This article discusses the advantages of commercial real estate (including apartment houses) compared to single family homes. Commercial Real Estate Compared to Single Family By Raymond Pedersen Compared to single-family houses, you can build wealth with investment properties with less search time. Even in high-cost areas, a $5 million or $10 million portfolio of houses would (or at least should) include at least 15 to 20 properties. In lower-priced areas, a portfolio of this amount might include 50 properties. To buy that many houses would require several thousand hours to […]

This article discusses the potential problem of increases in apartment vacancies arising from higher unemployment among the renting population. It also points out that the increase in the renting population resulting from foreclosures or new households may offset the potential vacancy problem. Renter Affordability Likely to Remain Issue Published: December 08, 2008 By Keat Foong, Executive Editor, Multi-Housing News Austin, Texas–Rental affordability is likely to continue to be an issue despite the recession, suggests a research report from Mission Residential LLC, an apartment development and investment company. Analyzing data from […]

This article, from Torto Wheaton Research paints an optimistic picture for the future demand for industrial space. Investors would be wise to observe the industrial markets in coming months in addition to closely following the apartment markets for buying opportunities. December 24, 2008 RAY OF LIGHT: INDUSTRIAL’S LONGER-TERM PROSPECTS BY TORTO WHEATON RESEARCH Laura Stone Mortimer, Senior Economist The industrial market is currently feeling the effects of weak demand, which will continue through the near term as the U.S. and world economies continue to struggle. While the economic news of […]