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Boston Commercial Real Estate – Why We Buy When Times Are Tough

July 14, 2009

I have to confess that maybe I’ve been a bit negative in recent entries. Maybe it’s because of all of the news out there that times are terrible and that it’s not going to get any better.

My business partner Brecht and I tend to joke about it. He’s a bear and I’m a bull. Deep down, I’m an optimist and believe that we’re entering a window of opportunity over the next 24 months that are going to be a tremendous time for acquiring assets. I also believe that we live in a dynamic, creative, and innovative country whose people have the ability to face down challenges and grow through them.

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How to Think Like Smart Money

July 14, 2009

We live in a time of turbulence. We hold on as old systems are tested and pushed to the hilt. Look at how government spending supports and maintains these systems for as long as possible before allowing them to break — case in point, GM’s bankruptcy.

But what happens when these systems shatter? We pick up the pieces and rearrange them to create new modes of operating amidst a new landscape. We develop a new equilibrium, don’t we?

Here are a few applications I’ve seen recently…

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When New England Based Investors See the Bottom

June 11, 2009

When the market changes, not everyone agrees with what’s happening. If change is inevitable and everybody resists it, how do we know when the market will bottom? In the last post, you read about what 1,157 New England based commercial real estate owners and investors thought of the market. Today, you’ll read about where they think it’s going.

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How New England Based Investors See the Market

June 9, 2009

Change is inevitable and everybody resists it. But what happens when the market changes and not everyone agrees with what’s happening? We wanted to find out. So we ran a survey of over 1,157 New England based commercial real estate owners and investors to collect their thoughts on the commercial real estate market.

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Why Being Pound Wise and Not Penny Foolish May Pay Off

April 16, 2009

The stalemate is ending. We have just summitted a mountain of transactions and have been sliding down the other side, as represented in CoStar’s chart showing national sales volumes for office properties.

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Boston Commercial Real Estate Gains from 2005-2007 Wiped Clear in 2009?

February 5, 2009

Property & Portfolio Research has published some mean numbers that indicate that we’re going to be in for a wild ride over the next couple of years in the Boston area commercial real estate market. As much as what I hear around town is a false sense of hope and security that this will blow over soon and we’ll get back to prosperous times again, it looks like the coming storm is going to get nasty.

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Why CAP Rates Won’t Save You This Time

November 25, 2008

The past several years have been forgiving to commercial real estate investors. You could go out, buy a building, lower the rents, and sell the property for more than you paid for it. Huh?
Sounds strange doesn’t it? Imagine this, you’re a savvy real estate investor who’s interested in purchasing a 40,000 SF office [...]

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