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Cash on Cash Return: A Beginner’s Guide

Understanding the cash on cash return in commercial real estate is important when you are evaluating investment real estate transactions. What is the cash on cash return, and how do you calculate it for a commercial property? What are the nuances and limitations of the cash on cash return? In this article, we’ll tackle these questions …

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How to Create a Commercial Real Estate Marketing Package that Sells

After winning a new listing, the first step in any CRE marketing plan is to build a commercial real estate marketing package. But if you go on Loopnet or pull up some random marketing email blasts, it’s amazing what some brokers try to get away with. Most commercial real estate marketing packages are really bad, especially …

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What You Should Know About the Discount Rate

The discount rate is one of the most frequently confused components of discounted cash flow analysis.  What exactly is the discount rate, and how does it work? What discount rate should I use in my analysis? These are all important questions to ask, and this article will explain the answers in detail. Read on for …

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U.S. Employment Growth Trends by State

Here’s our latest infographic on the jobs recovery. This infographic  shows job growth by state over the past month, year, 3 and 5 year periods. As visualized in the charts below, employment growth has been positive over the past few years, but in most states there’s still a long way to go.

Obtain Your CCIM Designation to Set Yourself Apart from the Crowd

A CCIM designation sets you apart from other commercial real estate professionals, establishes you as an expert in the field of commercial investment real estate and helps you achieve success in your chosen field. If you have been thinking of earning your Certified Commercial Investment Member designation but wanted to dig a little deeper before …

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Understanding the Full Service Lease in Commercial Real Estate

The full service lease is a commonly used lease structure in the commercial real estate industry. Unfortunately the term “full service lease” can mean different things depending on who you talk to or what part of the world you are in. In this article we’ll take a deep dive into the full service lease and …

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How Commercial Construction Loans Work

Securing a commercial construction loan for various types of commercial real estate can be a difficult process to navigate. This post will shed some light on commercial construction loans and demystify the lending process. Commercial Construction Loans and Lenders The construction loan process begins when a developer submits a loan request with a lender. Construction …

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9 Elements of Highly Effective Commercial Real Estate Marketing Plans

After you win a listing for a commercial property the real work begins. You now need to deliver on your promise of selling the property for the highest price possible in the least amount of time. To keep your client happy, you also need to make the process stress-free for all parties involved. Want some …

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Understanding the Difference Between NPV vs IRR

Understanding the difference between the net present value (NPV) versus the internal rate of return (IRR) is critical for anyone making investment decisions using a discounted cash flow analysis. Yet, this is one of the most commonly misunderstood concepts in finance and real estate. This post will help you understand the difference between NPV vs …

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