Investing in commercial real estate, as with any other investment, comes with potential risks. Different investors have degrees of comfort with risk. It is essential for first-time CRE investors to understand their level of risk tolerance and avoid mistakes that can derail even the best investment strategy. Let’s take a closer look at the mistakes…
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Investing in commercial real estate (CRE) allows the buyer or buyers to take an active or a more passive role in the operation of the building. Most investors and investor groups use commercial property management services to handle the day-to-day issues and tasks associated with leasing, managing, maintaining, and working directly with building tenants. The…
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Adding a commercial property to your investment portfolio may be a very good idea, even for those who are just getting started in developing passive income streams. CRE offers the advantage of being a true silent investor, particularly if investing with a group and having all aspects of the building management handled by a professional…
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Over the past two or more decades, more people have focused on moving from traditional investment strategies to adding real estate to their retirement portfolios. Additionally, the move from residential property investment to commercial real estate investing continues to grow, resulting in a constant stream of new investors. These new investors often make assumptions about…
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Over the last two years, retail malls and properties took a significant hit as stores were closed due to Covid restrictions, and consumers elected to shop from home or their phone rather than venture out into public. The result of this trend was a significant number of retail bankruptcies in a part of the economy…
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One of the many changes in the commercial real estate market over the last two decades is the increasing ease of entering the market. Many investors in the past considered commercial real estate as an option only for investors with large portfolios and all the right connections. Today, thanks to the ability to use online…
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Over the years, real estate investors have enjoyed specific tax breaks for significant types of investments, including the addition of larger properties and multifamily assets to their portfolios. Investors today, as well as in the past, could defer paying taxes on property-investment gains of over half a million dollars, effectively limiting their tax burden. In…
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With Joe Biden now having taken over the Presidency, there’s been talk about whether or not he might move to eliminate the IRS Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange option for real estate investors. In fact, during the runup to the November Presidential election, a Bloomberg article quoted a senior Biden campaign official as saying the following:…
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Many people had been predicting seeing a ton of great investment opportunities coming onto the market, and it simply hasn’t happened. As an example, the impact from COVID-19 has totally hammered the retail and hospitality industries, and yet we haven’t even seen a plethora of opportunities coming onto the market at greatly reduced prices from…
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With the year 2020 now being behind us, where do we stand right now, and what does this all mean forgood investment opportunities coming our way in 2021? With the COVID-19 situation that we’ve beenfacing during 2020, the retail and hospitality industries have gotten hammered, and it’s pretty safe to say that these two industries…
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