FreemanBarraza

Advisory · Tax · Accounting

Clarity for complex financial lives.

Across properties. Across borders. Across generations.

Phoenix · Tucson

A CPA firm for real estate investors, cross-border families, and business owners.

Why clients choose us

One firm that sees the whole picture.

Strategy, not just compliance.

We align tax, cash flow, entity structure, real estate, and estate planning into one written plan before problems exist, not after.

Specialists, not generalists.

A partnership and real estate transaction practice led by a CPA who invests alongside his clients. Paired with a career of cross-border tax depth.

Partner-level access.

You work directly with a partner, not an associate who doesn't know your file. Proactive warnings and opportunities, not reactive paperwork.

The firm at a glance

Experience

investing in the real estate we advise on

Border-Raised

international tax strategy shaped by life on the US-Mexico border

EN / ES

bilingual & bicultural, with deep US-Mexico expertise

Practice areas

Deep specialties. Complete advisory.

Our real estate and international practices are the core of the firm, and they work as one team where they meet. Around them is a complete platform of advisory, tax, and accounting services, so clients never have to coordinate advisors who have never spoken to each other.

Commercial office tower seen from street level

Real Estate Tax & Advisory

Led by Eric Freeman, CPA, MAcc

Partnership taxation, exchanges, mergers, buy-outs, cost segregation, opportunity zones, and real estate professional planning from a CPA who owns and operates real estate himself.

UNITED STATES MÉXICO Phoenix Tucson

International & Cross-Border Tax

Led by Fernando Barraza, CPA, MAcc

FBAR, FATCA, GILTI, NCTI, FIRPTA, PFIC, and foreign trust compliance, plus entity structuring, treaty optimization, and cross-border estate planning that works in every jurisdiction at once.

Tax Compliance & Planning

Business, individual, and high-net-worth family returns with year-round planning, delivered at specialist standards.

Family Office Support

Consolidated reporting across entities, properties, and generations, plus coordination with your attorneys, bankers, and wealth managers.

Outsourced Accounting

Bookkeeping, monthly close, and controller-level reporting from a team that also understands your tax strategy.

Estate & Generational Wealth

Trust, gifting, and succession planning that moves a business, a property portfolio, or an investment account to the next generation with as little tax friction as possible, whether your family lives in one country or several.

M&A & Transaction Advisory

Due diligence, restructuring, formations, and expansion strategy, with the tax consequences modeled before the deal closes.

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The partners

People hire people, not firms.

Before you trust anyone with your most sensitive financial matters, you deserve to know who they are and how they think.

Eric Freeman, CPA, MAcc

Eric Freeman, CPA, MAcc

Co-Founding Partner · Real Estate

Eric is a real estate tax specialist focused on partnership taxation and complex real estate transactions, including exchanges, mergers, consolidations, buy-outs, cost segregation, and opportunity zone funds. He is the author of Tax Strategies for Everyone, hosts the Eric Freeman CPA YouTube channel, and has invested in real estate since 2012.

Partnership Tax · Real Estate Transactions · Cost Segregation · Author & Educator

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Fernando Barraza, CPA, MAcc

Fernando Barraza, CPA, MAcc

Co-Founding Partner · International Tax

Fernando has spent his career advising high-net-worth families and business owners whose lives and businesses cross borders. His deepest specialization is Latin America and US-Mexico cross-border planning, where his bilingual, bicultural fluency is a decisive advantage. His clients are connected to Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Cross-Border Strategy · FBAR / FATCA / GILTI / NCTI / FIRPTA / PFIC · Cross-Border Estates · EN / ES

Meet Fernando

Phoenix · Tucson

Serving clients across the US, Mexico, and worldwide.

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Phoenix

Arizona

Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson

Tucson

Arizona

Ready when you are

Taxes don't have to be your largest expense.

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