The Practitioner’s Guide to
Opportunity Zones
Frances Kern Mennone and John Vachon (Covalent OZ) cut through the complexity of Opprtunity Zones – practitioner conversations, real deals, and the live designation window. Free, every week.
– Episode number, date, duration (monospace label)
– Episode title (serif, 16pt)
– Guest name + affiliation
– 2-sentence episode description
Frances Kern Mennone is an OZ practitioner and thought leader based in the tri-state region. She’s structured deals, assembled capital stacks, and watched OZ 1.0 work — and not work — on the ground. She co-hosts this show because the OZ practitioner community deserves conversations that are as complex as the deals they actually do.
John Vachon is an OZ Strategist with OZ Covalent who has been structuring Opportunity Zone transactions since the program launched. He brings a deal-first perspective to every episode — the mechanics, the structuring decisions, and the questions practitioners are actually asking in the market right now.
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Weekly Podcast: 30-min guest conversations. Real deals, real data, real decisions
Live coverage of the 2026 designation window. Which states are nominating — and where.
One key insight. One actionable takeaway. One link. Delivered every week.
$100B+ invested since 2018
– DEFER: Invest capital gains within six months and postpone your tax bill.
– REDUCE: Hold 5+ years → 10% reduction on original capital gains.
– ELIMINATE: Hold 10+ years → ZERO tax on all appreciation.
10+ years = 0% tax on appreciation
Every week: one insight from the latest episode + one actionable practitioner takeaway
