The old saying: “it’s miserable, but it’s home” has taken on a new meaning in these times of short supply.
In other words, many are facing a commercial lease renewal in the near future.
The old saying: “it’s miserable, but it’s home” has taken on a new meaning in these times of short supply.
In other words, many are facing a commercial lease renewal in the near future.
For the past five years, interest rates for industrial property loans have been the lowest since Eisenhower was President.
For the past two years, commercial real estate experts have been predicting the end to cheap money and a rise in mortgage interest rates, but here we are, still waiting for even the slightest increase.
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.
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.
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.