ASSIGNMENTS OF RENTS – Lenders Beware!
“How can you have any pudding, if you don’t eat your meat?” Pink Floyd Assignments of Rents. Here’s a topic that doesn’t pop up in light conversation very often. Assignments of Rents. Virtually every...
View ArticleAsset Protection – Lessons Learned
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today.” Chinese proverb For nearly 35 years, I have represented commercial real estate investors, developers and...
View ArticleKeys to Closing A Commercial Real Estate Transaction
Commercial Real Estate Closings Anyone who thinks closing a commercial real estate transaction is a clean, easy, stress-free undertaking has never closed a commercial real estate transaction. Expect...
View ArticlePERFECT SELLER – Selling Commercial Real Estate
Tips on Selling Commercial Real Estate Sellers are funny people. Not “ha ha” funny, but funny in the sense that they sometimes have an odd way of looking at things when they are selling commercial...
View ArticleBOTTOM FEEDERS – A Leading Economic Indicator?
Bottom Feeders – and Bottom Feeder Funds – Our New BFF? Bottom feeders have a distasteful reputation with some – but, truth be told, they are among the most reliable leading economic indicators of...
View ArticleCREC Capital Markets Review – CHICAGO
May 14, 2013: The Chicago Real Estate Council hosted a panel of experts during a lunch meeting today to discuss the current state of commercial real estate industry capital markets. The panel was...
View ArticleICSC RECON 2013 UPDATE – Things Are Happening Now!
May 20, 2013. ICSC RECON UPDATE. Today was an exhausting but productive day. My Fitbit recorded nearly 20,000 steps, or roughly 8.75 miles covered. My feet hurt, so I believe it. It was great to see...
View ArticleREAFFIRMED: LLC Members Do NOT Have Interest in LLC Property
Court Reaffirms that LLC Members Are Separate From the LLC and DO NOT Have An Ownership Interest In The LLC’s Property. Therefore Member Can File Lien. Just a brief post regarding LLC Property: On...
View ArticleDancing with Gorillas – Roulette – and CRE Litigation
The Time to Decide – Commercial Real Estate Litigation A sage once said, “The time to worry about where the ball will drop is before the wheel is spun”. He was speaking about roulette, of course, but...
View ArticleFrom Tampa Bay Business Journal – Crownfunding Rules Approved by SEC
Shared from the Tampa Bay Business Journal Crowdfunding creates some very interesting opportunities for small businesses, including small real estate related businesses. Stay tuned . . . SEC finally...
View ArticleKeys Rules For Section 1031 Exchanges
This is the second installment of a three-part series on Section 1031 like-kind exchanges. Part 1 explained WHY you should consider use of a Section 1031 like-kind exchange when selling commercial or...
View ArticleValue Investing vs. Momentum Investing
As the commercial real estate market begins to pick up steam, beware the urge to follow a “momentum” investment strategy rather that a “value” investment strategy. Momentum investing relies on market...
View ArticlePOP QUIZ! — Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence
I read once that if you took all the lawyers in the world and laid them end to end along the equator — it would be a good idea to leave them there. That’s what I read. What do you […] The post POP...
View ArticleDUE DILIGENCE CHECKLISTS for Commercial Real Estate Transactions
2015 Update: Are you planning to purchase, finance, develop or redevelop any of the following types of commercial real estate in the USA? Shopping Center Office building Large...
View ArticleICSC RECon2015 Takeaway: A Tale of Two Shows
A Tale of Two Shows ICSC RECon2015 is done. While it was not a reflection of the best of times, nor of the worst of times, there was a distinct dichotomy between the Big Money Interests and the rest of...
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