How to Identify and Liquidate Surplus Commercial Investment Properties

–  How to Identify and Liquidate Surplus Commercial Investment Properties –   Commercial real estate investors often have to evaluate whether their real estate assets are continuing to generate the highest and best value. It can cost you money to carry a property that is underutilized and not meeting your investment needs. Identifying surplus real

How to Build a Good Relationship with Your Tenants

How to Build a Good Relationship with Your Tenants – Creating policies to deal with tenant requests creates a positive landlord-tenant relationship and protects your long-term property investment. Policies need to include time frames for dealing with complaints, tenant-landlord responsibilities, a list of qualified professionals, the various types of common requests that may be encountered

Why Building Owners Need to Stay Ahead of the Curve

 – Why Building Owners Need to Stay Ahead of the Curve –   Redevelopment of existing office buildings will be necessary to meet the ever-changing demands of the commercial marketplace. There is strong evidence to suggest that approximately 80% of the nation’s commercial building stock will still be standing for the next 10 to 15

Don’t Forget Contents in Conducting Due Diligence on Your Next Commercial Real Estate Purchase

Don’t Forget Contents in Conducting Due Diligence on Your Next Commercial Real Estate Purchase –   You know how important it is to conduct due diligence when you invest in an existing property. Due diligence refers to the analysis the purchaser conducts prior to submitting an offer to purchase. Based on the results of this analysis

Seller Default: It Happens, So Prepare in Advance if You are a Commercial Real Estate Investor

– Seller Default: It Happens, So Prepare in Advance if You are a Commercial Real Estate Investor – It doesn’t happen that often, but when a seller backs out of a transaction, it can create havoc for the commercial real estate investor. There are remedies for the buyer scorned. Sales contracts Most standard contracts include provisions that

Net and Gross Leases: What’s the Difference?

 Commercial tenants can quickly get bogged down in the differences between net and gross leases. There are distinct economic differences between the two lease types and their variations. Understanding those differences can mean a substantial savings when negotiating lease terms. Gross Lease A gross lease is an agreement whereby the tenant pays a fixed rental

What to Look for in an Accommodation Property

– What to Look for in an Accommodation Property – When it comes to investing in accommodation properties, there are as many investment options as there are property types. Knowing about the different types of accommodation properties enables investors to create a self-sustaining business that will provide profits for years to come. Knowing the basic history and some of

How to Choose the Right Location for Your Business

For property and business owners alike, the location of a property plays a key role in the success of the business. Industrial property owners want areas with additional hydro and water access, retail outlets desire more foot traffic, and office owners want access to public parking and the amenities that attract professional clientele. The best

Leverage your Buying Power With Blanket Mortgages

– Leverage your Buying Power With Blanket Mortgages – Most real estate investors have two simultaneous goals they want to achieve from their investments. These are equity and cash. Sometimes they are intertwined; for example, when you sell your property you convert your equity into cash. But sometimes they are completely separate, as happens when