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Notably, in contrast to historical accelerations in transaction activity each year, 2023 investment activity shuffled sideways, with each quarter contributing roughly $13 billion to the annual total.Among the varying price points in the retail investment market, two major strategies characterize today's capital markets environment.

In the Base Case scenario, cap rates continue to march higher over the next four to eight quarters, placing downward pressure on prices.Here are several graphs illustrating the current industrial market in Los Angeles County:Full Los Angeles County Commercial Industrial Market Report Here: https://d2saw6je89goi1.cloudfront.net/uploads/digital_asset/file/1183592/Los_Angeles_-_CA_-USA-Industrial-Capital_Market-2024-01-15_compressed.pdf

The fourth quarter witnessed $802 million worth of office properties transact, well under the $1.7 billion worth of office sales that traded quarterly, on average, during the past decade in the metro.Acute market weakness in most segments of the local office market, combined with long-term questions around the future trajectory for space use, have dented investor interest in office properties in the metro.

My advice would be not to wait until you need access to credit to ensure you have access to credit.A practice we have added to our operations in the past couple of years is to have a quarterly/semi-annual tête à tête with our lenders to review our portfolio, update them on our operations and {acquisition} planning and lay the groundwork for any forthcoming access to new/additional credit facilities. 

With the S-Corp there's quarterly payroll that you have to report, you pay yourself a reasonable salary and so on.

Initial estimates of transaction volume in 2023 suggest that a little less than $35 billion traded hands last year, a level reminiscent of the post-Global Financial Crisis recovery.As quarterly sales volumes have dipped below the pandemic's lowest points, 2023 sales volumes fell nearly 60% below 2022 levels, mirroring figures from 2010.

If my company hosted a real estate lunch meet up monthly or quarterly, what would entice you to participate?