of topics. One advertises on the web as a specialist in personal injury law. I didn't bother contacting him. One nearly hung up on me in his rush to disavow competence in any combination of the topics he advertised as specialties. The third was much more open to being helpful on the question of dissolving the partnership but indicated that he didn't feel up to advising on the tax questions. Huh.

So I'm resigned to doing the partnership-dissolution and the tax advice as separate transactions. I've got an appointment with the lawyer for tomorrow afternoon and have sent an e-mail off to a local tax consultant who advertises the right sorts of specialties. (Not that that's any guarantee ....)

I am so ready for the rain to finish up and to get back to Spring. I know this makes me a Bad Californian.