Commercial Real Estate
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 → Financing Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | September 6, 2011If you’ve been investing in real estate for a while, chances are you have considered using private money lenders (investors) to grow your business. Most people fail when reaching out to potential investors because they don’t answer the five critical questions that every private lender must have answered before investing with you (even if they [...]
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 → Real Estate Interviews by Joshua Dorkin | August 30, 2011Joel Owens is a commercial real estate investor, CRE broker, and a long time BiggerPockets member. In our interview with Joel (34:59 minutes), we discuss land development for commercial projects, owner financing multi-families, how to get started in commercial, triple net lease deals, wealth creation vs. wealth preservation, how to look out for retail deals [...]
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 [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Interviews by Ronald Sklar | January 13, 2011 
Management consultant Rob Hahn goes by the street name of Notorious ROB, and for good reason. He’s notorious for not sugar-coating his views on the current state of the real-estate industry. If you want hand-holding or a shoulder to cry on, go Google someone else. But if you need some tough love, and a clear-eyed [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Khary Reynolds | October 12, 2010 
Commercial Real Estate in general is a large market with many participants in many sub-sectors. If you decide that commercial real estate is right for you, then you will definitely want to choose a niche to focus your attention. Here are 4 Different Types of Commercial Real Estate 1.) Land/Land Development A very wealthy investors [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Khary Reynolds | September 28, 2010 
In my previous post, Commercial Real Estate Vocabulary 101 – Part 1, we discussed the vocabulary that relates to the income of commercial real estate in general, and we discussed in detail how these terms relate to apartment buildings. In this post, I want to discuss the 3 terms that relate to the expenses and [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Khary Reynolds | September 20, 2010 
If you read my previous post, 3 Things You Need to Know to Invest in Commercial Real Estate, you know that I stated that it is critical that investors know the vocabulary of commercial real estate. So, in order to expand on that concept, I wanted to do a series of posts discussing the different [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Khary Reynolds | September 17, 2010 
Many investors want to enter into the world of commercial real estate without truly knowing the basics. You have to constantly educate yourself on the basics of analyzing commercial properties (I don’t just mean popping numbers into an Excel spreadsheet), even if they are properties that you are not in a position to purchase. You [...]
Read the full article → Financing Real Estate by Clint Coons | September 8, 2010 
This week I met with one of my commercial lenders, whom I will refer to as Barry, for lunch. Barry thought I might be interested in some of the business banking options his bank could offer my law firm. Essentially, Barry was prospecting for additional banking business. The services and fees he offered sounded very [...]
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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 [...]