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Are All Cash Flows Created Equal? Learn How To Identify Quality Investment Real Estate
Sept 11, 2007

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If you are already in the commercial real estate business, or looking to break in, imagine giving your clients the opportunity to give up the tenants, the toilets and the trash but not the profits. In this ever-expanding industry, you need a certain level of knowledge to protect your clients from the bad deals that lurk out there and to sift out the quality investment real estate opportunities from the poor ones.

While purchasing commercial real estate can be an extremely lucrative business, it is also complex. Buying land or a property now should translate into nice profits later, if done right. In today’s competitive landscape, real estate providers are fighting for every dollar and that means commercial property owners cannot always trust someone when they make certain claims regarding investment returns. The more you know about analyzing cash flow projections, the more you will pocket with each transaction.

Many commercial property owners and realtors are loosing out because they do not understand how “likekind” property exchanges work for them. Likekind exchanges allow for real estate owners to sell their properties and defer paying capital gains taxes as long as they purchase a similar piece of real estate.

Smart commercial real estate investors have jumped on this ownership opportunity. They are also taking advantage of Tenants-in-Common ownership. A TIC structure allows ownership in an institutional-type property with a minimum investment. TIC ownership is a form of real estate asset ownership in which two or more persons have an undivided, fractional interest in the asset.

However, not all of these types of deals are structured the same, and deal is a little bit different from one another. There are many variables and assumptions that need to be evaluated with regards to vacancy rates, rent increases, operating costs, maintenance expenses and reserves to ensure you are maximizing the return on your investment.

Being able to analyze cash flow projections and triple net lease agreements for TIC investment real estate is critical. You need to know the lingo as well as the law. A firm understanding of the basic terms of real estate and the relationship between a property’s CAP rate and cash-on-cash return are needed as well as the ability to perform analysis of a property’s pro-forma financials and rent roll.

Join Commercial Property News for this interactive Web Seminar, sponsored by Spectrus Real Estate Group. Just click here to hear from industry experts on how you can maximize your profits and minimize your risks for your next commercial property transaction. Attend this online-only event and learn the formulas and techniques you need to consider to properly valuate your rate of return.

 
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