Oftentimes owners can believe that overpricing their property when they first put it on the market can be a good idea. They can sometimes begin thinking, “Why not just ask for a lot more money than I can expect to get?”, but this can then create problems… When a property first comes on the market,…
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We’ve all received E-mails over the years from someone claiming to be from an African country, and telling us that they’re trying to get tens of millions of dollars out of their country. Then they appeal to us to begin working with them to get the money out of their country, and they tell us…
Read MoreThe Holiday Season is now upon us, and this represents a time when everything can begin to feel like it’s slowing down. Once we begin to get close to Thanksgiving, and then continuing on all the way through the New Year, people’s sense of urgency around making real estate decisions can begin to wane. If…
Read MoreAs expected, the November election was a showdown. The pollsters predicted that Hillary Clinton had a 90% chance of winning the election, and somehow, surprising all of the pollsters, Donald Trump emerged as the winner. So what does this now mean for commercial real estate? Well, we’ve probably never had a President who has as…
Read MoreFasten your seatbelts, because everything that’s been building towards this upcoming election will now be decided on Tuesday, November 8th. Can you remember a time when there’s been so much drama, anger, and hostility building up towards a major election? The people supporting the two major Presidential candidates have oftentimes been very hostile towards the…
Read MoreDid you ever in your wildest dreams believe you’d see a time when people would be willingly investing in and putting their money into places where the yields on their money would be negative? We all know there’s risk associated with investing, where you can invest in a stock, in a bond, or in commercial…
Read MoreIf you’ve never heard the term “value-added” property before, it refers to a real estate investment opportunity where the buyer will recognize additional value from the purchase of the property, outside of directly receiving monthly income from it. For example, when many people buy real estate investments; they may be interested in both the cap…
Read MoreNow that the first half of the year is behind us in commercial real estate, let’s take a look at what the future may have in store for us. Keep in mind that one of the most important determining factors in how any commercial real estate market is doing, is how the local economy is…
Read MoreEnergy prices can have a major impact on our lives. For many of us our greatest awareness of today’s price of energy comes when we’re filling up our tank at the gas station, or even when we’re just driving by the gas station, and we see the current price of gas. In addition, depending on where we’re…
Read MoreWhile many people are wondering whether or not we’re nearing the peak in this economic cycle, foreign investment in U.S. real estate is still proceeding at a very brisk pace. According to Real Capital Analytics, foreign investors bought more than $91 billion in U.S. real estate in 2015, which was more than double the amount they purchased…
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