Posts Tagged ‘Commercial Real Estate’

Titles at Commercial Real Estate Brokerages

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 [...]

Are CAP Rates Heading Back Down?

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 – industry-wide.  [...]

Another CREOBA Post

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 webinar!  [...]

Follow-Up Post to the Stupidest Marketing Headline Post

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 email [...]

Sale/Leaseback Article from Phoenix Business Journal

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 than [...]

Quite Simply, The Stupidest Marketing Headline You Will Ever See

I’m not sure I have the words to describe this.  I will say that I am constantly amazed at how many people operate in our industry that have absolutely no clue what they are doing.

WTF?  In 19 weeks the property should be free!
How exactly does this headline help get this property sold?  Way to [...]

Holiday CRE Video

Enjoy.

(HT – Calculated Risk)

Since When Is Offering A Cooperating Broker Fee A Selling Point?

The image below is from an email blast sent out by a brokerage firm selling a retail property in Southern California.  Really, “Cooperating Broker Fee Offered” is your number #1 selling point?  I have cropped out the distinguishing portions of the image to protect the identity of the offending brokerage.

Last time I checked, offering [...]

Top 10 Phrases Not Heard from Developers Since 2007

I’ve put together a list of the top 10 phrases that I have not heard for quite some time from developers.  Please feel free to add any others you come up with in the comments.
#10 "I’m a preferred developer for Rite Aid."
#9  "We have excellent banking relationships, financing is not an issue."
#8  "There are thousands [...]

Shhhhh! Don’t Tell Anyone

This must be very confidential if these brokers are using a Property Line email blast to the whole world to get the word out!  The subject line of the email was “4 Highly Confidential Listings”