Los Angeles Rising: Trending Neighborhoods and Rising Value
Los Angeles is an ever-changing landscape – ever growing, ever developing and ever expanding. As new streams of residents enter the dense urban landscape, developers are continually building to meet the increasing demand for accessible housing. As cranes dance around Downtown Los Angeles’ skyline, developments continue to pop up in trending hot-spots like Echo Park, […]
Real Estate 101: How To Be A Better Buyer
It’s tough for buyers to be fully aware of what they’re entering into when investing in real estate. Whether it be a shortage of marketing materials, a lack of knowledge on all the factors of a building, or an underwriter leaving out a lease clause, buyers should be prepared to face a number of challenges. […]
Industry Changing Insights from ICSC RECon
ICSC’s 2018 RECon Global Retail Real Estate Convention hosted the world’s largest global gathering of retail real estate professionals, among whom industry acumen and insights were shared and discussed. We answered questions like “What is the future of malls and power centers?” “How will technology play a role in maintaining a competitive advantage for retail […]
Maximizing Communication Through the Marketing Process
Communication is one of the roots to successful project management, and the main difference between a project running smoothly or a project filled with missed deadlines and avoidable bottlenecks. One of the areas with a high probability for communication to affect process and productivity is in the creation of marketing collateral and marketing campaigns. Process, […]
Market Trends and Volatility on Real Estate Values
Assessing market cycles and risk is a necessary component of any investment strategy. Whether in a positive or negative cycle, there are opportunities in real estate beyond the “buy low; sell high” saying, depending upon long-term goals. However, it is much easier to assess previous trends. It is difficult to predict the future; otherwise, everyone […]
The Real Estate “Occupy Movement” : The Last 10%
The Occupy Movement The Occupy Movement started in 2011 when an activist blogger in New York started a Tumblr post entitled “We Are The 99 Percent” with a focus on income inequality, among other things, and spawned the Occupy Wall Street and other Occupy events at that time. The blog was inspired in part by […]
Top Five Considerations to Make When Purchasing Corporations that Hold Real Estate
Our team has recently been assigned the task of selling 100% of the shares of an S corporation which holds real estate assets. This opportunity brought up a challenge in assessing the benefits and risks of holding real estate in a corporation as opposed to an LLC or a sole proprietorship, and the tax implications […]
The Future of Drone Technology in Commercial Real Estate
The Technical Advances of Drone Usage Across Industries Technology advances so quickly it often feels faster than it should. As a professional in my thirties, I have lived through the advent of home internet and the progression of dial-up to wifi; pagers progress to the handheld technological magic we commonly refer to as our smartphones; […]
Assessing the Risk of Commercial Cannabis and Real Estate
2018 brought about the legalization of recreational cannabis to California, providing a wealth of opportunities. Many of these opportunities, however, translate to risk. This new industry, in its wild west phase, has created a wave of disruption and is even effecting today’s commercial real estate landscape. Join us as we discuss title, debt, appraisals,leasing and […]