Commercial

Keys to Getting Started in Multifamily Apartment Investing

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 [...]

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Real Estate Interviews

Interview with Commercial Real Estate Investor, Joel Owens on Multifamily & Retail Investments

by Joshua Dorkin | August 30, 2011

Joel 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 [...]

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Commentary

8 Most Important Commercial Real Estate Investing Questions Answered.

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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Commentary

Deja-Vu… All Over Again! This time in the Commercial Real Estate Market

by Peter Giardini | October 21, 2009

I was surprised by some of the comments regarding Dr. Doom AKA Nouriel Roubini and his predictions that we are not yet out of the economic woods, and we are most likely going to experience continued turmoil in our economy in general and real estate specifically.

To the point – it seems that everyone is now paying attention to the coming challenges with the commercial mortgage market. And who can blame anyone for thinking that the commercial market is on the edge, and will likely go right over the side in the coming 2 – 3 years.

Using Old Valuations Can Lead to Disaster!

Making this situation worse is the fact that most lenders are valuing the underlying properties collateralizing their mortgages at their original values (just like what is happening with residential properties), further forestalling the pending crisis in bank defaults. If banks revalued their portfolios to the real (current) values of their underlying collateral… it is possible the entire system would collapse. I found an interesting dialogon public radio amongst various experts regarding the pending (actually it has already started) commercial collapse that demonstrates that some people may have their head in the sand.

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Commercial Real Estate

Executive Summaries for Commercial Real Estate Investors

by Ted Karsch | August 4, 2009

Executive summaries are one of the most important aspects of commercial loan package submission, however, many new investors spend the least time and energy on this essential component. I recently had the opportunity to interview Lori McMahon of LJ Commercial Property Services. She creates and submits executive summaries as her profession and is considered to be an expert in the field. Below is a list of questions and answers exchanged by a new commercial real estate investor and Lori.

Commercial Executive Summary Q & A

1. Q: At what point do you begin putting together the Executive Summary? Before/during/after contract has been submitted?

Lori: It’s different every time. Before is fine as long we put that in as the status on the Funding Opportunity Page. Many of clients have wanted to find out if they could get any interest prior to signing the Contract to Purchase. Anytime is good as long as it is directly after you sign the contract because you must understand that in these times, it is taking anywhere from 45 to 90 days for funding…

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Commercial Real Estate

Is This the Bottom for Commercial Real Estate Prices?

by Ted Karsch | June 23, 2009

Even the most bearish economist is predicting that commercial real estate prices will fall up to 40 percent from peak to trough. However, the data released yesterday from Moody’s Investor Service shows that in April commercial property prices plummeted a record 8.6 percent. According to Moody’s data, commercial property prices fell a total of 29.5 [...]

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