Fickling At ICSC 2009

    Fickling and Company associates recently attended the International Council of Shopping Center’s annual Leasing Mall and Trade Expo held May 17 through 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada.   The company’s retail Sales, Leasing and Development divisions were represented at the annual event which provides retailers and property owners a great venue to update each other on…

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      Is Now A Good Time To Buy Commercial Real Estate?

      2008 is a great time to BUY Real Estate because some investors as well as some banks are overleveraged. Over the last few years many investors in the commercial real estate market are feeling the same payment problems as residential homeowners.  They have bought their commercial investments and because of the increase in interest rates,…

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        Land and Timber real estate

        Many have noticed that the price for land and timber real estate in Middle Georgia is climbing daily. The Big Four (which includes Bibb, Monroe, Houston and Jones Counties) command such a high price-per-acre that perhaps it is acceptable to land real estate investors; but they are pretty scary numbers to your average timber real estate or…

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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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            What Is A Short Sale?

            A Short Sale occurs when a bank allows an owner to sell property at a price that is less than the owner owes the bank.  In other words, the sales price is “short” of what is owed. This creates what is called a deficiency balance.  That is, even though the property has been sold to…

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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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