Commercial Real Estate Investment: What is the Right Offer?
When you are thinking about making a commercial real estate investment, you need to figure out how to make the right offer. Okay… you have the “cap rate” and the asking price and you know what kind of annual return you want on your money but what offer do you need to make? The problem …
What is CCIM? Why is it called the “MBA” for commercial brokers?
What is CCIM? The letters CCIM stand for “Certified Commercial Investment Manager“. It is also known as the “MBA” designation for commercial real estate. What is involved in obtaining a CCIM? – First there’s a 1-day “Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Investment”. The 1-day introduction gives you a feel for the complete process. Then follows …
Fundamentals: What is the difference between “Cap Rate” & “IRR”?
This is definitely something worth knowing! People are always asking ‘What is the difference between “Cap Rate” & “IRR”?’ Firstly, what is “Cap Rate” – it stands for “Capitalization Rate”. To arrive at the Cap Rate one does the following: – tally up all the income a property produces for the owner – tally …
Case Study: Buying a Commercial Retail Investment
I closed another great commercial investment deal for a client last week. Here’s the case study: 1. THE CLIENT The client was a Mexican National that is now living in The Woodlands. A successful executive with commercial investments in Mexico but that wanted to find a good investment here in the US. 2. THE …
Site Selection says Houston is # 1
Houston is # 1 and it’s the fastest-growing economy in North America and is producing more corporate real estate projects than any other city in the U.S. Greater Houston, which in 2011 secured 195 corporate facility expansion projects, is increasing the size of its metropolitan economy at a rate that leads every other metro …
Retail Shopping Centers – How to analyze the deal
Buying retail shopping centers for investment is a great way to invest. Shopping centers anchored by a grocery store is an even better deal. Why? Well, everyone has to eat at some point and, when they do, they go to the grocery store to buy milk, bread, eggs, whatever. That provides an incredibly consistent …
Owning a Business – Five reasons why it’s better to buy an existing business.
With Houston showing such phenomenal growth over the last few years more and more people are interested in owning a business of their own. The question is, do you create a new business or do you buy an existing business? It’s in fact much better to buy an existing business than it is to …
Buying a Business in The Woodlands, TX – What are the steps?
You are thinking of buying a business in The Woodlands, TX, now what? Well… first we have to find someone that is interested in selling a business. Most businesses are sold very privately… business owners do not want it known that a business is for sale as it could affect current business performance…. clients …
E2 Visa – A great way to start US residency
Many people are looking to move to the US for all sorts of different reasons. You can, of course, easily fly to the US on a visitor’s visa but to then be able to stay here it would not be a good idea to try that with a visitor’s visa. To do that would …