Acquisitions – The Role of Accurate Market Research
Critical to being able to draw conclusions as to the viability of income (as well as expense) projections, is the comprehensive and complete evaluation of the following trends in the subject’s market:...
View ArticleRussian Regions to Attract More Investment
I am often travelling to large Russian regional cities where we manage office properties and shopping centers, and I always feel how different these markets are in comparison to the Russian capital....
View ArticleCanadian CRE Investors Look South
Canadian real estate developers and investors have always participated in the U.S. real estate market. Generally, though it has being either the very largest developers like Brookfield Properties’...
View ArticleCommercial Real Estate Dispositions – How to Choose a Superior Broker
In today’s complex market, most commercial real estate disposition assignments are executed using the services of a qualified broker to analyze the market and the property and to sell the asset for the...
View ArticleTrophies vs. Trash – Finding the Best Deals in Today’s Distressed Commercial...
Trophies vs. Trash – it’s just one way to explain what is happening in today’s commercial real estate market. The Trophies are those main-and-main, big city stabilized assets that are the envy of...
View ArticleIndustry Leaders Sam Zell and Bliss Morris Share Views on the State of...
Sam Zell, appearing on CNBC’s Squawk Box earlier this month, reiterated several interesting points about current market conditions and trends in the commercial real estate sector: We haven’t built...
View ArticleThe Integration of Debt and Equity Brokerage – the Holy Grail
The ideal real estate investment broker needs to be equipped with all of the tools necessary to provide the client with a complete solution to his real estate capital needs. However, achieving that...
View ArticleBuyer Qualification and Bidding Process
Most sellers and brokers use a marketing process that contains a specific “Call for Offers” date upon which initial bids are due. The goal of this effort is to stage follow-up e-mails and calls to...
View ArticleNAI Global Chief Economist Warns of Inflation in Latest White Paper
In his latest white paper, “Beware of Inflation”, NAI Global Chief Economist Dr. Peter Linneman questions how it is possible to not have inflation in the U.S. economy when healthcare and commodities...
View ArticleAuction Data Suggests Sales are Increasing
In June 2010, I analyzed CoStar Group (CoStar) data on industrial, office, retail and multi-family auction sales over a 17 month period. I recently reached out to our friends at CoStar to check out the...
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