» Hotel sales are down 83% since 2007.......Retail development is at lowest levels ever.........Annual vacancy forecasts thru 2011 in the office, industrial, retail, and multifamily markets.........Rent concessions in office markets...and more -

» "58% of U.S. investors are domestically focused, with 16% preferring Asia and 12% targeting Europe."

» Austin, Texas, received the top score in Portfolio.com/bizjournals’s “small-business vitality” ranking of the top 100 U.S. metros. Austin has added more small businesses than any other metro in the country and expanded its job base by 15.6 percent between 2004 and 2009.

» Is figuring the CAP RATE really the accurate way to go when considering income-producing purchases??

» Usually when financial planners and industry analysts refer to REITs, they are talking about publicly traded REITs; however, another class of REITs exists that generally are called non-traded REITs...

» Many real estate investors think nothing could be simpler than an investment in a triple-net-leased (also known as NNN) property. Some liken it to buying a bond. While straightforward to own and operate, triple-net-leased properties can be the most challenging type of real estate investment for advisers to structure or — if the lease already exists — to understand. With lease terms as long as 50 or more years when options are taken into account, due diligence is critical, as changes usually cannot be made later on.