Los Angeles CPA for Real Estate Investors
1031 without the scramble.
1031 timeline control, cost segregation, assessment appeals, and S-Corp salary that holds up under exam.

Stay ahead of critical federal tax deadlines. Mark your calendar or reach out to schedule a planning session ahead of each date.
Form 1040-ES Q3 installment due
Extended Form 1065 / 1120-S returns due
Extended Form 1040 returns due
Form 1040-ES Q4 installment due
Each area connects to the others — so your returns, your deals, and your exit plan line up.
Every return. Every strategy. Every entity.
Comprehensive tax planning, preparation, and filing across all entity types — from individuals and partnerships to complex real estate structures and multi-state operations.
The 45-day clock, under control.
A 1031 exchange with the 45-day clock under control — identification, the intermediary, DST and TIC, reverse and improvement deals.
Acquisition to exit, optimized.
Entity choice at purchase, a cost segregation study when it pays, depreciation at hold, and the exit planned before you list.
Plan for the law in front of you.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — signed 2025 — permanently extends bonus depreciation, modifies SALT, and expands QBI deductions. We reposition your structure to capture what the current code allows.
Challenge assessments. Win.
Assessors over-value. We challenge. Our systematic appeal process leverages market data, comparable analysis, and administrative expertise to reduce your tax burden.
Where it actually saves time.
Help using automation on tax and planning work where it actually saves time.
CFO-level strategy. Without the overhead.
We act as your embedded CFO year-round — driving financial strategy, scenario modeling, and investor reporting without the cost of a full-time hire.
Select a topic
Select a topic for your intelligence brief
LaviCPA identified a $340,000 over-assessment on our industrial portfolio that we had no idea existed. The appeal process was seamless — we didn't attend a single hearing.
Every engagement begins with a complimentary evaluation to understand your financial architecture. We then act as your embedded CFO — driving strategy, not just compliance.
Common focus areas we address from day one:
We work with real estate developers, syndicators, family offices, and portfolio holders — people whose tax position is too involved for a generalist and too important to leave until April.
Each area of the practice connects to the others, so the return, the deal, and the exit plan line up.
Plan first. Returns that hold up — not year-end paperwork.
Every engagement begins with the exit in mind and works backward.
Cost segregation, 1031 timelines, assessment appeals, and S-Corp salary reviewed against the code and the case law.
A 14-property multifamily operator came to us after their prior CPA missed a cost segregation opportunity. A study on their 2022 acquisition accelerated $900,000 in depreciation — eliminating roughly $315,000 in tax liability that year.

Elias Lavi began as a chartered accountant in England. He is a licensed California CPA and the principal of LaviCPA, with more than 40 years building the Los Angeles practice. No account managers, no hand-offs — if the question is your 1031 window or your cost seg study, you call Elias.
His son Shawn works alongside him as co-owner and partner.
A 14-property multifamily operator came to us after their prior CPA missed a cost segregation opportunity. A study on their 2022 acquisition accelerated $900,000 in depreciation — eliminating roughly $315,000 in tax liability that year.
Complimentary 30-minute consult. We take a limited number of investors each year — we will tell you if the fit is right.
