Hospitality industry expert, Steve Van (pictured right), sees trouble ahead with foreclosures in the hotel sector. BLOGGER COMMENT listed below by David Repka of Bison Financial Group. Steve Van hates being the pessimist, but he can’t help it. The CEO of Prism Hotels Read More
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Is Land Still a “Four Letter Word”?
In October of 2008 I wrote a white paper called, Grave Dancing for Fun & Profit in the Financial Apocalypse of 2008 and Beyond . One of my predictions was The Death of Land calling land: “… the ultimate four-letter Read More
Capital Markets are Opening Up… “What I Win”?
There is a classic scene in the 1979 movie The Jerk starring Steve Martin where he is asked, “what I win?” while working at the carnival’s “Guess Your Weight” booth… watch it here: This clip is my metaphor for how Read More
Can you call selling 53 waterfront condos in one day a flop?
by Gregg Fous, Real Estate Broker from Fort Myers, FL I don’t think you can call selling 53 waterfront condos in one day a flop. There was an auction last week that got a great deal of international attention. Combined Read More
Need to close by year end? Running out of time?
As another year is coming to a close many lenders and institutional investors want to clean up their balance sheets going into 2015. Bison Financial Group has a track record of closing transactions in 4, 8 & 11 days from first Read More
Catching a Falling Knife or Hitting a Bottom?
[BLOGGER QUESTION] Is it time to call a buying signal for office properties in Florida now that the acquisition price has dipped under the replacement cost? Or are office investors trying to catch a falling knife? Read More
Apartment Finance Today Conference Update
I am back from moderating an all-star panel discussion at the Apartment Finance Today Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Our topic: “Small but Mighty: Finding the Best Small-Balance Apartment Loan” was well received by a full house of real estate Read More
Bank cleanup delayed: Where are all those fish that were supposed to be in the barrel?
Earlier this year, commercial real estate had all the hallmarks of a distressed asset sale of the millennium. Across America, hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of office buildings, hotels, apartment complexes and malls were tanked up with debt and Read More
Is Commercial Real Estate a Zombie Filled Black Hole or Double Down Opportunity?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4TqcnID77c] D.C.-area developer Jeff Neal gives the Huffington Post Investigative Fund a tour of empty commercial properties just blocks from the Capitol. He says we were, “drunk on a binge of easy credit and the bartender (the market) took away Read More
Luxury hotels that borrowed during the boom face default
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_J28rip1Ms] The lingering recession is leaving $850 a night hotel rooms empty. Large, luxury hotels are in default with their lenders. Read More