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Here Is How Risky and Troubled Properties Can Be Opportunities
This month's newsletter has just been released! Check out the latest tips for tenants and users of commercial real estate space.
In this issue...
Risky And Troubled Properties Can Be Opportunities
In any market, good or bad, there are always problem properties. Most are only troubled or problem properties because of the current ownership. Some may be neglected only because the present owner has failed to do fairly simple things that can solve the problems. Buying property and solving problems is a profit-making business....
Upgrading Older Buildings For Profit
One of the ways to increase income and value is to upgrade an older property. In every community, anyone who looks can usually find a number of commercial buildings, apartments or offices that need to be modernized. Some are for sale because the present owner may not recognize the increased return that they could get or do not want to make a further investment. The property might be purchased at a bargain price that is based on the current cash return....
Considerations In Ground Leasing
Landowners may choose the ground lease as a way to benefit as an easy and risk-free investment vehicle and as a way to secure the long-term appreciation of the property. Sometimes a ground lease can put the lessor at risk. That is because the deal centers on the concept of sharing economic returns. The lessor becomes a partner of the lessee because the total rent is usually determined by the lessee's net operating income or net cash flow. If the lessee does well, the lessor does too. However, if the lessee's business is a loser, so is the lessor....
Financing Your Development
When an investor purchases land to build on, the next step is land development and financing. “Land development” cannot be precisely defined; generally, it refers to the physical, legal, and engineering processes needed to convert raw land to land (or lots) on which buildings can be placed...
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Comments (1)
RE 101........buy the ugliest house on the street.
James Wise, over 10 years ago