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RealNex adds LDCRE as a Channel Syndication Partner

June 29, 2021

LDCRE is pleased to announce the adding of another great syndication partner to grow our Commercial Real Estate MarketPlace. RealNex is a highly regarded CRM and MarketPlace solution with a great reputation. This partnership allows RealNex’s clients to increase the market reach on their listings by syndicating their listings in RealNex to LDCRE and reaching LDCRE Investments’ investors.

LDCRE Investments functions as an extension of LDCRE, working 24/7 on to promote opportunities listed in LDCRE. Our registered investors are notified immediately when new listings are added that match their investment specifications. This brings more product to LDCRE Investments’ investor base.

Top 26 Commercial Real Estate Books & Business Books

March 04, 2019

To fully understand and thrive in commercial real estate one has to understand much more than the simple “bricks and mortar” that make up a building. A successful commercial real estate broker (developer, investor, or lender) wears many hats and should have knowledge across a variety of different industries and disciplines.

Marketing a Commercial Property in a Challenging Location

February 20, 2019

Contributing Author: William F. “Felton” McLaughlin, CCIM, SIOR

When it comes time to sell a commercial property that sits in a challenged location, the first course of action for a seller and/or the listing broker should not be to wonder about the size of the discount that should be placed on the valuation of the property. Rather, focus your efforts on all characteristics of the property that are either unique or offer some sort of competitive advantage. If you can identify how these unique features benefit the user, you can market the challenging property more effectively.

As the recent sale of a veterinary medical office building will show, we discovered some unique property attributes that helped the seller achieve a sale price close to the asking price.

Time To Lock In Returns

Contributing Author: Sean O’Shea

There has been a lot of discussion, recently, in broader investment circles, that we have come through ten years since the “Great Recession of 2008-2009,” and that some scale of a Recession is on the horizon, whether Q4 2019 or mid 2020, which suggests, a round of “defensive investing” may be in order.

Having come through this period of historically compressed cap rates (higher prices) across all asset classes, none has been more pronounced than the NNN retail sector of the real estate investment industry.

Immediately after the Great Recession, when debt sources were becoming more diverse, both debt and equity were available, in abundance, in the multi-family or recycled housing sector, since you had a new captive audience of former home owners (newly created renters) who, in some markets, actually rented their own prior homes from their new hedge fund landlords, who had swooped in and bought up bank REO assets en masse in certain markets like Phoenix.

TOP CRE Brokers New Year Resolutions for 2019

February 05, 2019

Contributing Author: Jay Verro, CCIM

As we kick off a new year, we are always looking for ways to improve our brokerage services and provide the best possible experience for our clients. In 2019, we will be focusing on numerous things to continue being the best commercial real estate brokerage we can be. Setting guidelines and goals can help balance your calendar, while increasing your success and happiness throughout the year.

2019 NNN Forecast

January 09, 2019

Contributing Author: Sean O’Shea

As many much smarter ‘guys’ than me (and smarter women, too) are reviewing the last year; and struggling with Forecasts for 2019, at this time, there has been a lot of discussion about Fed Policy on rates and their impact.

Bloomberg had a recent interview with the legendary hedge fund and financial advisor, Stanley Druckenmiller, who was reviewing the last ten year era; and he was critical, then, (2009); and now, (2019) regarding rates and the liquidity implications of the unwinding of QE policies.

We think some useful language, is to characterize ‘asset bubbles’ or the asset inflation that these policies may have created as a real thing. Actually, many are referring to this period as the ‘Bernanke-Yellen Asset Inflation’ period.

Top 10 Suggestions for Selling Commercial Property

December 04, 2018

Congratulations, you successfully signed up a new listing, now you have to perform and sell the listing. If you are looking to perform quickly, to the best of your abilities, and acting in the best interest of your client you should be open to cooperating with other brokers. This can have some drawbacks, as brokers have overlapping clients, but overall the more people working on a listing the greater the chances the deal turns into a transaction and closes. Also, half of a commission is better than no commission. In today’s market buyers are coming from all over the place, not just other states but outside the country as well. In order to reach more buyers and increase leverage as a seller’s agent you have to reach a large audience and create buyer demand.

Here are our Top 10 Suggestions for Selling Commercial Real Estate: Continue reading Top 10 Suggestions for Selling Commercial Property

Spotlight Interview: Vamsi Bonthala, CEO Arbor Lodging Partners

November 13, 2018

LD: What career path did you want to take when you were in college?

VB: I knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur and start a business some day (it was the heyday of Internet 1.0 after all!), however, there was no particular industry that grabbed my attention. I was just attracted to the idea of “doing deals”, creating something, and learning a lot. As a result, I decided to focus on investment banking or law so that I could get exposure to transactions and different industries, and ultimately elected to go to law school.

LD: What events in your career path brought you to your current position as CEO of Arbor Lodging Partners?

VB: Prior to starting Arbor Lodging, I was a real estate and private equity attorney with large law firms in New York. I worked with very talented colleagues and driven clients while getting exposure to complicated transactions, but that side of the business was not for me. Continue reading Spotlight Interview: Vamsi Bonthala, CEO Arbor Lodging Partners

Winterizing Commercial Properties

October 10, 2018

Contributing Author: Chris Cunningham

It’s that time of year again. Summer went by too fast, winter is approaching too soon, and you need to know what should be done to prepare commercial properties for the coming months of cold weather.

You want to protect your investment from damaging freezing cold temperatures and snowfall. Before any threat of Frost, sprinkler systems should be blown out professionally to prevent any stagnant water left in the pipes from freezing and cracking pipes. If you skip this step you will be spending big bucks for repairs in the spring. Continue reading Winterizing Commercial Properties

Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Management Software that Cooperates with your Other Software

September 05, 2018

Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Management Software has finally been made simple. After making a name for themselves with their residential analyzer software, the seasoned team at STRATAFOLIO have created a CRE Portfolio Management Software that communicates with other software, eliminating double data entry and mitigating the errors that come along with it.

We’re all familiar with the adage you can’t manage what you can’t measure. Although most people would agree with this statement, many companies jump through hoops putting measuring into practice. A vast majority of companies are not able to accomplish this even if they wanted to. If this is you, you are not alone. Measuring and monitoring for many commercial real estate organizations that manage real estate are complicated. An Altus report stated that nearly 78% of organizations worldwide use multiple software systems that don’t communicate with each other. This structure makes understanding global cash flow, asset performance, and overall expenses very hard. Continue reading Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Management Software that Cooperates with your Other Software