Investment Strategies
By Randyl Drummer September 8, 2010 Multifamily property in major metro markets remains the asset of choice for many commercial real estate investors, with momentum fueled by a number of large late-summer sales transactions following a solid first half of 2010. Public and private REITs have landed the largest deals of late, but private equity, pension funds, insurance companies, owner-developers and... Read More »
As there is a mix of investment sophistication levels on this site I have opted to interject a review of the basics. For you institutional investors…hang on we’ll have some information that we think you’ll find valuable in…later posts. Below is a brief overview of basic investment evaluation techniques including: NOI, CAP Rate, and NOI, CAP, and NOI Multiplier. What... Read More »
Profits from multiple sources When investors buy commercial real estate they are acquiring a revenue stream. Admittedly there are a few signature buildings that are so iconic that they are a “pride of ownership” acquisition, but most properties are valued solely for their future economic potential. There are four primary ways in which investors benefit from their acquisitions: 1. Cash... Read More »
Study building costs to up cash flowBaltimore Business Journal – by Gary Anderson Optimizing your investment Cost segregation, though known by many real estate owners, is sometimes overlooked. It is a methodology used to reallocate certain building costs into separate identifiable components that can be depreciated over shorter lives. The primary purpose of a cost-segregation study is to reallocate... Read More »
After the shock of reading his 401-K statement subsided…this investor switched to an Equity Advantage self directed IRA! It’s great to see the market trending upward again…well, at least for now. Though I am not prescient, I am lucky…so I pulled all of my 401-k funds out days before the plunge. A few months later and I would have seen over a third…and possibly... Read More »
