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The “Brady Bunch” of Facilities
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.filmanddigitalmedia.wordpress.com Our week was highlighted by two meetings which were of particular interest – thus my desire to share. Common among both operations with whom we […]
3 BIGGEST Issues Confronting Occupants of Commercial Real Estate
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.blog.thebrokerlist.com As a commercial real estate professional – my travels take me to many cool businesses. You see, close to half of my practice is consumed […]
Five Year-End Considerations for your Commercial Real Estate
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.lawtechnology.com A column like this one would normally be reserved for a period closer to Auld Lang Syne. However, with the dawn of December and Black […]
Catch the First Wave – There may not be Another!
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.barefootsurftravel.com As a market cools – we begin see a lack of activity on listings for sale and lease. Imperative in a transitioning period is pricing. […]
Is NOW the Right Time to Move?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.journal.media In a word – actually two – it depends. Today, I recap a week of meetings, situations, and the counsel we provided to businesses who […]
If Your Building Sells – What Happens?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.divestopedia.com This week our team was contacted by an owner. Desired is to sell his building and re-deploy the equity into a college education for his […]
The Downside of a Move out of State
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.grafikavision.com Yesterday, I concluded a meeting with a local manufacturing and distribution company. Family owned and operated by two California born and raised principals – the […]
If Commercial Was More Like Residential – 7 Ways From Sunday!
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Photo courtesy of Christine Spasoff, CPM, RPA Commercial real estate professionals differ from our residential colleagues in many ways – which I have enumerated in this space. But, […]
Is the Commercial Real Estate Market Cooling?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.lawyersconveyancing.com.au In my humble opinion – yes. I read with great interest – in this publication – the residential real estate trends published by my colleagues […]
Is Commercial Real Estate a Good Investment – Part Deaux
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Last week – in this space – we massaged the merits. Discussed were the reasons why not – a liquidity event, a sale of the business that occupies, […]
Is Commercial Real Estate a Good Investment? Five Reasons it’s NOT!
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Seemingly an easy answer – of course it is! However, the more difficult response – for which I will delve today – is it depends. As we have […]
Where is our BREAD Buttered?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Today, I will share with you two of the ways I look at my business – the source of transactions and the reasons. Although not terribly scientific – […]
Why Hire a Broker – Just do it Yourself!
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.thenerderypublic.com Selling a commercial real estate asset is akin to planning your daughter’s wedding – sure, you can do it yourself but things go much more […]
May I Make Changes to a Commercial Lease?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.re-nj.com We just completed a very simple – or so it seemed at the outset – lease transaction on an industrial building in the City of […]
Three Commercial Real Estate Trends – Part One – 3PLs
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.distributiondesign.com One of the cool things about my profession is I rub shoulders with some VERY smart people – small business entrepreneurs, commercial real estate investors, […]
Six Things a N2B Broker MUST Know to Succeed
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.fayetteia.com I have a passion for several things – family, faith, commercial real estate, fitness, and teaching. When my office approached me to create and execute […]
My Property Didn’t Appraise – But Why?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.sandiegopurchaseloans.com Recently, I counseled my sister-in-law. She is selling her house and the appraiser was scheduled to visit. Although this column is commercial real estate focused, […]
Are Commercial Real Estate Brokers Un-necessary?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.reco-play.com Recently – in this space – I opined about commercial real estate technology and whether technology will replace the role of a commercial real estate broker. […]
Should I Buy THIS Building?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.chinabamboocentre.com I received a call from an attorney last week. We recently completed a lease for his law firm and we swap referrals. This time the […]
Dispute Resolution between Brokers
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.opndoor.com Akin to the wild, wild, west, commercial real estate agents are sometimes referred to as cowboys – I’m not certain why – but we are. […]
You’ve Really FOUR Choices with your Commercial Real Estate
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution:www.torontorealtyblog.com This week, I had the pleasure of advising a family. Held as income properties were two parcels of commercial real estate which had been in the family for […]
Four Ways a BUILDING adds to Business Profit
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.smallbusinessonfire.com Your decision to relocate your business was well reasoned. Considered were the operation and growth trajectory. Analyzed was the best deal structure for the company – […]
Do Cap Rates Matter?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.stylproperties.com Investors in commercial real estate – folks who rely upon the rent paid by a tenant for their livelihood – use a number of different […]
Blooper Reel – AKA 8 Most Embarrassing Commercial Real Estate Moments
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.jules.thegrommet.com Today, I inject some humanity in an otherwise buttoned down industry – commercial real estate brokerage – by sharing a blooper reel. ALL of these […]
Will Commercial Brokers be Replaced by Technology?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.clientlook.com Much has been written about disruption in the commercial real estate industry. Millions of dollars have been invested to eliminate our role in a transaction. […]
Five BIGGEST Mistakes Owner Occupants Make
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.biggerpockets.com If you own commercial real estate you either occupy the buildings with your company – owner occupant – or you rely upon the rent paid […]
No Response to Your Offer – Now What?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.edatingdoc.com One of the most frustrating things we encounter as commercial real estate professionals – and you as a buyer of commercial real estate – is […]
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