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There is a wide spectrum of lease types in commercial real estate. To make it easier to communicate with others, it is not uncommon for complicated leases to be described using simple language. The ‘double net lease’ in commercial real estate is a term that describes a certain type of lease agreement, but it’s not always as simple as it might sound. In this article we’ll take a closer look at the …

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There’s no doubt about it, construction lending is tough.  From changing interest rates, long lead times, and freak weather events, there are a myriad of risks that can derail a project.  However, from a lender’s perspective, there’s one risk that is top of mind when making a construction loan - the borrower’s ability to make their loan payments during the construction term. To protect …

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Every investment involves a certain amount of risk. There are certain general sources of risk that influence all assets – things like geopolitical risk and global macroeconomic risk. What makes each asset unique is the level of sensitivity that its rate of return has to those risks. In addition, specific types of assets have risks that are uniquely their own. In this article, we’ll look at eleven …

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