Based in Atlanta, Joe Ferst founded and co-leads Deloitte’s TARDI (Tax Analysis and Information Reporting for Debt Investments) national service line serving clients and investors in debt and debt securities. Joe has over 30 years of experience serving banks, insurance companies, REMICs, REITs, and real estate and investment partnerships. Joe also founded and co-led the firm’s Partnership Solutions Group.

Prior to that Joe was Deloitte’s Southeast Region Real Estate Tax Leader.  Joe was one of the lead specialists in the development of the tax structures and positions for the GNMA REMIC program and was one of the original strategists in the development of the Umbrella Partnership structure for Real Estate Investment Trusts. Joe has been published in a number of journals and is a contributing author to two editions of The Handbook of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities and has co-authored three editions of the Real Estate Investment Trusts Handbook. He is a member of the BNA Tax Management Real Estate Advisory Board and Deloitte’s Financial Instruments Tax Competency Group leadership team.

Joe is a Certified Public Accountant in Georgia and New York. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton with a major in Accounting.