Aug 10, 2013
Despite the hue and cry from the national media decrying the demise of the housing industry, some markets never went away, maintaining a steady economy in the face of the foreclosure crisis. Austin, Texas, is one such city. Jason Hartman has had his eye on this area...
Aug 10, 2013
Both residential and commercial real estate investors sometimes run into problems qualifying for a loan through the traditional lending industry. Time to throw your hands in the air, give it all up and become a worm farmer? Not just yet. There are alternatives and one...
Aug 7, 2013
With the advent of reality television programming, we’ve recently seen an influx of shows focused on the repossession of storage units. Shows like Storage Wars and Auction Hunters center around teams of buyers who travel, sometimes across the country, to storage units...
Jul 22, 2013
(Our thanks to Brandon Turner for his excellent post HERE that got us thinking about the topic) The sad reality of human existence is that most of us have to work a day job. Even more vexing is the fact that nearly two-thirds of Americans say they are not happy at...
Jun 21, 2013
Sometimes we come across an income property deal so good we can’t keep it to ourselves. With the common client refrain, “But there aren’t any good properties left,” ringing in our ears, we offer the following positive cash flow deal in the Atlanta area. It’s available...
Jun 18, 2013
A five-year old article posted at TwistImage.com made us here at the Commercial Investing Center stop and scratch our collective heads. The author (Mitch Joel) decided to turn conventional wisdom around and look at the slow benefits of engaging in social media. The...
Jun 7, 2013
Intuitive Commercial Investing Center readers might have noticed a passing resemblance between the U.S. federal government and certain socialist-leaning countries (we’re looking at you, France). Our politicos seem intent on doing less of what the Constitution...
May 24, 2013
Like the residential real estate market, the commercial property market went into free fall sometime in 2008, leaving the field wide open for investors to buy property at what amounts to deeply discounted prices. While Jason Hartman isn’t ready to declare commercial...
May 1, 2013
Spiderman isn’t the only person with a sixth sense. Most of us have the ability, to a lesser or greater degree, to realize that something is just a little bit “off” about a particular set of circumstances. We should listen to our gut more often. It might be trying to...
Apr 22, 2013
Apparently, bilking landlords out of their hard-earned rental money was a special service provided by Bryan Talbott and Chester Ranson’s Washington D.C. area property management company. Back in January of 2012, the men pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud,...
