Real estate investment is probably the last true bastion of capitalism. You control it and you can create the value. Its flaws are that it is illiquid, capital intensive, and dependent upon a non-diversified source of revenue.

There are three types of shopping centers. (1) Convenience: up to 100,000 square feet (2) Neighborhood: 100,000 to 250,000 square feet (3) Regional: over 250,000 square feet. Convenience shopping centers respond to a need and well located ones will continue to exist. Neighborhood shopping centers will decline, but those with exceptional locations will continue to […]

A mortgage broker is an honorable, respectable professional who makes a real contribution to the real estate industry. When is the right time to begin your career as a mortgage broker? At the bottom of a cycle prior to a long uptrend. Right? Wrong! The right time to start is anytime.
The real estate industry is […]

Like any other business, commercial real estate receives money and spends money. Received money is called income and is generally taxed in the year it is received. Because the tax laws don’t treat all types of money spent (expenses) the same way, accountants have broken down expenses into two main categories: operating expenses and capital […]