In investment properties, when cash expenses are more than cash receipts, there is negative cash flow. Most investors avoid properties where this is the situation, unless there are strong underlying economic factors that indicate the cash flow can become positive. • One six-tenant office building was leased out several years ago. After a few years […]
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Over 100 Years Of New Technology
With the invention of electricity the biggest breakthrough in home and office innovations was from 1906 to 1950. During this period, the introduction of household appliances and office machines in America, ranging from vacuum cleaners to food processors using electricity, made the home and office life in general easier. In 1939 Popular Mechanics, a magazine […]
Read more.Keeping Key Employees Happy
Key executives were the ones who always had the “office with a view”. Now, however, on modern buildings built in the past few years the atrium is one of the most popular (and expensive) amenities. It is popular because virtually every office can have a window view, either toward the conventional view, the outdoors, or […]
Read more.Pre-Leasing For Construction Loans
Whether it’s a new office building, industrial warehouse, retail shopping center, or high-rise residential apartment building, investors and lenders increasingly demand to see a substantial portion pre-leased before they are willing to put up construction money. Purely speculative construction projects are rare in today’s real estate market. People are reluctant to invest in buildings that […]
Read more.Estate wide rent control in CA
Rent control is a widelytalked-about issue in California. This government program was created in response to California’s high rental and housing costs. The main purpose of this directive is to regulate the amount landlords can charge for a certain rental property. The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995 was originally put in placetolimit rent control […]
Read more.The Real Estate Investment
Knowing what you can do in some investment situations can be the difference between an annual profit or loss in your currently owned commercial property or the one you intend to acquire. How you acquire it can be important. The professional commercial real estate broker is in the position to represent a client in real […]
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