Bid Shopping. Bid shopping is an unethical practice in which a contractor discloses the bid price of one subcontractor to another in an attempt to obtain a lower bid price. Included in bid shopping is âbid peddling,â in which subcontractors themselves offer to undercut the known bid of another subcontractor.
The real estate entitlement process is frequently a political one, which involves uncertainty and often extensive negotiation and concessions in order to secure the necessary approvals and permits.
Real property, also called real estate, is land and generally anything built on or attached to it. If you buy real property, certain fees and other expenses become part of your cost basis in the property. Real estate taxes. If you pay real estate taxes the seller owed on real property you bought, and the seller did not reimburse you, treat those taxes as part of your basis. You cannot deduct them as taxes.