As the Multi-Family Property Manager for Fickling & Company’s private market, I enjoy helping people find a new place to live. Many apartment hunters are tired of living at the average apartment community and are looking for a little more. People are looking for unique floor plans, windows with a view and a property manager…
3 Things You’ll Need to Get a Home Loan Getting a new home loan can seem like an intimidating process. Yes, the process does require a lot of paperwork, but it makes sense considering this is one of the largest financial investments most families make. There are many misconceptions out there when it comes to…
Being Fickling & Company’s newest addition, I am proud to join in on enhancing the company’s success. It is a great pleasure to be with a company that has been around for such a long time and is highly reputable with continuous growth. I bring to the company over 18 years of hospitality industry experience in…
The Bibb County apartment market continued to be active in 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, albeit considerably slower than 2007. The capital crunch caused lenders to adopt more stringent lending standards or stop completely making loans. The loan to value dropped to 75-80% and actual NOI was used to arrive at the value…
For the second quarter of 2009 Warner Robins and Houston County still appear to be ahead of the economic pack. With many folks predicting gloom and doom for our US economy, Houston County is still a bright spot on the economic landscape. As a matter of fact, it was recently announced that the Warner Robins…
During 2007, the warehouse/industrial market was very active as well as the other commercial categories. The 2008 commercial real estate market, as other service categories, will be difficult to predict. There are just two many unstable variables that could swing it in either direction. In 2007, the Bibb County industrial market remained basically unchanged from…
Over the years, working as a property manager, I have found myself wearing hats of many colors and sizes. Property Management duties didn’t start when the lease was signed nor did it end when the tenant moved-out. The property manager is responsible for every aspect of the asset. One might say a property manager is the…
Why has the sub-prime mortgage debacle resulted in a credit crunch on commercial mortgage backed securities lenders (CMBS) as well? Well, most insiders don’t believe it is a direct result of the sub-prime hangover. They believe it has been in the works since the beginning of the second quarter when Moody’s issued a warning that…
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…
Roy Fickling, President and CEO of Fickling & Company, Inc., announced today the hiring of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon as President of Fickling Management Services, and Senior Vice President of Fickling & Company, Inc. He will succeed veteran commercial and investment real estate professional, Richard DeLisle. “We are saddened to see Rick…
