There is no doubt that commercial property management is often the most challenging aspect of getting into this type of investment. Unlike residential investment where there is one property and one tenant, commercial real estate may involve hundreds of tenants in a single building, particularly when investing in multifamily dwellings. Even with retail or office…
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One of the challenges for any investor in the commercial real estate market is to avoid becoming caught up in the immediacy of the market. Having the ability to take a step back and use a longitudinal look at commercial real estate over the last two decades is a more effective investment strategy moving forward….
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It is positive for the economy as a whole, not to mention for the health and wellbeing of the people around the country and across the globe, that the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be increasingly manageable. This, in turn, has led to significant speculation about the ability of the markets to bounce back to pre-Covid…
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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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In the midst of everything that’s been going on over the past year, we are very fortunate to know that good financing, for the most part, has been available for purchasing commercial properties. However, the retail and hospitality sectors have been especially hard hit, and getting good financing to purchase within those sectors has definitely…
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With the year 2020 now coming to a close, what, in your opinion, will 2021 now be like for you? Do you believe that it will be better for you than 2020 was, or do you believe that this might just be positive thinking? With this in mind, in trying to assess how 2021 will…
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With everything that’s been going on in our lives in 2020, it can be helpful to take a breath, step back, and try to get an idea of what this will all mean to us in commercial real estate in moving forward. No one can have the ultimate crystal ball when predicting the future, but…
Read MoreProperty taxes can rise substantially when a property is sold, so having a limit on the amount of taxes that can pass through is crucial.
Read MoreWhen the building aspect of an investment is depreciating, investors can write off a portion of the value of the building—but not the land.
Read MoreTenants should know that sometimes they can negotiate a cap on operating expense increases, which can even include taxes.
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