Summary: All commercial real estate investors should grasp the objectives, risks, and rewards of each stage in a property’s life cycle. This summary of the main phases of a CRE property’s life cycle can help you decide on an exit strategy. No matter how actively or passively you want to participate in your investment, all […]
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Real Estate Cycles: The Local Cycle – Part 4 of 4 By analyzing property type and geography, incorrect investment decisions may be avoided. In this fourth and last edition of a four-part series, we will analyze where we are in the cycle and how you may use this information to make investment choices. Part 1:
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Real estate developers use Waterfall calculations to compute payouts to investors over the life cycle of a project. Since the advent of real estate crowdfunding, there have been considerable alterations in how they are organized, with significant repercussions. As the proverbial tail wags the dog, one tendency involves investors dictating how sponsors underwrite and market
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With the economy on solid ground and remarkable recovery from the Great Recession, it’s no surprise that the Fed has tightened monetary policy over the last year. At its September meeting, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time this year, bringing them to 2.18 percent. Even though rising interest rates tend to
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Part 1: Dr. David Geltner’s interview The author of the world’s most cited real estate textbook looks into the future. Not “if,” but “when” will there be another recession. It is critical to safeguard your portfolio to maintain your net worth. What will the next recession bring? Speaking with you is an honor for me,
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The parallels to the years preceding the 1972 “Apartment Recession” are startling. If history repeats itself, the outcome will be hugely damaging. Class-A Loses Glamour Real estate investors could use a straightforward generalization for decades. In prosperous times, Class A apartments—the newest, priciest, and with the highest rents—performed the best and suffered the least in
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