Is It Wise To Borrow When You Buy Commercial Property?

Posted on 10. May, 2012 by Chris Lang.

There is no doubt, you can certainly accelerate your overall return from Commercial property, by gearing up with a loan.

Even so, you should FIRST make sure that you can say "Yes" to each of the following questions.

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12 Fundamentals You Need to Follow ... When Buying Commercial Property

Posted on 24. Feb, 2012 by Chris Lang.

As you'll appreciate, being able to sleep at night is one of the key objectives for any Commercial property investor. And that's what you might refer to as staying below your "Threshold of Insomnia".

There can be several things that might cause you to lose sleep. One is over-borrowing; and the others are making a poor assessment of the market and the property itself.

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Commercial Property Needs to be Properly Managed ... THEN You Will Profit Handsomely

Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by Chris Lang.

Once you have carefully chosen your Commercial property investment, and negotiated a great deal with the purchase ... you then need to turn your mind to ensuring you extract the most from it, during the time of your ownership.

Here are the Key Areas where your Property Manager needs to be really well versed.

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Tried-and-True Ideas to Profit from Commercial Real Estate Investing

Posted on 10. Nov, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Keep in mind that Commercial property investing is all about the deal, the terms and the return on investment.

Here are a few key tips intended to give you a hand with your property investing.

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Commercial Property & NABERS:
What is it all about?

Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Yes, I know it is rather confusing; but this is merely an acronym for the ... National Australian Built Environment Rating System.

Effectively, it benchmarks existing buildings against one another — where ZERO means a "Poor" rating ... and FIVE indicates an "Excellent" green building.

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Put Your Property Manager On Notice

Posted on 26. Jun, 2008 by Chris Lang.

Thank you for all your feedback and numerous requests about the "17 Questions" — both via your blog comments and personal emails. Anyway, you obviously wanted some more details on all of this ... so I've put together a short eBook to summarize the Answers to those questions you need to pose to your Property [...]

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How to Rate Your Property Manager

Posted on 17. Jun, 2008 by Chris Lang.

When it comes to the Investment property you own, you need to feel confident in your Property Managers — knowing that they are acting in your best interests. The other day, I set down for you a few thoughts on just what you should be expecting from your Property Manager. Anyway, here are 17 probing [...]

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What to Expect from Your Property Manager

Posted on 07. Jun, 2008 by Chris Lang.

Over the years, people have often asked me exactly what their property manager should be doing for them. And as you will appreciate, everyone's expectations will differ. However, once you have acquired your Commercial investment, your Property Manager should (as a minimum) be striving to ensure that:

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