Archive for the 'Investment Tools' Category

08 Sep

Jumpstart Real Estate Investment with Web 2.0 Tools

Can a developer in Yuma, Arizona casually engage a commercial broker in Parsippany, New Jersey for the ideal loan package? Can a real estate investor in South Africa share successful strategies with an apartment owner in Anchorage, Alaska? In the world of Web 2.0, the answer is yes.
While exact definitions of Web 2.0 vary, one […]

07 Aug

How is NOI calculated with mixed-use income property?

The scenario: An income producing property grosses $60,000 per year, and half is derived from a retail sales store, the other half from an upstairs nightly rental. The retail store is under a lease and the two properties cannot be sold separately. The sales shop tenant pays the utilities; the nightly rental does not.
The solution: […]

22 May

Does a building’s capacity enhance the value?

To claim that a “building’s capacity enhances the value” is to make an aphoristic statement. If the term ca­pacity refers to the amount of square feet available to lease, obviously the more square feet you have to lease the more income you will collect and the more valuable the prop­erty.
Before you get to financial multipliers, […]

06 May

How does one compare bond rate and cap rate returns?

NetGain believes the differences in investment characteristics between bonds and income property are sufficiently significant to negate any useful comparisons. With two exceptions, NetGain doesn’t use the bond market for analytical comparisons between bonds and income property. The two exceptions are:

Triple net leases with a single tenant: This is not a real estate transaction. This […]