You get what you inspect… property owners should not ignore their properties.
Joe and his sister, Madison, flew in from Alaska to inspect their investment properties. They were meeting with their property manager to review their investment portfolio. They inherited a portfolio...
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Does the Spike in Net Lease Office Acquisitions Signal Waning Confidence in...
Investment in net lease office real estate more than doubled in the second quarter of this year, going up by 65.7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2018 to $8.2 billion, according to research...
View ArticleCoreLogic says U.S. home-price gains will accelerate through 2020
CoreLogic Chief Economist Frank Nothaft said the pace of home-price gains will quicken over the next 12 months as low mortgage rates give buyers the ability to pay more for properties. Home prices...
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Caution Could Stave Off Next Recession
Investors are predicting and preparing the next recession, and it could significantly reduce the impact when it hits. Investors are predicting and preparing for the next recession. The increase in...
View ArticleOregon Legislative Changes
Summary of the Oregon Legislative changes made in 2019. In this newsletter, I will be detailing legislative bills that were passed in the last (2019) session. This summary would not have been possible...
View ArticleAre Industrial Developers Heading Toward Overbuilding?
A recent paper from NAIOP predicts lower absorption over the next two years, but it’s unclear if industrial developers are taking heed. Industrial users are expected to absorb about half as much space...
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U.S. Retail Construction Levels Remain Well Below Pre-Recession Levels
Few new retail centers are under construction. Those that are involve either neighborhood shopping centers or mixed-use projects. With the continued barrage of retail bankruptcies, stores closures,...
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Home builders haven’t been this optimistic since early 2018
Low-interest rates boost confidence among residential builders in October Sales of new and existing homes have perked up due to tumbling mortgage rates. Homebuilders are the most optimistic since early...
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Qualified Opportunity Zones: Tax Efficient Investing & Revitalizing the...
A primer on Opportunity Zones and how they are changing investment in real estate. Comparison of QOZ investments to 1031 Exchanges, both are ways to defer the taxes on capital gains. They are very...
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18-Hour Cities
18-Hour Cities Are Having A Moment — Here’s How They Can Seize The Opportunity Until very recently, the national commercial real estate conversation was focused primarily on “the big six” cities:...
View ArticleQualified Opportunity Zones – Coni Rathbone
QOZ -Qualified Opportunity Zones-OREGON_PPT-C Rathbone As Investors search for places to shelter their real estate gains, the federal government has issued guidance regarding Qualified Opportunity...
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Video surveillance at investment properties?
Video surveillance is not a new thing. One of the first recorded applications of video surveillance was in 1942 when it was used to view the launch of V2 Rockets in Germany. This technology attained...
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Fannie, Freddie New Lending Caps Turned the “Spigot Back On”
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced new lending caps last month. Starting October 1, the agencies have new caps of $100 million for each agency. At the GlobeSt Apartments conference this week in Los...
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13 places in the US where it’s probably not worth investing in real estate...
Many people say buying a home is an investment, but it doesn’t always work out well. Consumer-trends expert Beatrice de Jong of Opendoor says many factors influence the rise or fall of a...
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Podcast – Successful Real Estate Investing
In this episode of SVN | On the Go Julian Banuelos and Garrick Wier sit down with Cliff Hockley, CPM, CCIM, Executive Director of SVN | Bluestone & Hockley, located in Portland, Oregon. For over 30...
View ArticleOccupiers Opting to Buy Real Estate to Avoid Rent Increases
With average asking office rents across the country up nearly 20% over the past five years, many occupiers are seeking alternatives to leasing space. One option to circumvent paying high rents is for a...
View ArticleFed’s Interest Rate Policy Has Little Impact on Lending Activity
Most commercial real estate lending is indexed over the five- and 10-year treasury bills. The Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cuts have sent a surge of excitement through the commercial real...
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Hope for the Homeless Foundation
It was a Saturday night, like any Saturday night in Portland, Oregon. The roads were clear, and it was 50 degrees out. We were invited to a special meeting of friends. A group that has wanted to see...
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Americans bought more stuff online this holiday season; e-commerce sales jump...
If you did some holiday shopping this year, there’s a good chance you made purchases online. Americans spent more online in the weeks leading up to Christmas this year, despite a shorter holiday...
View ArticleDear Pam, what do our homeowner association dues cover?
Dear Pam, We are new homeowners and this is our first time living in an HOA. Can you please explain what our monthly association dues cover? That’s a great question and one that we often find...
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