A concise explanation of Cost Segregation is provided by David Cavin and Jeremy Weaver in an article called Cost Segregation Advantage.
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A development group in Winston-Salem, NC is taking vacant big box stores and converting them to climate-controlled self storage facilities! I wonder how the city planner’s would embrace such an idea?!
To read the full excerpt please follow this link to the May/June publication of Commercial Investment Real Estate magazine, the magazine of [...]

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Another great meeting hosted by First American Title in their San Jose office. Kari Noomen (#1 Funding Team in the Nation- WOW! Congrats Kari) of WAMU, kari.noomen@wamu.net shared her insights from her crystal ball. My notes on her comments include:

WAMU has increased the amount of lending money for 2008.
Fixed Rate mortgages are tied to the Bond Market (increasing [...]

Marketing Session (mentored by Pete Chrzaszcz “Shunz”): The conversations between listing agents and myself focused on the gap between sellers expectations and buyers willingness to pay. Discussions ensued on how to uncover hidden values that might otherwise been overlooked. Numerous properties were presented- some coastal locations that clearly were choice locations and thus commanding of price. Various product [...]

The Current State of the Silicon Valley’s Commercial Real Estate Market:
An Insiders’ View

A panel of brokers from CCIM and the Silicon Valley talks about the commerical real estate market
in the Silicon Valley at this meeting of the Silicon Valley District of NCalCCIM.

Moderated by Pete Chrzaszcz, President, Commercial Masterminds,
and Mario Pinedo, CCIM, Intero Real Estate.
 The panelists [...]

This month our guest speaker was Jim McMasters, Senior Retail specialist for Colliers International. Jim shared his insights on the retail market- Jim reported “the market is remarkable”! Many retailers are struggling with the lack of consumer confidence and disposable income. I see the same as I receive 15 to 20 emails a day (up from [...]

The East Bay Economic Development Alliance posted their first quarter indicators for 2008.
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The Top 5 Retail categories experiencing highest closure rates as reported by ICSC Research:

Home Furnishings and Furniture
Home Entertainment
Apparel
Drugstores
Footwear

To read the full excerpt please follow this link to the May/June publication of Commercial Investment Real Estate magazine, the magazine of the CCIM Institute.
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