A great opportunity presents itself today for businesses to invest in commercial real estate. The economy is right for lending to businesses. Acquisition of commercial property especially owner occupied property is easier due to the changes in the underwriting guidelines. Lending to businesses that have a...

Business owners often contemplate whether they should own the building their business occupies or lease it. Commonsense would dictate that the entrepreneur should buy their facility and “pay themselves” rent and thus build long term equity. Large decision like this, however are rarely that simple...

Successful people everywhere will tell you that you must create goals that are specific and measurable; and that you have to write those goals down to increase your chances of achieving them. Becoming an investor requires that you have an investment plan, which is very much like a goal, and that you have all...

Many people shy away from investing in commercial property because they think it must be complicated, out of their price range, or simply unattainable based on their level of knowledge at the time. Even people who have been successful in residential real estate investment are sometimes intimidated at the...

It would be a clear understatement to say that property developers are having a hard time at the moment, being at the forefront of the credit crunch and a falling property market. It is all too easy to purchase a site based on assumptions about final sales values that, as planning and development proceed,...