Archive for March 2010

Phoenix Retail Sucking Wind

Tweet The Phoenix Business Journal published a not-so-surprising article this past Friday about the state of retail shopping centers in the Phoenix MSA.  The article paints a dismal picture for the state of retail in Phoenix. According to David Wetta, director of Marcus & Millichap’s national retail group, there are 1,753 retail properties in the [...]

The Answer to an Age Old Question Finally Confirmed

Tweet You can figure out the question being answered on your own. (Hint: It is the title of the video.)

Titles at Commercial Real Estate Brokerages

Tweet Have you ever given any thought to the relevance of individual titles at commercial real estate brokerage companies? There are numerous different titles that companies bestow on their agents. I have always wondered what they mean and why they actually exist being that brokerage companies are just about the most horizontally intergrated businesses of [...]

A Story About Idiocy

Tweet Andrew Zezas, author of the blog Corporate Advisor recently published a post about a couple of brokers operating on the wrong side of the line.  You can read his post here.  In this day and age, how does someone think they can get away with shady practices without being called out in a very [...]

Are CAP Rates Heading Back Down?

Tweet That is a pretty broad question.  I can’t say for sure for every single product type nor do I really care about CAP Rate trends for multi-tenant office/industrial/multi-family/etc. buildings in the midwest/south/east/etc.  I can make an intelligent guess and say no, CAP Rates are not heading back down, they are continuing to rise – [...]

Another CREOBA Post

Tweet I have been receiving numerous emails from CREOBA every single day for a very long time and just archiving them for some future post or action that I have yet to think of.  Today’s email does require a quick mention though.  Apparently, CREOBA has decided to start offering their hugely valuable (ha!) courses via [...]

Follow-Up Post to the Stupidest Marketing Headline Post

Tweet This post is a short follow-up post to the one I wrote on February 5th about the marketing email I received stating the price would be reduced by $150,000 every two weeks until the property was sold.  True to his word, Mr. Pollard has reduced the offering price of the property by $300,000 (per [...]

Sale/Leaseback Article from Phoenix Business Journal

Tweet This article published on Friday, February 26th, 2010 is quite possibly one of the worst articles you will ever read discussing the merits of a sale/leaseback transaction.  I feel sorry for the brokers quoted in the publication.  It feels like the author chopped up their quotes and used them where she thought best rather [...]