Jan 10, 2011
At some point in the residential real estate investor’s career comes the urge to take on bigger game, and thoughts naturally turn to commercial investing. Immediate obstacles present themselves. The first is that lenders whom you’ve built relationships...
Jan 9, 2011
Is it hard to communicate with someone if you don’t speak their language? Of course it is! Why would you even consider putting your money at risk if you literally do not know what you’re talking about? So it is we bring the following list of commercial...
Jan 5, 2011
Like any other real estate, not just any old corner of the world is a perfect location for a self storage facility. The tried and true maxim still applies. Location, location, location. But what exactly should a prospective self storage investor look for when it comes...
Jan 3, 2011
Jason talks with commercial real estate expert Tolliver Morris and one of Platinum’s clients turned Investment Counselor, Dave Toombs. Visit: https://commercialinvestingcenter.com/category/podcast/. Commercial real estate: A review of product types and their...
Jan 3, 2011
In the interest of receiving the maximum profit available while expending as little effort as possible, consider that selling mobile home lots might be preferable to renting them out. The trick to this is to figure out how to “sell” all your lots while still retaining...
Jan 1, 2011
At the Commercial Investing Center, we keep an eye on the possibilities inherent in commercial real estate though, outside of mobile home parks and self storage properties, we’re not too excited about the industry’s current state. Not so long ago,...
Dec 29, 2010
If you own an apartment building, vacancy is a bad thing, right? Heck yeah, it’s a bad thing and, if it goes on for too long at too high a rate, you might find yourself part of the long, lonely line of foreclosures. But don’t get your nose bent out of...
Dec 3, 2010
The 1031 exchange is a popular IRS provision which allows property owners to sell one piece of real estate and buy another, using the proceeds, without incurring a tax obligation. The catch is that both properties must fall under the definition of investment property....
Dec 2, 2010
Some experts say you should not hire property management until your second investment property; that the first rental unit is a training ground, of sorts, to alert you to the type of tasks a property manager needs to tend to, and to better guide your future selection...
Nov 30, 2010
It’s finally arrived, a reality television show about – wait for it – storage units! Believe it or not, Auction Hunters premiered November 9 on Spike TV. The premise is probably exactly what you thought it would be. A couple of mismatched fellows spend their...
