Along with residential property values, commercial property values have climbed in recent years. For some, this may have been a dramatic increase in value. But it does appear that things are beginning to change. For example, a report that came out just last month...
You operate a pretty tight commercial real estate business, and you fully understand how competitive the market can be in your location. Vacancies are low and rents are high. You’d like to weed out the bad tenants in a prospective group as quickly as possible. Is it...
As someone who runs a construction business or works as a contractor in the construction industry, your revenue largely depends on clients paying their invoices in a timely manner. If someone fails to pay you as they should, you have only a few options for pushing...
As a commercial real estate owner, it’s important to you to keep tenants in your properties. For one thing, you need to make sure that all of your costs are covered. Additionally, you care about that local community and you want to see businesses thrive. However, one...
The federal government and the state of California have strong laws in place to help ensure accessibility for everyone to public and certain private buildings for those who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids. This is in addition to accommodations for those who...
There’s little that’s predictable with certainty about the commercial real estate (CRE) market these days. However, experts including real estate economists, brokers, developers, investors and owners throughout the western part of the U.S. have made some predictions...
California is known for having some of the most expensive real estate in the country. This is especially true in Los Angeles. Like most of the rest of the country, the values of real estate properties have been dramatically increasing over the last few years. If...
Resolving a business dispute in court is not always the ideal solution. It can be very expensive to go to court, and you may have to wait months before you have a hearing in front of a judge. You also have to worry about what the other party might say in court and how...
You spent many years working in the real estate industry and have now used this experience to build your own company. So far, you’ve made wise investments and your balance sheets are looking good. Part of making sound investments also includes knowing when to walk...
The lack of affordable housing in California – particularly in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas – has long been a problem. State lawmakers have been attempting to tackle it via legislation that would provide more and lower-priced housing within a finite amount...
