KBF Advisory Launches Real Estate Advisory Practice

KBF Advisory has launched a new Real Estate Advisory practice led by Scott Fouser, adding portfolio strategy and consulting to its tax and advisory platform for owners, investors and family offices. The practice is designed to help clients spot concentration risk, align ownership decisions with taxes and operations, and navigate generational transitions.

Why it matters: - The new practice gives real estate owners and investors a single coordination point for portfolio strategy, tax planning and operational decisions. - The offering is aimed at clients managing significant holdings, where small missteps in structure, financing or timing can affect wealth transfer, cash flow and long-term returns. - The launch expands KBF Advisory’s real estate capabilities beyond tax work into broader advisory support for portfolio decisions.

What happened: - KBF Advisory announced the launch of its Real Estate Advisory practice on Aug. 13, 2026, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. - Scott Fouser will lead the practice. - The practice serves real estate owners, investors, family offices and real estate-dependent businesses. - KBF says the new practice combines portfolio strategy and consulting with integrated tax expertise.

The details: - The practice reviews a client’s full real estate portfolio to identify concentrated risks, underperforming assets and overlooked opportunities. - KBF then coordinates those findings across tax position, legal structure and operational decisions. - The goal is to optimize portfolios and generational transfer plans. - KBF positions the practice as a central coordinator, rather than a broker, property manager or siloed tax advisor. - The real estate advisory team works alongside KBF’s Real Estate Taxes practice. - The combined approach covers portfolio strategy, transaction planning, financing and tax planning through one team. - The practice focuses on companies, family offices and high-net-worth individuals with substantial real estate holdings. - The practice also supports clients navigating generational or ownership transitions. - Real estate-dependent businesses can use the practice when deciding whether to own rather than lease property. - Real estate attorneys, trust and tax attorneys, and wealth advisors can bring KBF into engagements when specialized real estate guidance is needed. - Many engagements begin with a portfolio diagnostic and continue as ongoing advisory support. - That model gives clients a standing resource for acquisitions, dispositions, financing, ownership transitions and other major real estate decisions. - Fouser is a founder of several real estate companies. - Fouser brings more than 30 years of experience owning, acquiring, developing and disposing of commercial and multifamily real estate. - Fouser said the practice sits at the intersection of tax, legal and operational decisions tied to real estate ownership. - Fouser said the team’s job is to help families and investors align those decisions with goals such as capital preservation, growth or cash flow. - KBF says the launch reflects continued investment in specialized advisory services tied to clients’ broader business, tax and wealth goals. - KBF Advisory is a professional services firm offering tax, assurance and advisory services. - KBF is a recognized leader in Accounting for Income Tax (ASC 740) and GAAP advisory. - The firm serves thousands of public, private equity-owned and venture-backed companies, plus select privately held businesses.

Between the lines: - The launch signals that KBF wants a larger role in clients’ real estate decisions, not just their tax compliance. - By framing itself as a coordinator across advisors, KBF is targeting complex ownership structures where multiple specialists already touch the same portfolio. - The emphasis on transitions, financing and ownership structure suggests demand from families and investors trying to manage both current income and multigenerational wealth transfer.

What's next: - Clients can contact Scott Fouser at sfouser@kbfadvisory.com to learn more about the Real Estate Advisory and Real Estate Taxes services. - KBF will likely use the new practice to deepen relationships with owners, investors and advisors who need integrated real estate guidance. - The firm’s broader real estate advisory offering may expand as clients move from portfolio diagnostics into ongoing planning and execution.

The bottom line: - KBF Advisory is turning real estate into a more integrated advisory offering, pairing portfolio strategy with tax and structural planning for complex owners and investors.