Top Resources for Commercial Real Estate Investors
The key to success in any business venture is specialized knowledge and a good network of contacts and associates that can help you accomplish your business goals. Investing in commercial…
Commercial Real Estate Investing
Commercial real estate investing differs in many ways from the more traditional residential real estate investing. Property income, expenses, and values are often calculated differently, and success in this business often requires speaking the language of commercial real estate fluently. In this section of the BiggerPockets Blog, you'll find articles that discuss every aspect of commercial real estate imaginable. From different types of lease agreements, financing solutions, and valuation methods, we've got it all. Authors in this section include commercial real estate investors with decades of experience.
4 Different Types of Commercial Real Estate
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…
Commercial Real Estate Vocabulary 101 – Commercial Deal Analysis
This is the final installment on the 3 part series discussing the different terms that relate to commercial real estate. In this post I want to discuss how to put…
Commercial Real Estate Vocabulary 101 – Part 1
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…
3 Things You Need to Know to Invest in Commercial Real Estate
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…
Real Estate Syndication: 3 Ways You Can Profit
As a real estate investor it is critical that you have access to readily available capital in order to capitalize on the numerous opportunities that are present in today’s market.…
3 Reasons Why You Should be Investing in Commercial Real Estate
This is my first post on The BiggerPockets Blog and I just want to state that in my opinion, investing in commercial real estate is a better investment than investing…
Where to Find Apartment Building Foreclosures
Due to easy, high leverage financing and falling commercial real estate values many apartment building owners are now facing foreclosure. This leaves a lot of opportunity for those apartment building…
Which is the Best Business Structure for Real Estate Investors?
Image by Oregon State University Archives via Flickr Anyone who has closed on a purchase of real estate knows one simple fact: the legal profession kills a lot of trees.…
Investing in Mixed Use Commercial Property
What is Mixed-Use Property? There is some confusion amongst beginning commercial real estate investors as to what a mixed use property is and how to evaluate the relative drawbacks and…
Apartment Buildings Verse Single Family Homes — An Investment Property Comparison
A lot of the investors that I work with have some experience investing in single family homes but they want to know more about some of the advantages and disadvantages…
Understanding Debt Service Coverage Ratio
As a commercial finance consultant I speak with new apartment building investors on a daily basis; typically, here is how the conversation unfolds: Investor: Hello Ted, my name is “first…
Determining the Value of an Apartment Building Investment Using Cap Rates
Determining the value of an apartment building investment is one of the greatest difficulties that many new commercial real estate investors face. Most people who invest in apartments have some…
