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"Crowdfunding" Commercial Properties
There are essentially three kinds of commercial real estate buyers: Investors who buy with the intention of leasing the property for ongoing income Flippers who buy low, fix, and (quickly) flip to other buyers at a hefty profit. Entrepreneurs (users) looking for a place to do business. They buy property and use...
Marketing Mixed-Use Properties
Mixed-Use developments blend residential, commercial, or industrial uses within a single property, entire city block or condensed neighborhood. Popular examples today include: Convenience stores situated in elsewise strictly residential areas. Buildings with apartments or condos above, and commercial businesses on...
Marty's Corner
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Have You Settled For Less?
t’s true. . .  how settled we can easily become if we let complacency, laziness, or insecurity grab hold of us… keeping us where we are, and have always been! Ambition is neither a vice nor a virtue – until you put all that drive and zeal into perspective, namely the objectives you seek (what you’re truly after).  Are your goals, needs, desires noble, altruistic, unselfish?
Social Media for Commercial Neophytes
“Everyone is living for everyone else now. They’re doing stuff so they can tell other people about it. I don’t get all that social media stuff. I’ve always got other things I want to do – odd jobs around the house. No one wants to hear about...
Pricing and Selling a Business
Selling a business, even if real estate is involved, requires different skills when it comes to pricing and promoting it to prospective purchasers. Here’s where many real estate agents go astray – by not separating the business from its real estate location; instead treating each as a separate (distinct) sale...
Rosier Outlook for Office Space?
Office space, that long time “darling” sector of commercial real estate, has taken on an unusual glumness these past few years, as landlords and businesses struggle with emptying or woefully underutilized space. While demand for office space hasn’t dropped significantly (particularly in Atlanta), tenants are...
E-Commerce Bolsters Warehouses but Decimates Store Fronts
A competitive consequence of online shopping is fast-fast (usually free) delivery – thus the need for even quicker, accessible inventory. While most online retailers have maintained warehouses in suburban locations, such ambitious shipping guarantees necessitate warehouse space even closer to major metropolitan...
October Industry News
See what’s trending in the commercial real estate world this month! Warehouse Conversions Aren’t Just for Cities Anymore. Or Just for Warehouses By The New York Times Global Investors Pour Billions Into Hudson Yards in Major Bull Market Bet By Wall Street Journal Retail Sits Vacant in Nearly $1B of Newly...
A Sleepy, Creepy Halloween
“On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his fellow traveler in relief against the sky, gigantic in height, and muffled in a cloak, Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that he was headless! But his horror was still more increased on observing that the head, which should have rested on his...