The Unique Real Estate Blog

If you are an experienced hotel operator, you will know that acquiring hotel assets can be quite challenging these days. REITS and private equity firms have a lot of cash burning a hole in their pockets and stay zeroed in on the hotel market. This is pushing the demand up for hotels and keeping prices high. The problem that is occurring is that the returns investors would like to get are being squeezed. The credit crunch is causing new loans to be valued at higher interest rates and lower loan to value. This translates to higher down payments and less cash to take home at the end of the year. This should push the price of hotels down eventually because Wall Street backed loans were readily available at 6% interest and even below to make even expensive hotel purchases cash flow out for the investor. Right now Wall Street is trying to figure out just what they want so it may take a few months for the market for those loans to settle and it will definitely not be as liberal as before.

I’m sure you already know that the residential real estate market has all but dried up. Oh sure, there are residential investors out there waiting like vultures to profit off of some poor homeowner’s foreclosure misfortune but the one area of real estate investing that is hot right now is commercial real estate.

Commercial real estate investment is an industry of abundance. There is literally an unlimited amount of money available to people who want to borrow it. So much, in fact, that you can literally purchase millions of dollars worth of commercial property without using one dollar of your own money!

Working in the commercial property field advising commercial landlords has opened my eyes to some horrific mistakes made by commercial organisations and individuals when taking a lease of commercial property. In my experience the Top Ten biggest mistakes made by Tenants when taking a lease of a commercial property are as follows:

A loan in which real estate is used as collateral - a guarantee that the loan will be repaid and on time - is usually called a commercial mortgage. While it is much like a residential mortgage, the difference is simply that the collateral and the building purchased with the mortgage is used for commercial rather than residential purposes.

With the commercial property market booming across much of the western world, and emerging economies providing many investment opportunities, there has never been a better time to invest in commercial property.

The biggest single challenge facing developers with potential commercial projects is actually getting them funded.

You have been investing in residential properties for some time now and you feel like you can make the jump to investing in commercial real estate. This could be true, but keep in mind that investing in commercial real estate is far more risky and more expensive than investing in the residential real estate that you are used to. Because it is riskier, it normally can make you more profit. There are positives and negatives to investing in commercial real estate.

Commercial real estate investing can be a scary and daunting task, and in most cases you need a lot of money to get started. However if you can get the financing in place and the property fits your situation, you can regain that money fairly quickly. Multi Unit investments are probably the best properties to purchase if you are a real estate investor.

Any real estate agent, whether new to the game, or veteran player, knows how important it is to have leads. Leads are not always easy to come by, but since the invention of the internet, they are easier than many agents make them out to be.

After owning your commercial property for several years, it’s time for you to sell the property. There are a few things you should know and consider before listing your property.