Even tho we have electronic devices that can do damn near everything, one of the most important things you can do is talk to people.

My 9-5 job also involves significant interaction with a couple of the major commercial real estate players, Colliers International, Kidder Mathews, and CBRE.

Seattle Daily Journal of CommercePuget Sound Business JournalSeattle Times Business section is usually worth scanning.For commercial real estate overviews, I have regular contact due to my W-2 with CBRE, Kidder Mathews, and Colliers International.

I am currently reading What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow by Frank Gallinelli. I just finished Chapter 5: Measuring the Return on a Real Estate Investment and yes my brain hurts, but in a gr...

They do background checks for $15 and also have an internal check with information shared among the members throughout the years.

I'm from the UK and a lot of people here seem to think that investing in real estate here would be a bad idea, especially doing the kind of thing I want to do in the future -buying and renting out each room to either international or local students.

I don't know if they will consider your foreign owned property as leverage but I remember the documentation stating something about using your 'international credit history' based on your global finances.

For instance, commercial apartment investors may look for Cap Rate and IRR (Internal Rate of Return), whereas a multifamily residential investor may want to know ROI and Cash-on-Cash return.

Depending on the size of the brokerage they might market properties internally for a few weeks to their lists and the really good clients even before then with a basic one page flyer.Buyer broker and listing brokers do not want to work with flaky or indecisive buyers.

I currently intern for his brokerage company and he has been nothing short of incredible.