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RECENT BLOG POSTS
Before a Lynch mob is dispatched...let me clarify: I'm still a huge proponent of real estate investing!  It's just that residential investments rarely cash flow...you have to wait to make your money at sale from appreciation.  And you can't afford to have someone else manage the units for you in ...
02/19/2009
Doug Foley, is more than my friend and mentor. He's a CCIM designee, a commercial broker with several decades of experience buying/selling investment properties for himself and others. He's a founding member of the Northwest Real Estate Inverstors Association, and a Past President and current Boa...
02/18/2009
SERVICE! SERVICE SERVICE!    Outback is a perfect example of a business that is a huge success because of its focus on value and customers.  From top to bottom Outback does a better job of listening to their customers and providing a great meal at competitive prices.   They were one of the first ...
02/12/2009
There are over three dozen metrics for commercial properties that we use to evaluate assets as potential acquisitions, and to gauge their operational performance. Some are relatively intuitive: Rent/Sq. Ft., Cost per Door, Expense Ratio, Gross Income, etc. Commercial investors eschew using GRM (...
02/08/2009
People often ask me about The Securities Exchange Commission and Securities in connection with creating Tenancy In Common (TIC) Agreements for real estate investments.  I give them an overview, and tell them to see an attorney...a good attorney.  In Portland Oregon, that means calling Reeves Kahn...
01/22/2009
Investors are risk adverse...to them "unknown" is synonomous with "high risk."  Being aware of this, The Client Centric Solution is to reduce the unknowns, reducing the risk...which delivers greater value to the client.  (If there are too many unknowns, the potential buyer will make a very low of...
01/21/2009
  The success I've enjoyed in my career has been based on solving clients problems.  I was never a "sell ice to Eskimos guy." A more honorable approach would be to provide our artic circle friends the opportunity to acquire efficient heating systems and show them how to operate them for greatest ...
01/18/2009
  Summary:  Cost Seg. is an underutilized strategy that commercial real estate investors can employ to reduce their taxes, improve their ability to fund new properties and increase their purchases.  Below I have adapted information provided me by one of the nation's leading authorities on Cost Se...
01/13/2009
When investors buy any 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 primar...
01/12/2009
Hats off to Mr. Mark Barry, MAI...he's closing in on 5,000 completed Apartment Appraisals.  Mr. Barry's practice is based in Portland, OR, but his projections are followed nationwide. Mark was the featured presenter at Wednesday's January meeting of the Portland CCIM Chapter.  Some quotes from hi...
01/09/2009
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