Yesterday I spent an hour on a conference call with a national lender that is putting their money where there mouth is and has started to actively quote on income producing commercial real estate loans to be aggregated for a Read More
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The Facts of Cap-and-Trade
Thirty-seven industrial countries have committed themselves to reducing greenhouse gases and actively promote the use of carbon offset credits. They have agreed to The Kyoto Protocol which caps the emissions of Green House Gases (GHG) at predetermined levels. If they Read More
SBA Changes the Rules for the Better
SBA has made some sweeping changes to their programs in an effort to stimulate lending to small business owners facing maturing commercial real estate loans and in need of working capital. Please download a free six page guide titled “SBA_New Read More
Is Warren Buffet's entry into distressed real estate the sign we have been looking for that it is safe to jump back in the water?
Not really. While there is frothy excitement in social media circles that Warren Buffet’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is mentioned in the same sentence as “distressed real estate” his firm is a special servicer, not a buyer of distressed Read More
If you’ve never failed… you’ve never lived
OK… I am a sap for motivational stuff… I’ve walked on hot coals with Anthony Robbins and started skydiving as a metaphor of overcoming my fear of heights… take a peek at this 1min 16 second video to remember the Read More
How I Built It: Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital
Follow this link to view an inspirational 4-minute interview with Barry Sternlicht, the founder of Starwood Capital, to learn what motivated a then 31-year old unemployed young man to take the leap of faith and start his own business. From 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
Anything but .01%… The Case for Commercial Real Estate Investment
I’m not so much concerned about the return on my money as the return of my money. – Will Rogers, 1933 Billionaire Bill Gross of PIMCO makes the case for an alternative to money market accounts in his December newsletter. 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
CMBS Savior? Developers Diversified Deal Is Nearer
CMBS Savior? Developers Diversified Deal Is Nearer – WSJ.com Posted using ShareThis By LINGLING WEI A closely watched deal that may help uncork the commercial-property debt market is picking up steam after being threatened by some queasiness by the Federal Read More