Patrick Shanahan, Author at Zehner Davenport Group

Global Economics and the Psychology of Bad News

February 9, 2016

Commercial real estate professionals are optimists by nature, but we’ve been around long enough not to ignore what’s happening in the world just to stay upbeat.

With that in mind, please forgive us for sounding a bit dark as we channel the bear in us to explain how the psychology of a market – the way its participants feel and think about what’s going on – is an important component of making informed real estate decisions. Consider the following and ask yourself if your outlook for the future has changed in the last year.

Carried Losses: When A Loss Becomes A Win

February 2, 2016

The regulations regarding the tax impact of real property ownership, sales and exchanges are complex and confusing.

What business owner or investor would dare prepare his own tax returns in this day and age? The consequences of just a single error can be catastrophic.

January 26, 2016

All of us in the business community must deal with market uncertainty no matter what condition our local, state and national economies are in.

Every business decision we make involves a calculation of risk, and that risk is mitigated by our level of knowledge about the factors most likely to impact profitability.

Prep & Planning: The Lesser-Known Role of the Real Estate Professional

January 17, 2016

Most business owners believe that real estate brokers only add value when a transaction is at hand – bringing in a professional only when it’s time to negotiate a sale or lease.

This may be the most traditional arrangement, but it may not be the most cost effective, and more and more business owners are catching on.

Simply put, today’s top real estate professionals offer a level of service that goes way beyond the mechanics of closing a deal.

Voit’s Industrial Market Reports – Q4 2015

January 13, 2016

As we look ahead to 2016 in the Southern California industrial markets, one indispensable tool has been Voit Real Estate Services’ newly published Q4 2015 market reports.

These in-depth reports round up the performance of the Orange County and Mid-Counties industrial markets in the final months of 2015, and include all the fully-illustrated and graphed data you would expect from Voit.

We’re happy to make them available to you on this page for browsing and downloading, along with our commentary on what Q4 has shown us about the future of these markets.