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Opportunity Zones Podcast

Jimmy Atkinson, Andy Hagans

Booking Overview

An expert interview and panel show focused on Opportunity Zone investing, tax strategy, fund structures, development projects, and related policy, featuring specialized executives, attorneys, tax professionals, developers, and researchers as external guests. Credible pitch candidates include Opportunity Zone fund managers, real estate developers, tax and securities attorneys, capital-markets professionals, economic-policy researchers, and business leaders with relevant deal expertise; booking difficulty is medium because guests need highly specific subject-matter credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 428

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 4.4k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jimmy@opportunityzones.com

andy@opportunityzones.com

info@opportunityzones.com

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Host

Jimmy Atkinson - Founder of OpportunityZones.com and a specialist in Opportunity Zone investing, tax policy, and fund structures.

Andy Hagans - Opportunity Zone and real estate investment professional who co-hosts discussions on tax-advantaged investing, development, and capital formation.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Direct expertise in Opportunity Zone investing, tax law, fund formation, real estate development, capital-stack structuring, or related economic policy. Guests are typically business founders, senior tax or legal professionals, developers, fund sponsors, or recognized researchers.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led Opportunity Zone funds or development projects, Advised on tax, legal, or capital-stack structuring, Produced economic research or policy analysis relevant to Opportunity Zones

Recent Guest Discussions

Gerry Reihsen - Legal And Structural Considerations For Captive And Sponsor Qualified Opportunity Funds.

Blake Christian - Tax Considerations For Captive And Sponsor Qualified Opportunity Funds, Contract-sale Strategies, And Opportunity Zone Gains.

Alex Cartwright - Captive Versus Sponsor Qualified Opportunity Funds, Hotel-to-apartment Conversions, And Opportunity Zone Capital Formation.

Catherine Lyons - Opportunity Zone Investment Data, Rural Versus Urban Investment Reach, Investor Participation, And Transition Guidance.

Graham Allison - The Capital Stack For A Rural Healthcare Development Combining Opportunity Zone Equity, Eb-5, New Markets Tax Credits, And State Tax Credits.

Recent Topics

Opportunity Zones, Tax Strategy, Real Estate, Investment, Capital Gains

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Opportunity Zones Podcast
:

OZ LIVE: Governors Are Picking New Opportunity Zones Right Now

August 31, 2026

The OZ 2.0 map is being drawn right now. Five jurisdictions have already sent tract nominations to Treasury, and the other 51 have until September 28 to decide. On this episode of OZ LIVE, Jimmy Atkinson and Andy Hagans walk through where all 56 states and territories stand in the OZ 2.0 nomination process, and the key dates and deadlines between now and the January 1, 2027 effective date.

Captive QOF vs. Sponsor QOF: Which Path Fits Your Gain? (Episode 391)

August 05, 2026

Sell an asset at a gain and you have 180 days to get it into a Qualified Opportunity Fund. From there, two paths: start your own self-directed captive QOF, or invest through a professionally managed sponsor QOF. In this panel recorded live at OZ Pitch Day, host Jimmy Atkinson is joined by HotelSHIFT founder and CEO Alex Cartwright, HCVT tax partner Blake Christian, and attorney Gerry Reihsen, who compare the two paths through a Denver hotel-to-apartment conversion that raised capital through ...

Inside Treasury's $112 Billion Opportunity Zone Report (Episode 390)

July 29, 2026

Treasury's new working paper puts a hard number on the first seven years of Opportunity Zones: $112 billion of Opportunity Zone investments through the end of 2024, reaching more than 6,000 census tracts. Catherine Lyons of the Economic Innovation Group joins the show to unpack the data, including the finding that rural Opportunity Zones matched urban ones in reach at 77 percent, even as rural deals came in far smaller. Plus, Catherine explains what separates a 96 percent hit rate from a 23 p...

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andy@opportunityzones.com

info@opportunityzones.com

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