Making the Switch to Commercial Investing

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...

7 Must Know Commercial Real Estate Terms

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...

3 Perfect Locations for a Self Storage Facility

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...

Secret Reasons Selling Mobile Lots Is Better Than Renting

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...

What Killed the Commercial Real Estate Goose?

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,...

Apartment Vacancies Not As Bad As They Claim

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...

Protect Your Vacation Home 1031 Exchange from IRS Scrutiny

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....

5 Reasons to Consider Hiring Property Management

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...

What’s in YOUR Storage Unit?

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...
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