Commentary

Compared to traditional forms of construction, container-based building reduces the costs of planning, engineering, and construction.

Capital, e-commercial sales and a perceived rising interest rate environment are the three major factors influencing the market.

Landlords often have clues that a tenant is going to be filing for bankruptcy, rental payments are consistently late several months in a row and the tenant falls more than a month behind on the rent.

Thanks to increased demand for healthcare services, the medical net lease sector will continue to offer steady cash flow and safe returns for investors.

Despite the specter of trade wars and a global economic slowdown, net lease investors bought in Q3 2019, showing confidence in the sector and economy. However, the US economy bears watching, especially in light of another Federal Reserve interest rate cut.

Perhaps like affordable housing initiatives, it would be beneficial for cities to create "affordable artist enclave zones".

Is the CMBS borrower experience improving? No, in fact I am finding that it is actually going in the other direction.

Investment strategies for 2020 range from selling overpriced industrial assets to taking a full accounting of the top CRE risks.