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Purchasing Real Estate using the SBA 504 Loan
For an owner occupied purchase of real estate a borrower espescially in today's economic climate should seriously consider the use of SBA Financing. Also if Congress passes the Recovery ACT proposals this amount may be increased to 5 Million for the 40% debenture, thus giving a much larger buying opportunity for Small Business
Commercial Real Estate Forecast: 2010 Stable - Bargain Hunters poised to take Advantage
The commercial real estate industry faces a dismal forecast for the next 5 years. Nationally, 2010 looks like an unavoidable tsunami of foreclosures and short sales for a multitude of borrowers, investors, and lenders – are the reports from the mainstream media. These less than positive predictions and negative economic conditions could create the opportunity of a lifetime for investors this year and next. The values of commercial real estate are at all-time cyclical lows, presenting one of the best acquisition environments this country has ever seen.
Recession Proof Real Estate
They’re often called recession-proof – steady investments that are inexpensive and easy to maintain with consistent profit margins. Not to mention, they’re one area of real estate that seems mostly unaffected, if not helped, by current rough market conditions. They’re storage units and people always need them. And all across the country, with a growing population that provides a constant supply of people in transit and in need of storage, they’re shooting up everywhere. Storage facilities require relatively low building and management costs.

Opportunities in Records Storage
Records storage and management is becoming a very popular ancillary service in the Self Storage Business. Many operators are discovering the benefit to their existing business of adding Records Management. Although not a new concept, it is growing in popularity as our industry looks to draw a broader customer base and generate additional revenue streams, thereby, lowering overall risk.

Myths and Investment Opportunities in Self Storage
Like all other real estate investments, self storage shares the same attractive qualities as residential rentals, apartments, retail strip centers, office buildings, and industrial properties. Those include leverage (borrowed money), tax advantages, passive income, personal control (being your own boss), and appreciation. However, self storage offers a number of benefits that make it such an attractive investment
My Five Principles to Success in Self Storage (or any business!)
The central focus of my company is to arm the self-storage investor with the specific tools necessary to identify potential acquisition candidates, to acquire and manage those facilities once they have identified them, to implement sound techniques for creating value, and finally, to capture all of that value through various exit strategies. The process by which all of this can be accomplished rests on five keys that I feel are crucial to success. These keys do not deal with the mechanical processes involved in buying and selling self storage facilities, but are grounded in principles that are fundamental to life itself. These laws deal with the human psyche and govern our thoughts, which in turn, direct our actions. The failure to understand these keys, which have proven to provide the foundation for success, continually result in ma
Investment Opportunities in Self Storage
Like all other real estate investments, self storage shares the same attractive qualities as residential rentals, apartments, retail strip centers, office buildings, and industrial properties. Those include leverage (borrowed money), tax advantages, passive income, personal control (being your own boss), and appreciation. However, self storage offers a number of benefits that make it such an attractive investment.

Introduction to Self Storage Development
Self storage has seen some dramatic changes over the last few decades it has been in existence, especially in the last 15 years. In 1993, there were approximately 21,300 self storage facilities in the United States. Today, that number has more than doubled, with industry experts reporting roughly 60,000 facilities. Those facilities comprise more than 1.7 billion rentable square feet of storage space.

Introduction to Self Storage
Self Storage Association Definition: Self Storage facilities are real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage spaces to tenants who are to have access to such space for the purpose of storing and removing personal property. They offer rental on a month-to-month basis of individual spaces where customers provide their own lock and have sole access to their space. Today’s typical storage facility may comprise several one or two-story buildings on two to 6 acres of land, or a multiple-story building, containing a carefully designed unit mix of spaces. The units typically range in size from 5X5 to 10X30 feet with 30,000 to 120,000 total rentable square feet of space.

How to Reduce Your Self Storage Customer Acquisition Costs
Think about the cost of acquiring this customer. What if it could cost less? What if it could lower your cost of acquisition by 20%? Think about how much money you spend on advertising. Yellow pages, magazines, newspapers, web, etc. Do you know the bottom line that each one of your mediums is bringing you? Do you know which is performing the best?
How to Create a Self Storage Business Plan
Now for many people, the thought of creating a business plan is akin to the fear of public speaking. However, it does not have to be such an unpleasant task, especially since we already have the information. Our personal financial statement, the project due diligence and the market analysis comprise just about all of the information needed. All we need to do is to organize this information into a coherent document. Our business plan is an opportunity to present ourselves and the deal in the best possible light. It is designed to give the lender an in-depth look at yourself as a borrower including your past successes, the reasons why this project is so strong, and the reasons it will succeed in this market. This will all be supported by facts from your research and due diligence.

Financing Your Self Storage Facility
Most types of investments won’t allow the use of high leverage using the securities themselves as collateral. This makes real estate investing somewhat unique in its use of financing. The use of leverage in real estate investments is a proven method to accelerate returns and create wealth. But one must be careful not to over-leverage. As we examine a few of the various types and sources of financing available for self storage facilities, I will also point out the dangers that can result from over-leverage and pitfalls of various financing structures.

Building a Self Storage Facility
All Across the United States, entrepreneurs are talking about the self storage business. The word is out that investing in the mini storage business can be very profitable. And it’s not just the experienced investors that have their eye on the Self Storage Business prize. With lower building and management costs than virtually all other real estate investments and a failure rate of around 7 percent, the self storage industry is drawing first-time business owners and investors alike.

Self Storage Feasibility Studies
So you’ve decided to get into the self-storage business by developing your own Self Storage Facility. Well the first step should be to locate a viable parcel of ground to develop. However, many investors find that determining an adequate site is a little more difficult than they imagined, and perhaps, should be done with the aid of an independent third party. Why? Because a feasibility study, conducted by a professional, will provide an in-depth analysis of the location to determine if it is viable for Self-Storage.
Time Management
The world’s most precious resource is not oil, gold, or the almighty dollar; it is time. Since it is a finite resource and no one knows how much time they are guaranteed, it is important to maximize efficiency in all of your business ventures.
The Commercial Real Estate Time Bomb
The deterioration resulting in a drop in commercial real estate values could result in over $1 trillion in upcoming headaches for financial institutions, investors and the administration, with the bulk of exposure concentrated at banks and insurance companies. The refinancing problem is the altogether entire current shut down in debt capital markets for assets, which affects all refinancings equally

Commercial Properties Being Written Down by 50%
The CCIM Institute and the Real Estate Research Corporation recently reported that the commercial real estate recovery has become dependent on, and stands precariously linked to, the re-pricing and deleveraging of property positions, and less contingent on access to capital, given that liquidity has returned to the commercial real estate markets, and in some cases, is scarily reminiscent of the pre-credit crisis capital market environment.

Banks Continue To Hold Back on Lending
The upshot of the recently posted new numbers is that it looks like banks will continue to restrict their commercial real estate lending for the near term.

Buy Mobile Home Parks - What Will You Tell Your Grandchildren if You Miss This Opportunity?
There has not been a better time to buy that mobile home park in the last decade. Due to problems in the commercial real estate lending market, prices for parks have plummeted over the last six months. Desperate sellers are dumping their parks at prices far less than construction cost. Just look at the prices on the site. Notice how many sellers have written on their price "must sell", "desperate", and "all reasonable offers accepted". And they are also advertising "seller financing available". It is, without question, a buyers market.

Why Buy a Mobile Home Park as Compared to Apartments and Other Types of Commercial and Investment Real Estate?
This article is an excerpt from the eBook, "Mobile Home Park Investing". This article highlights the advantages of investing in a mobile home park compared to other commercial real estate investment opportunities such as apartments.
Why Banks will continue to get Healthier!
You know things have gotten a lot better when one of the biggest concerns in the economy is commercial real estate, because six months ago this was something that was put to the back of the worry list and here it is at the fore-front.

Buying An Existing Business Part VI of IX
This is the VI Part of a IX Part series of articles discussing the buying of an existing, small business. In this article we offer suggestions and sources the buyer might employ in finding and purchasing a small, existing business.

Real Estate Commercial Loans?
When it comes to getting a commercial loan for real estate, you may be asking yourself the following questions: What is a real estate commercial loan? How do I get a commercial loan for real estate? What can I use a real estate commercial loans for? What terms and interest rates can I expect from a real estate commercial loan? What are the qualifications for a commercial loan for real estate? Are there loan limits for a real estate commercial loan? Where can I find a real estate commercial lender? Are there any government programs to help me get a real estate commercial loan? This article will answer all of those questions and more.

For Sale by Owner …Tips for Potential Buyers
The “for sale by owner” approach to selling valuable property is less commonly used for sale of commercial real estate and businesses than it is even used for residential real estate. From the buyer’s point of view, this usually would be more risky than buying a business when the seller is represented by a business broker.
IDENTIFY AND ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CENTRE OF INFLUENCE
How to generate a regular flow of new customers through networking with different influential people. How to grab the attention of potential business clients.

Other Commercial Real Estate Related Articles

Commercial Leasing
Leasing a commercial space instead of committing yourself to owning commercial real estate can be an excellent move, but there are fewer tenant-friendly laws and no standard lease agreements. You'll need a lawyer’s help to negotiate the best deal on a commercial lease.
Real Estate Commercial Loans?
When it comes to getting a commercial loan for real estate, you may be asking yourself the following questions: What is a real estate commercial loan? How do I get a commercial loan for real estate? What can I use a real estate commercial loans for? What terms and interest rates can I expect from a real estate commercial loan? What are the qualifications for a commercial loan for real estate? Are there loan limits for a real estate commercial loan? Where can I find a real estate commercial lender? Are there any government programs to help me get a real estate commercial loan? This article will answer all of those questions and more.

Commercial Property: 10 things to do
Jones Commercial wants to help you be successful with your Commercial Real Estate experience so have put together 10 things to do.
Earning a Living in Real Estate
Buying and selling real estate is an intricate business. You have to make sure you are always being proactive and on top of your game. Having a background in real estate will go along way in this business. When it comes to earning a living in real estate for a company or as an independent realtor, there are a few key things that you need to know in order to be successful. This information will ensure that you sell homes faster and for more money. Learning more about real estate practices will guarantee you a thriving and profitable experience that will benefit you in all ways possible.
We had TARP for residential, now comes commercial
The residential collapse has contributed to a record number of bank failures. Now banks are seeing commercial lending problems rise, centered around commercial real estate. Bankers, industry analysts and observers widely expect first-quarter 2009 data — scheduled to be released in the next few weeks as part of many lenders’ first-quarter reports — to signal a continued escalation in loan defaults from all forms of commercial borrowers, from the real estate at office parks, shopping centers and commercial building space to more traditional business borrowers. State banks, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data, reported a 15 percent increase in non-farm, non-residential loans — the regulators’ definition for all commercial loans — as nonaccrual loans within the last 90 days of 2008.
How To Achieve Massive Profits From Real Estate
You can achieve massive profits from real estate in two ways. You can get involved in the physical real estate, in which you can buy and sell real estate properties, or simply become an agent and sell estate properties. You can also become an online agent and sell virtual real estate properties.
Commercial Real Estate Forecast: 2010 Stable - Bargain Hunters poised to take Advantage
The commercial real estate industry faces a dismal forecast for the next 5 years. Nationally, 2010 looks like an unavoidable tsunami of foreclosures and short sales for a multitude of borrowers, investors, and lenders – are the reports from the mainstream media. These less than positive predictions and negative economic conditions could create the opportunity of a lifetime for investors this year and next. The values of commercial real estate are at all-time cyclical lows, presenting one of the best acquisition environments this country has ever seen.
Commercial Properties Being Written Down by 50%
The CCIM Institute and the Real Estate Research Corporation recently reported that the commercial real estate recovery has become dependent on, and stands precariously linked to, the re-pricing and deleveraging of property positions, and less contingent on access to capital, given that liquidity has returned to the commercial real estate markets, and in some cases, is scarily reminiscent of the pre-credit crisis capital market environment.

For Sale by Owner …Tips for Potential Buyers
The “for sale by owner” approach to selling valuable property is less commonly used for sale of commercial real estate and businesses than it is even used for residential real estate. From the buyer’s point of view, this usually would be more risky than buying a business when the seller is represented by a business broker.
Reasons To Invest In Commercial Real Estate
Real estate has always been, and still is a great long-term investment. While the residential real estate market has been in a slump for quite some time now, the commercial real estate market continues to thrive for a number of reasons. Investing in a commercial property is an excellent choice for both tax savings and growing your bottom line.
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