Part 1: Identifying the Property’s Real Income:There are four financial components of income producing real estate that are crucial to successful investing. They are (1) income, (2) the costs of occupancy, (3) operating expenses, and (4) debt service.
Debt service cost is straightforward math and openly disclosed, as required by law. The costs of occupancy are […]

NetGain has continually propagated and strongly believes that all good decision making is based on the quality of information collected. Annexation, like all actions, comes with an availability of information - some good, some bad. Knowing whether an annexation is either a good or a bad thing depends on the gathering of all pertinent information. […]

The use of the term “soft economy” refers to the accurate fact that we are a cyclical economy. There are four parts to a complete economic cycle: (1) The downturn (i.e., soft economy). (2) The bottom. (3) The upturn. (4) The top.
Drawing on the history and averages of past economic cycles, a holding period of […]

The problems of real estate are comparable to those of the country. Many problems exist within our country, and within the real estate industry, but the most important issue that affects the value of all real estate is jobs (read NetGain’s “The Driving Force Behind Commercial Real Estate Value - Past, Present, Future”). The importance […]