How to Complete a Building Project on Time & on Budget

21 May, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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AS YOU DISCOVERED last week, carrying out a proper due diligence is vital for any significant Commercial property purchase.

And that's part of our role … assessing the overall structure, along with the various building services — simply to ensure they are all in good order.

However as time goes by, you may well have the need to upgrade or extend your building … if only to meet the changing needs of your tenants.

Yet this is where many investors seem to get into trouble — by undertaking something well beyond the limits of their capabilities. [Read more...]

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Be Wary of Using Bank Bills

20 May, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Part 1: An Understanding, plus the Hidden Costs

WHENEVER YOU ARE financing a commercial property investment or a business, the types of funding can be broadly classified into two categories: bill facilities and non-bill facilities.

The Concept

Bill facilities are charged as a margin over the inter-bank lending rates, published each day in the Financial Review as commercial bills; while non-bill facilities are charged as a straight interest rate.

The funds for these facilities may also be raised through the money markets, but they are priced on a simple interest rate basis over a loan term. [Read more...]

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To Caveat … Or Not to Caveat?

17 May, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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BEFORE EVEN beginning to answer this question, you first need to understand what a Caveat involves.

A Caveat is a document, which any person with a legal interest in a Property is able to lodge with the land registry (or titles office).

After registration, a caveat note appears on the Title giving prospective purchasers or financiers notice that a third party might have rights over the property.

The process of preparing, lodging and having a caveat registered with the land registry is quite straight forward. Accordingly, caveats are commonly lodged over properties without obtaining legal advice. [Read more...]

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Proper Due Diligence is Vital

13 May, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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MANY PEOPLE will make the mistake of not carrying out a due diligence study BEFORE they acquire their Commercial properties.

But this can end up becoming a very expensive process — because you'll can often miss out on the property, if someone else snaps it up, before you?re able complete your study.

Therefore, the secret lies in ensuring you negotiate a deal ? where your due diligence occurs AFTER you have tied up the property, under a binding contract of sale.

Anyway, here are the 5 Key Elements you need to investigate … [Read more...]

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How Quickly The Mood Has Changed For Commercial Property!

13 March, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Has The Penny Dropped?OVERALL, people appear to have returned from their Christmas break with a renewed sense of confidence — certainly as far as Commercial property is concerned.

In a recent article, I covered the reasons for this change.

However, investors are also being buoyed by the past two weeks of solid economic data — including a welcome boost to Australia's trade balance, as well as retail turnover increasing by 0.9% during January. [Read more...]

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How Good a Commercial Property Investor Are You?

6 March, 2013 by Leave a Comment

InvestSOME WOULD-BE investors never get around to taking the plunge into Commercial property.

They certainly know quite a lot, because they read plenty of books and regularly attend seminars. But even so, they remain what are affectionately called "Armchair Investors".

How to Cure Procrastination

There is a certain hesitancy that sometimes accompanies the transition from Residential to Commercial property investing. [Read more...]

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The Anatomy of a Commercial Property Deal

27 February, 2013 by Leave a Comment

SO LET'S GO right back to basics … and just break down a Commercial property investment into its fundamental components.

You see, very few investors seem to spend enough time to fully understand what's involved.

>>>>>Your Investment = Equity + Debt + Ideas + Time

And you may care to explore each of these aspects in a little more detail. [Read more...]

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Commercial Property Investing: How to Uncover a Good Deal

20 February, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Discovering a Good DealIT'S TRUE … every deal will always be different. But that does not mean you can't use a series of simple measures, to help you sift the "wheat from the chaff"!

Only then, are those properties entitled to make it through to the next stage of detailed analysis.
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How to Quickly Shortlist Your Properties [Read more...]

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Top-End Commercial Property in Demand

30 January, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Top-end Offices now in DemandOVER THE PAST several months, I have been recommending you refrain from trying to pick the bottom of the Commercial property market.

And certainly not wait for overwhelming evidence of prices being "on the up".

Anyway, last week you were probably given the best confirmation you needed in an article by Carolyn Cummins (The Age, BusinessDay: 24 Jan 2013).

In the article, she talked about high net-worth investors having now joined institutional investors & sovereign funds, at the top end of the Commercial property market.

Driven by lower interest rates, demand has increased for health-care properties and large-scale shopping centres; plus traditional offices and industrial property. [Read more...]

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Commercial Property: Looking Ahead

16 January, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Confidence is now returningTHROUGHOUT the last half of 2012, you would have seen our articles consistently predicting a turn-around in confidence, early in 2013.

And more particularly, we also explained why there would be a rebound in China's growth — following transition to the new Administration. [Read more...]

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Buying Commercial Property? Make Sure You Choose Wisely

9 January, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Real GDPIN ALAN MITHELL's article last Saturday (AFR: page 15), he discussed a recent report from the OECD — which outlined the growing pressures upon the Australian economy for structural change.

Apparently, the centre of gravity for global activity is gradually moving.

Centre of Gravity is coming closer to AustraliaAnd as the table shows, this is moving closer to Australia; and will bring with it an increase in … specialisation, innovation, productivity and income.

However, as a Commercial property landlord, you will only continue to be successful if you can quickly identify those businesses benefiting most from what's occurring.

You have already seen a shift in manufactured goods offshore; as well as the car industry unwisely being subsidised by government. [Read more...]

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