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I attended a seminar last week sponsored by the Columbus Board of Realtors with one of our largest regional banks, and I want to disseminate some of what I heard.  Banks once again have [...]

Today, I’m going to take a look at the preferred type of product for most of my buyers, and frankly for most buyers on the market these days, and that is triple net or absolute net, single [...]

Columbus Board of Realtors reported April home sales numbers today and its looking good.  Unsold inventory is down and has been falling for the past 18 months, units sold are up and prices are up [...]

Before I discuss some of the common pitfalls to be aware of by a potential buyer when evaluating a property for purchase, I’ll review the clauses that at least should be included in a commercial [...]

This is part four in my series on 1031 exchanges.  Keep in mind that I’m using the current capital gains rate of 15%.  Depending what happens on November 6th, these number may change … [...]

Unfortunately, we may have a much better reason in a few months to do a 1031 exchange when and if the Bush tax cuts expire.  However, there will likely be folks who decide to cash out and sell [...]

This allows investors to use all of the sale proceeds to leverage into more valuable real estate, increase cash flow, diversify into other properties, reduce management or consolidate holdings.  [...]

For April 2012, DQ News reported that 19,284 new and resale homes sold Southern California last month. That was down from March by 3.4% and up 5.1% from the 18,344 sold in April 2011. April’s [...]

I’m going to create a series of posts on 1031 exchanges over the next couple of month from the basics, starting with this post to the more complex. First of course is the disclaimer:  always seek [...]

There are big differences on expansion plans for 2012 as we come out of this giant downturn and Obama Care goes into to full effect in 2014.  To summarize: Rite Aid hopes to return to limited [...]

Buyer need – Corporate leased triple net c-store such as 7-11 or Circle K  with 8 years or more unexpired absolute net lease for SoCal buyer. Gas or without gas is fine. Single tenant only. [...]

Given that election time is but six months away, I’m hearing a bunch of ‘what if’ discussion from clients, friends and other commercial brokers regarding potential tax ramifications with the [...]

Many folks are aware that Starwood Capital Group agreed to acquire $1 billion in seven shopping centers from Westfield and KKR.   As Starwood is starting to acquire retail commercial real estate [...]