Commercial Real Estate Investing For Dummies. Peter Harris

Chapter 15: Making a Success Out of Commercial Fixer-Uppers Identifying Commercial Fixer-Uppers Figuring Out What a Fixer-Upper Is Worth Mapping Out a Fixer-Upper Game Plan Avoiding Headaches and Pitfalls (Or at Least Minimizing the Pain) Timing Your Fixer-Upper for a Quick Sale Chapter 16: Land Development: The Heart of Commercial Real Estate Weighing the Pros and Cons of Investing in Land Understanding What Makes Land Worth More Knowing Whether You’re in the Right Market Identifying the Three Ps for Successful Projects Investing in Land with a Team Finding the Best Places to Invest in Land With Land, Time Really Does Equal Money Changing the Property’s Zoning and Getting Approved to Develop Getting the Green Light on Your Deal Chapter 17: Self-Storage: A Favored Asset Investing in self-storage facilities Choosing the Best Locations Finding and hiring the right self-storage facility manager Getting funding from investors Marketing Self-Storage Facilities Chapter 18: Expert Tax Advantages and Strategies An Overview of Money-Making Tax Strategies Being an Investor or a Dealer: The Difference Is Huge Naming Yourself a Real Estate Professional: It Pays Choosing Your Entity: An Important Tax Preparation Before You Buy Digging into Depreciation Avoiding Taxes by Trading in for Another Property: The 1031 Exchange: Taking Advantage of Some Commonly Overlooked Deductions

      10  Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Increase Your Property Value Raising the Rents Budgeting Your Way to Wealth Giving the Property a Makeover Changing the Property’s Use Adding Goodies to the Property Standing Up to the Tax Man Passing Utility Expenses to Tenants Renegotiating the Leases Bringing in a New Management Team Adding Value to Land Chapter 20: Ten Easy Ways to Network Finding Easy Places to Network Getting Your CCIM Designation Putting Power in Your Search Engines Going Directly to the Investment Firms Reading the Trades Joining a National Association Getting Involved with BOMA Enlisting with the ICSC Becoming Affiliated with the IREM Staying Current and Connected

      11  Index

      12  About the Authors

      13  Connect with Dummies

      14  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1: Cap RatesTABLE 3-2: Courtside Apartments ExampleTABLE 3-3 Square Footage and Yearly Rent for Kimo’s Landing

      2 Chapter 9TABLE 9-1: Graduated Interest Rate

      3 Chapter 12TABLE 12-1 Typical Monthly Reports

      4 Chapter 15TABLE 15-1 20-Unit Apartment Building Analysis: What Is This Property Worth?TABLE 15-2 Cool Heights Before and After Fix-Up

      5 Chapter 16TABLE 16-1 The Departments You May Need to Consult in Land Deals

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The real estate cycle.

      2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: The Commercial Property Evaluator is a tool that helps you evaluate...FIGURE 3-2: The breakeven point in this example is 55 percent.

      3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: The Commercial Wholesaling Process.

      4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: A sample ad to spark interest from property owners.

      5 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: A weekly property report.

      Guide

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