Jul
20
Pre-Construction Investing
PRE-CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENTS For most of my Real Estate coaching career I have been a septic of Pre-Construction investments. Due to the many people who have been burned by these deals that never worked out for them. I personally have never purchased an investment that falls into this category of real estate investing. I have however listened to and have come to understand the problems that have occurred with many deals that went, or already were, bad. In the past months (10 to 12) I have heard of some successful […]
Jul
16
DO GREEN, MAKE GREEN
Green buildings are becoming an important issue in commercial real estate. More and more companies and developers are trying to get certification under the LEED standards for new buildings they are building and many observers expect the movement to continue growing. The following article appeared recently in About Real Estate, a Free TWR Weekly Publication by Torto Wheaton Research, a subsidiary of CBRE DO GREEN, MAKE GREEN         by Harvey M. Bernstein      April 20, 2007 In the highly competitive market of commercial real estate investment and development, think Green! Green… Green […]
Jul
2
WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKETS
Welcome to the Global Capital Markets  By Jamie Woodwell   May 1, 2007 12:00 PM Commercial/multifamily delinquency rates did not jump on Tuesday, Feb. 27. There were no reports of falling rents or increasing vacancy rates. No new signs of over-construction or increased balloon risk. A world away, rumors of a capital gains tax on Chinese investments set about a string of events that in a matter of hours led to slightly higher borrowing costs for U.S. commercial real estate borrowers. ‘Flight to quality’ comes quickly For years, U.S. real estate markets […]
Jun
29
“The State of the Nations Housing” (Harvard)
The State of the Nations Housing Ok, so out of Harvard comes some interesting information. A study published recently on the state of the nations housing for 2007 leave more questions than it answers them. Words like “it will depend” and “If builders par down” etc. left me wondering what good they really came up with in this study. Let me provide some facts that they did come up with. * Housing afford ability continues to be a major problem. What does that mean? Well in lay mans terms it […]