Commercial Real Estate

Eight Big Mistakes to Avoid When Negotiating a Lease for Your Business

Melody Stevens | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Commercial Lease, Small Business, Negotiations, Real Estate, Legal, Contracts, Business Lease, Small Business Lease, Commercial Real Estate, Small Business News

It's no secret to business owners that there are great deals to be had in this tenant-friendly economic climate. However, if you combine inexperience, emotion, and an inflexible landlord, you have a recipe for some disastrous decisions.

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Shopping Malls Aren't Dead for the One Percent

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Sears, Luxury Spending, Dead Malls, Kmart, Mall at Short Hills, Taubman Center, Income Inequality, Luxury Goods, Wage Gap, Malls, Beverly Center, Commercial Real Estate, Shopping Malls, Upscale Mall, Business News

In a still-ailing economy, shopping centers are the latest incarnations of the widening wealth gap. Indeed, go to a luxury mall owned by Taubman C...

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U.S. Remains Top 2012 Property Investment Pick, Survey Finds

Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Commercial US Property, Video, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Housing, Commercial Property, United States Housing, Brazil Housing, Business News

NEW YORK (Ilaina Jonas) - The United States will remain the top choice of most global commercial real estate investors in 2012, but the country ha...

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More Than a Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria Talks Activism

Avital Binshtock | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Clean Alternative Energy Program, Children, Epa, Beso, Agriculture, Green, The Harvest, Shine Global, Producer, Seasonal, Recycling, Regulations, Farms, Volunteer, Eva Longoria, Al Gore, Farmworkers, Dropouts, Poverty, Local, Gabrielle Solis, Pizza Fusion, Film, United Farm Workers, School, Greenville Project, Sustainable, Chefs, Las Vegas, Developers, Food, Construction, Fields, Health. Education, Pesticides, Eco, Immigrants, Retail, Hormones, Organic, Commercial Real Estate, Desperate Housewives, Inconvenient Truth, Philanthropy, Hybrids, Activism, Bill Clinton, Abc, Oregon, Toxic, Felicity Huffman, CARE Act, Laborers, Los Angeles, Gym, Portland, Fame, La Cosecha, Marcia Cross, Restaurants, Environment, Documentary, Ingredients, Ranch, Prop 87, Bottled Water, Hollywood, Green News

Eva Longoria, who plays the self-involved Gabrielle Solis on ABC's Desperate Housewives, takes on extracurricular projects that set her far apart from her shallow onscreen persona.

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Bankers Grab Your Collateral When You Default

Jerry Chautin | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: The SBA Loan Book, Conventional Loans, Financing, Banks, Acquisition Loans, Real Estate Loans, Business News, Small Business Loans, Commercial Real Estate, Loan Application, Sba, Cash Flow, Lenders, Small Business, Business News

Both SBA and conventional lenders want to lien your home. In addition to securing your equity, lenders believe that you will work harder to make the business successful when your home is at risk.

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Banks Only Halfway Through Commercial Real Estate Losses

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Federal Reserve, Patrick Parkinson, Commercial Real Estate, Cre, Congressional Oversight Panel, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A top government financial regulator said on Friday banks have taken only about half the hit they will experience from commer...

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Brokers Are Blamed for Loan Failures

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida, Taxpayers. Ohio State University, Intermediaries, Atlanta, Fraud, Brokerage Fees, Financing, Commercial Brokers, Small Business Loans, Mortgage Brokers, Commercial Loans, Loan Application, Real Estate, Loan Fees, Small Banks, Sba Guarantee, Nevada, Community Banks, Small Business Owners, Georgia, Borrowing Money, Lending Programs, Business News, Commercial Real Estate, Financial Institutions, Sba, Loan Package, Business News

Lenders, brokers and borrowers beware. The Small Business Administration's Inspector General is looking for errors made during the origination, closing and servicing procedures.

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John Hancock Tower Sold For $930 Million

nytimes.com | CHARLES v. BAGLI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Commercial Buildings, John Hancock Tower, Commercial Real Estate, John Hancock Tower Sold, Hancock Tower Price, Business News

The John Hancock Tower, a 62-story glass skyscraper in Boston's Back Bay, was one of the first real estate trophies to run into trouble when the specu...

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Business Peer Groups, Coaching and Mentoring Can Help Small Businesses Prosper and Create Jobs

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Projections, Business Concepts, Venture Capital, Peer Groups, Entrepreneur, Atlanta, Sarasota, Workshop, Job Creation, Loneliness, Business Roundtable, Small Business Owners, Score, Simple Steps, Business News, U.S. Small Business Administration, Funding Alternatives, Volunteering, Sba, Commercial Real Estate, Marketing Plan, Business Failure, The Alternative Board, Small Business, Start-Up Basics, Vistage, Business News

Peer groups, coaching and mentoring are playing important roles in growing small business and creating jobs.

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Real Estate and Business Concerns Are Front and Center at the MBA

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Near term, economists tell us that less homebuyers and more apartment renters are in our future. Yet, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports that ...

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New Refinancing Program May Help Stem a Pending Foreclosure Disaster

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financing, Small Business Jobs Bill, Real Estate, Commercial Loans, Credit Crunch, Small Banks, Small Business Owners, Business News, Office Building, Recovery Act, SBA 504, Financial Institutions, Sba, Large Banks, Franchise, Job Creation, Acquisition Loans, HR 5297, Alternative Financing, Small Business Loans, Restaurant, Brooking Institute, Operating Costs, Borrowing Money, SBA Loans, Lending Programs, Commercial Real Estate, Tarf, Business News

Pundits say that $350 billion of commercial mortgage loans are coming due for payoff. The balances still owed are so high that many borrowers will be unable to refinance conventionally.

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Slicing Away Some of Suburbia

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attorneys, Suburbs, Small Business, Tenants, Real Estate Prices, Small Business Failure, Real-Estate-Values, Renegotiations, Commercial Real Estate, New York, Landlords, Business News

The disappearance of another pizza parlor shouldn't have had much of an impact on me. What's bothering me is that there are proprietors failing in just about every business area around town.

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Bank Of America Earns $2.78 Billion In Second Quarter

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Moynihan, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Consumer Loans, Bank of America, Banks, Commercial Real Estate, Bank Earnings, Citigroup, Business News

NEW YORK — Bank of America said Friday its second-quarter net income rose 15 percent to $2.78 billion as improvements in the company's consumer ...

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Banks Are Reluctant To Recognize Their Bad Deals

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Once again, lenders are making believe that defaulted-loan problems will go away if they wait long enough. Industry jokesters call it "extend-and-pretend."

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Commercial Real Estate: Why Hasn't It Crashed?

money.cnn.com | Heidi N. Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage, HIlton Hotel, Private Equity, Real Estate, Cre, Property, Commercial Real Estate, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Jones Lang LaSalle, Cmbs, Hedge Funds, Securitized Mortgages, Blackstone Group, Business News

Oddly, however, there is one sector that has been outrunning the reaper since 2007, and it's the last place you'd expect to have survived so long: com...

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Credit-Card Borrowing Is Hurting Small Businesses

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Once upon a time loans from friends and family ranked as the most prevalent way for entrepreneurs to fund business start-ups. Now, credit cards have jumped to the top of the list.

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Geithner: Commercial Real Estate Loans Still Problematic (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commercial-Real-Estate-Defaults, Commercial Real Estate Crisis, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Commercial Real Estate Loans, Economy, Mortgage Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Commercial Real Estate, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON (MARY GORDON -- AP) -- Mounting losses from commercial real estate loans will continue to be a problem for the U.S. and especially smaller ...

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Queens County Economic Forecast

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathy Wylde, Excelsior-Jobs-Program, Housing Market, Economic Development, Jobs, New York State Budget, Credit Crunch, Gross Domestic Product, Financial Regulatory Reform, Emerging Economies, Intellectual Property, Unemployment, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Richard Ravitch, Queens New York, Commercial Real Estate, New York News

Queens County Economic Forecast Speech to the Long Island City Business Development Corporation March 18, 2010 While the focus of the Queens Econom...

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Due Diligence Is More Than Reading An Appraisal

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Property Acquisition, Urban Land Institute and National Apartment Association, Utility Cost, Holding Period, Property Managers, Institute for Real Estate Management, Real Estate Loan, Operating Expenses, Tax Bill, Credit to Borrow, Rental Property, Replacement Reserves, Acquiring Real Estate, Due Diligence, Internal Rate of Return, Noi, Cash on Cash Return, Real Estate Taxes, Proforma Rents, Net Operating Income, Property Insurance, Management Fee, Income Producing Property, Commercial Real Estate, Long Term Investment, Apartment Lending, Cash to Invest, Irr, Appraisal, Business News

Whether you are acquiring eight or 800 units, there are no shortcuts. The process of determining investment worthiness, is called due diligence.

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House Lending Inquiry: Lawmakers Probe Banks' Lending To Small Businesses, Commercial Real Estate

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House Lending Inquiry, Bank Lending, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate Lending, Small Business, Small Business Lending, Financial Services, Business News

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators fended off complaints Friday from lawmakers and small business owners that overly strict rules for banks have preve...

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Relief For Businesses? Property Rents To Continue To Decline

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fitch Ratings, Rent, Retail, Cmbs, Retail Rents, Commercial Real Estate, Businesses, Store Rents, Financial Crisis, Fisa, Small Businesses, Business News

Property rents for businesses will continue their downward fall this year, a bright spot for retailers facing a difficult economic environment, accord...

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Commercial Real Estate Loans Create Jobs

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Creating or saving jobs is a requirement for commercial real estate borrowers that use the U.S. Small Business Administration's 504 program.

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Mortgage Bankers Association Unloads Its Headquarters At Huge Loss

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commercial Real Estate Crisis, Mortgage Bankers Association, Commercial-Real-Estate-Loans, Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Washington DC, Commercial Real Estate, Recession, Mba, Business News

Call it real estate irony. The Washington Post reports that the Mortgage Bankers Association, the trade group that represents about 2,400 real est...

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Fed: Fewer Banks Imposed New Restrictions On Loans Last Quarter

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Bailout, Financial Crisis, Lending Crisis, Lending, Bank Lending, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate Loans, Federal Reserve, Business News

WASHINGTON — Fewer banks are erecting new hurdles for people and businesses to get loans, a fresh sign credit problems are easing. In a quarter...

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If Morgan Stanley Walks Away, Why Shouldn't You? Firm Walks Away From 5 Properties

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Mortgages, Brent White, Housing, Strategic Defaults, Financial Crisis, Homeowners, Mortgage Defaults, Commercial Real Estate, Business News

To the extent that Morgan Stanley is leading by example, the securities colossus is sending an unlikely message to underwater homeowners: Walk away. ...

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