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"Falling Cap Rates Hit the Red Zone -- With Cap Rates Having Fallen About as Low as They Can Go, Investors Must Be Prepared To Alter Buying Strategies"
(author and source unknown)
"The spectacular rise in property values that has largely fueled the buying frenzy within commercial real estate over the past three years has resulted in investors flipping properties for big gains, in many cases after buying and holding them for just months instead of years.
"At the same time, a new report notes, cap rates for almost all property types have been doing the Limbo, and now they’ve gone about as low as they can go..."
"Trump: The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received"
100 Top Experts Share Their Strategies"
"Believe in the Market" by Harvey Green, CEO of Marcus and Milichap
"As a young man, just of the army, I began my real estate career almost by accident, or because I lacked other inspiring career choices.
"I entered the business as a striving broker, as a result of great mentoring I received from my brother-in-law, who was a father figure and a person whose business and life experiences I respected. His initial good advise of getting into the industry as a broker quickly overshadowed by what he told me shortly afterward. The best advice he gave me was simply to be in the real estate market as an investor and to believe in the market..."
"Defeasance 101"
by Janell Otis, Real Estate Southern California, September, 2006
"Chances are you’ve been hearing a great deal about defeasance lately. Why? The majority of fixed rate loans securitized in the commercial mortgages-backed securities (CMBS) market originated after 1998 prohibit a cash prepayment and require that the loans be defeased in order for the borrow to sell or refinance.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Put simply, defeasance is just a substitution of collateral..."
"Markets: Real Estate, Stocks Bump Up Net Worth"
from The Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2005, Business; Part C; Business Desk
"The Fed said total assets owned by households were worth $59.2 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter. Subtracting total debt of $10.7 trillion left the net worth figure of $48.5 trillion.
"The gross value of residential real estate was $17.2 trillion at the end of the quarter, up from $15.1 trillion a year earlier, the Fed said. Subtracting mortgage debt of $7.5 trillion, ..."
"Los Angeles' Race for Space"
by John Battle, Jeffrey Morgan, Laurie Lustig-Bower and Bert Abel, Western Real Estate Business, February, 2005
"The Los Angeles commercial real estate investment market continues to exhibit a great deal of activity, with lots of dollars chasing a limited amount of properties. Low interest rates have produced a condo craze in the multifamily sector, and lifestyle centers are a hit in the retail market. Industrial space is in great demand..."
"Western Finance: Value & Variety
Southern California's a great place to be selling these days."
by David Sonnenblick and Elliot Eichner, Western Real Estate Business, Volume 2, Issue 4, December, 2004
" 'Go west young man' was the famous adage attributed to Horace Greeley. If he were alive today -- and if he were privy to some of the same information that we are -- Mr. Greeley might well have amended his remarks to, 'Go west and buy institutional real estate.'..."
"Real Estate & Rental Advertising -- How to get the most response from your classified real estate and rental advertising"
reproduced by Stewart Title of California, Los Angeles Division, 800-821-8685
"Ten Point Guide to Successful Real Estate Ad Writing... Factors Important to Prospective Home Buyers and Tenants... Headline Ideas for Your Real Estate & Rental Advertising... Real Estate Word Selector..."
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