For an opinion the practitioner knows or has reason to know will be used or referred to by a person other than the practitioner (or a person who is a member of, associated with or employed by the practitioner's firm) in promoting, marketing or recommending to one or more taxpayers a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement a ...
The financial crisis of 2008 could itself be the basis of a seminar on conflicts of interest. The crisis exposed apparent conflicts of interest in many areas, particularly in the production and sale of mortgage-backed securities, and among credit rating agencies that rated these instruments.
The primary cause of investment failure for real estate is that the investor goes into negative cash flow for a period of time that is not sustainable, often forcing them to resell the property at a loss or go into insolvency.