When you’re an owner facing a vacancy or a significant vacancy percentage in one of your properties, you may be at a crossroads. You could be considering selling the property, but it may make more sense to try and find a new tenant or tenants, even if that means repositioning the asset. Before deciding whether to sell or lease the facility, there are 10 questions you should ask yourself, Chris Roth, a principal and shareholder with Lee & Associates in Carlsbad, CA, tells

China, Canada, and Mexico were top countries of origin of international buyers Despite a slowing in the California housing market and appreciation of the U.S. dollar in 2014, international home-buying activity continued its momentum, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ (C.A.R.) “2014 International Home Buyers Survey.” The survey showed that one of six (14 percent) participating REALTORS® closed a transaction with an international client, unchanged from the p

Some people who invest in investment real estate do so as a full-time endeavor. This is because being a real estate investor can take a great deal of time and work. First, one must find a reasonably-priced property that can be improved upon for sale. Then, one must purchase the property, while taking into account any bureaucratic, financial, or legal entanglements attached to the property. Afterwards, the person must plan and carry out repairs, all while trying not to go over

Commercial real estate partnerships can be the best way for beginning investors or those who know little about commercial real estate to make money in the market today. At this point in time commercial real estate is the only way to make quick money since the bottom has pretty much fallen out of the residential real estate market. When seeking commercial real estate partnerships, you want to find out as much about the partnership as possible. While some people choose to inves

Investing in commercial real estate is quite lucrative if you are an intelligent investor, who has a property purchase plan from the beginning. Before you ever make a move to begin the purchase process, it is wise to take a look at the property to project the potential value of your investment. Not all valuation methods are created equal Before discussing the actual valuation of commercial property, it is prudent to know the different methods of real estate valuation. The fir

Today's world economy is changing. More and more people are turning to the internet for their goods and services. As our ability to transport goods across international borders increases exponentially, the world is truly becoming as small as a tiny computer monitor screen. Faced with the prospect of competing with online vendors, what can today's business do to offer a clear and attractive alternative? The key is, and always will be, the customer experience. As the old adage

A critical part of your success as a real estate investor is your ability to obtain the financing you need to fund your real estate activities, so it's imperative that your credit score be as high as possible. Regardless of what your score is right now, it can almost always be higher. Here are three powerful ways to quickly boost your credit score and increase the likelihood that you'll always be able to get your loan applications approved, without losing your sanity: Pay You