Archive for the 'Articles' Category

22 Sep

Regional Shopping Centers Move Closer to the Tar Pit

In today’s changing world, new products and services are introduced almost daily. Products that were used everyday just a short time ago are now obsolete. And the rest are in the process of becoming obsolete.
Getting up to change the channel, using carbon paper, creating documents on a typewriter: These are all once common tasks that […]

15 Sep

Acquiring Income Property

Regardless of the type, investors’ first and foremost concern is whether or not now is the right time to buy. Surprisingly, the answer to this question differs depending on the investment at hand. The ideal time to buy income property may not be the right time to acquire other types of investments and vice […]

21 Jul

Bargain or Bust - 65% Off a New York Skyscraper

Last week the media reported that a NYC skyscraper sold for about $600 million, and according to Real Capital Analytics the prior purchase price was $1.74 billion. The property has 1.8 million gross square feet, 1.6 million rentable square feet, and is 50% vacant.
From the information provided by the media, one would conclude the new […]

19 Jun

Cap Rate Catastrophe

A real estate investor recently asked the following: “I’ve noticed that most if not all properties in my area offer a cap rate of 3.5%-5.5%, and when I ask the brokers why the cap rates are so low they say it’s ‘perfectly normal’ for this area. Am I missing something here?”
It was “perfectly normal” […]