Category Archives: Commercial Properties

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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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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Commercial Property News

August 25, 2008 Tenant Reps Say Sluggish Economy Means Changes in How They Handle Clients By Gail Kalinoski, Contributing Editor Miller said all firms, even those that are expanding, are trying to mitigateexpense. “We’re having some very interesting conversations with … 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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Orange County: Office Market Stressed, Tenant Deals Improve

Office vacancies in Orange County hit 12.62% and the availability rate shot up to 18% at the end of the first quarter as the negative net absorption trend continued to beset landlords, some of whom are beginning to offer free … Continue reading

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Start the commercial real estate research process early

It just goes to show you…start early! I’m working with a long term client again and I advised them we should start looking and researching months ago. They finally accepted my advice and we are looking at a few properties … Continue reading

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