Category Archives: CCIM

Know your “Holdover Provision” in your lease

Client Service Announcement If your commercial real estate lease is expiring within 6-18 months be sure to understand the terms of your “Holdover” provision in your lease. Many leases state that your rent will increase to 150%-200% of your last … Continue reading

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So You Want To Buy An Investment Property

By Randolph T. Mason, CCIM, SIOR I have a client who owns two (2) investments properties in various parts of California and wants to take advantage of the current real estate cycle. He wants to refinance his existing properties, which … Continue reading

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Purchasing an office condo

I have a client who I am helping to purchase an office condo in the city of Irvine. There are not as many good opportunities in financially strong and well capitalized projects as we would like to see. However, we … Continue reading

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Commercial Real Estate Investors

Commercial real estate investors should avoid purchasing office buildings with low occupancy unless the seller is willing to accept a significantly discounted price. Wise landlords are doing what is necessary to get quality tenants into their buildings and the investor … Continue reading

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Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate

The best commercial real estate opportunities now belong to owner/users of thriving companies. I am seeing some current owner/users being forced to sell their properties due to a decrease in business. Therefore, it becomes necessary for some of those owners … Continue reading

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Summary Recap on the RealShare Conference – March 5, 2009

SUMMARY RECAP ON THE REALSHARE CONFERENCE – MARCH 5, 2009 By Randolph T. Mason, CCIM, SIOR I just returned from an intense educational and networking day in Los Angeles, California at the Real Share Conference. Since I had never been … Continue reading

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How Tenants Are Surviving These Tough Economic Times

As we all realize, tough economic times require tough decisions. In talking with many tenants and other advisors, the below is a summary of how tenants are surviving these challenging economic times. If one needs to cut to the chase, … Continue reading

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What’s My Building Worth Anyway? The Analysis of a Sale Leaseback

OCTOBER 13, 2008 What’s My Building Worth Anyway? The Analysis of a Sale Leaseback By RANDOLPH T. MASON I received a call the other day from a very well known company that wanted to take advantage of today’s marketplace by … Continue reading

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Another happy client!

Applied Utility Systems or AUS hired Randolph T. Mason, CCIM, SIOR to relocate it’s Orange County division to Aliso Viejo. They located an approxitmate 7,000 office suite located at 31 Journey, Suite 200. The President, Mr. Gary Hessenauer was exstatic … Continue reading

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Landlords are being aggressive

Just had dinner with a prominent Orange County, California landlord who was explaining his get it leased now philosophy. He was discussing his approach as to give the potential tenant what they wanted within reason. If his space sat on … Continue reading

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