Herbert J. Strather's (stratheracademy) Blog

Lead Generation is at the heart and soul of any business and it is no different with commercial real estate investing. Are you struggling with how to track down motivated sellers of commercial properties? There are five proven resources for finding motivated sellers. These five sources are direct...

The commercial real estate market is currently the most competitive that it has been in a long time. To work effectively and give yourself the best opportunity to succeed, you must find unlisted, off-market deals or pocket listings, in addition to looking through listed commercial opportunities. ...

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The most important part of commercial property investing is finding the deal(s). The person who controls the deals holds the "keys to the kingdom". Every business has two core elements: marketing and innovation. With commercial properties, you are always marketing for three things: the deal, capi...

The first key to being successful in the area of marketing is to think positively about your abilities to buy and sell commercial real estate, and have the confidence that you have the skills necessary to put successful strategies in place to reach your goal(s). Know this, if you passionately bel...

One of the old sayings from old school business men was, to be aware, concerned about, or even intimidated by one's perceived competition. After all, competitors can swoop in and gobble up sales that were otherwise yours for the taking, right? The better approach, in todays society is to embrace ...

I've always believed in learning from the best. In my real estate career that started with me being broke and ending up  with millions in the bank and several thousand square feet of real estate.  I have made mistakes, and learned from them,  but I also made sure that I learned from those who wer...

In part one I covered only some of the essential team members that you’ll want to have in place to be successful in REI (Real Estate Investing) below I will cover the others needed: Private lenders: These are critical to your success, with banks and lenders holding onto all the money it is essent...

Some of the essential team members that you'll want to have in place are: Bird dogs: these are critical to keeping your pipeline full at all times. If you reward themcorrectly you will have deals for a long time. Real estate agent or agents: You are probably saying why would I need an agent if I ...

A fractured condo is a residential condominium complex where some of the units were sold as condo's, but the bulk of the units remain unsold and are rented out as apartments. Typically the rental units are put in a rental pool that is run by a large management company.