Refinancing & Home Equity Loans

    Why Are So Many Homeowners Under Water? Guy Gunn The term “under water” has come to mean that owners owe more on their home than it is worth in the marketplace. So how does this occur? During the financial troubles of the late 70’s and early 80’s, we saw interest rates peak in the 16%…

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      Commercial Real Estate Lease or Purchase?

      As the real estate market in this region continues to grow and boom, businesses — both major corporations and small start up companies — may begin to question whether they should lease or purchase property for their business to locate.  The question is a valid one and the answer is simple – both! At some…

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        What is a Green Building?

        Green building (also known as sustainable building or environmental building) is the practice of increasing efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water and materials, and reducing the building impacts on the environment and human health*. Research is increasingly demonstrating that when buildings are designed and operated with their lifecycle impacts in mind, they can…

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          Things to Consider Before Listing Your Commercial Property

          When you get ready to sell your property, there are a number of things to consider before listing.  Who will market the property, how much to sell for, how and where to market the property, just to consider a few.  Selling a property is a time consuming and tedious project therefore, consider the following questions before…

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            Multi-Family Resident Retention

            If there is one thing I’ve learned in the multi-family industry, it is vital to have a quality resident retention plan in place in order to maintain a high occupancy. If your customers are pleased with you after they move in and stay that way through their lease term, they are more likely to remain…

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              Retail Real Estate Market Q4 2007

              Retailers and Industry continue to move into our area. Investors are looking intently at our region. There are numerous projects in the works. Why are we enjoying this prosperity? For one, the real estate dollar goes a long way in our area compared to other areas around our region. For another, Atlanta sprawl moves closer…

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                Still A Good Time To Do A 1031 Exchange?

                Despite the softening economy and turmoil in the capital markets, investors continue to have confidence in the U.S. commercial real estate industry.  In a survey showing that one in five investors expect the economy to be stronger in 2008, the majority still want to invest more funds into commercial real estate.  Concerns about financing will…

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                  Multi-Family Leasing Trends

                  A recent study showed that consumers spend over 1.2 Million hours each month looking online for apartments. Just as in any other industry, the technology is the way of the future in Apartment Leasing.  More and more consumers that are coming through our doors already know exactly what the community has to offer.  It is…

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                    Finding Commercial Real Estate Financing

                    As you all know, the commercial real estate business has experienced tough times.  Financing to purchase a commercial investment has been very difficult or nonexistent.   Recently, we interviewed several Middle Georgia banks offering commercial financing.  The rules of the game have not really changed, they have just been enforced.  You may remember what you did…

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                      A Commercial Real Estate Lease Defined

                      In my articles in the past newsletters I have discussed topics such as office vacancies and occupancy, valuing properties and key commercial terms to name a few.  Most of the time I come up with the different subjects from questions from my clients.  So suffice to say that is the same with this article.  When…

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