Commercial Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate by John Wilhoit | February 7, 2012 
America’s great spectator sport is front and center with the Super Bowl taking place this past Sunday. In professional football, serious resources go into the process of putting a good team on the field. Each team has three smaller teams; offense, defense and special teams. Every good property manager needs the same structure. Is your [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | February 2, 2012 
A man and his realtor walk down the street and the man says “Realtor, I want to buy that house,” pointing to a beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bath home, “What should I offer?” The realtor responds, “Well, I’ve looked at the comparable sales in the neighborhood and it looks like another 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | January 12, 2012 
“I want to start investing in apartment complexes. How do I get started?” If that is a question you have asked yourself recently, you are not alone. It’s something I hear on a weekly basis from both new and experienced real estate investors. They all want to know the keys to get started in multifamily investing the [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | December 10, 2011 
Most potential tenants make their decision to lease your property within the first 30 seconds of entering the apartment. It is critical to capture their interest and make a great impression as soon as they enter your building. You need an effective leasing strategy to help you do this. A “mini-model” apartment is one of [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Joey Wang | November 16, 2011 
In Part I and II of Techniques to Speed Up Your Decision Making, we covered two basic measurements to quickly estimate value of an apartment property. These two were: Price per Unit Gross Rent Multiplier (GRM) We learned that Price Per Unit is the simplest to calculate but provides little investment insight because income is [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Joey Wang | November 9, 2011 
In Part I of Techniques to Speed Up Your Decision Making, I outlined three basic measurements to quickly estimate value of an apartment property. These three are: Price per Unit Gross Rent Multiplier (GRM) Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate) While it’s easy to plug numbers, each technique has its pros and cons. This tutorial’s objective is [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Joey Wang | November 2, 2011 
If you’re evaluating many apartment investment deals, oftentimes you need a quick way to determine ones that warrant more detailed analysis. After all, your time is valuable and any time spent analyzing deals that don’t make sense from the very beginning may result in other lost opportunities. What you need are techniques to act as [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | October 25, 2011 
One of the most overlooked aspects of acquiring a multifamily investment property is adequately accounting for capital expense items and recurring replacements that the investment property needs in order for you to reach your investment goals (See “The Importance of Having a Capital Expense Budget When Buying a Property“). Overlooking these expenses will kill your investment [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Joey Wang | October 18, 2011 
The Leap to Commercial Real Estate Investments The stage is set . . . you’re ready to jump into the world of commercial real estate investments. Maybe you’ve been buying or selling single family homes, and your success is prompting you to think bigger, possibly on acquiring apartments — or, maybe you’re a new investor [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | October 15, 2011 
Many real estate investors overlook some of the most profitable investment properties because they don’t understand how smaller properties can equal big profits. They get caught up in the “bigger is better” mentality and miss out on some of the most profitable investments right in their own backyards. Contrary to what some real estate gurus [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | August 31, 2011 
One of the biggest mistakes I see investors make when financially evaluating an investment property is that they fail to include a capital expense budget for the property. When acquiring an investment property, it is critical that you have a capital expense budget as well as a recurring replacement reserve factored into the equity you [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Andrew C. MacDonald | June 20, 2011 
This weekend I attended a Multi-Family Investing Bootcamp organized by The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) and started to learn about how to acquire, manage and exit multi-residential properties. One of the key takeaways for me was the rule of 150 which I will explain here. There are some differences in the way single family [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Duke Long | February 3, 2011 
Simple quality commercial real estate search. Does it exist? What sites or platforms are available? What information do you need and is it even available? How is the data sourced? Is the data true and accurate? Lots of questions just for a simple search. Maybe it’s an investment tool that you have overlooked. Let’s take [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Duke Long | January 26, 2011It is estimated or may be propaganda from the commercial real estate brokerage community that at least 90% of all transactions involve a commercial real estate broker. True or not if you want to invest, develop, buy or sell commercial real estate you will need or want to use a broker or a brokerage firm. [...]
Commentary by Duke Long | January 19, 2011 
The 8 Commercial Real Estate Investing Questions: 1. Is it better to invest in residential or commercial real estate? Residential or commercial pick your poison. Think about the last 2-3-4 years. Hey, what geniuses are left? We can go further later but it’s simple. Whatever fits your style. A quote from me to a good [...]
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8 Most Important Commercial Real Estate Investing Questions Answered.
by Duke Long | January 19, 2011The 8 Commercial Real Estate Investing Questions: 1. Is it better to invest in residential or commercial real estate? Residential or commercial pick your poison. Think about the last 2-3-4 years. Hey, what geniuses are left? We can go further later but it’s simple. Whatever fits your style. A quote from me to a good [...]