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Commercial Real Estate

“Mini-Model” Leasing Strategy will fill Vacancies Fast in Multi-Family Apartment Buildings for Under $200

by Spencer Cullor | December 10, 2011
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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 [...]

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Housing

Housing Starts, Builder Confidence, Vacant Homes and more: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | March 21, 2011

This week’s stories in the housing market discuss the recovering home building industry, an improved interest rate picture, and peek at the 2010 Census vacancy housing numbers. Housing Starts Take Step Back Builders aren’t getting much relief lately.  The Census Bureau reported housing starts fell 22.5% in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of [...]

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Housing

Vacancy Rates Still Hover Around Record Highs; How to Protect Yourself

by Ryan Hinricher | May 10, 2010

The Commerce Department recently announced that the number of vacant homes eclipsed a record 19million units in the first quarter of 2010.  This shows that despite the stabilization taking place in the housing market, there is still a long way to go before we reach normal market conditions.  More concerning than the near record 10.6% [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Vacancy and Credit Losses: Unlocking a Property’s Potential

by Kyle Koller | October 26, 2009

Owners of income property understandably cringe when they hear the words “vacancy and credit losses.” After all, anything that negatively affects net income is cause for distaste. Yet, vacancy and credit losses remain a necessary and unavoidable cost of doing business. Being able to understand and differentiate between vacancy and credit losses is vital to [...]

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