Archive for January, 2007

Commercial Real Estate Syndication: Controlling the Property

Posted by CSH in -Commercial Real Estate Investment, Commercial Real Estate Loans on January 29, 2007

Getting Control of the Property We’ve been discussing the process of assembling groups of investors for the purpose of acquiring income producing commercial real estate. As we move to getting the property into escrow so that you can verify its suitability for investment, we need to look at keeping control of the property for sufficient [...]

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Mortgage Loan Market Commentary

Posted by CSH in -Mortgage Loan Market Commentary on January 29, 2007

There are eight economic releases scheduled for the week in addition to the first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of the year.  All of the releases scheduled are considered to be of moderate or high importance, meaning we should see quite a bit of movement in mortgage rates this week. The first report comes Tuesday [...]

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Commercial Real Estate Syndication: Property Selection and Purchase, Part 2

Posted by CSH in -Commercial Real Estate Investment, Commercial Real Estate Loans on January 22, 2007

We’ve been discussing the process of assembling groups of investors for the purpose of acquiring income producing commercial real estate. The first part of this article can be found at www.InvesmentPropertyInsider.com/?p=97. We’ll assume for the purposes of this article that you’ve selected your target investment property. Now you need to get it [...]

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Mortgage Loan Market Commentary

Posted by CSH in -Mortgage Loan Market Commentary on January 22, 2007

STOCKS HELP BONDS  Monday’s bond market has opened in positive territory due to early stock market losses.  The Dow is currently down 90 points while the Nasdaq has fallen 22 points.  The bond market is currently up 6/32, which should improve this morning’s mortgage pricing slightly. There are four economic reports scheduled for release this week, but [...]

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Apartment Loans: Common Multifamily Misconceptions

Posted by CSH in Commercial Real Estate Financing Q&A, Commercial Real Estate Loans on January 22, 2007

I had the opportunity this past week to answer a number of questions about apartments. I find a great deal of misinformation out there concerning the financing of this excellent type of income producing investment. Before going into some common misconceptions, I should explain the state of the apartment market in general. Apartments are [...]

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