Author: robert
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Home Energy Retrofits Green Real Estate
Green Apples to Apples: A Case-by-Case or Model-Based Approach Toward Green Real Estate? By: Luke Bujarski In 2008 the Chicago Climate Action Plan set out an ambitious goal of retrofitting 400,000 residential units by 2020. As the green real estate movement picks up steam, national and local initiatives like Obama’s proposed…
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Green Real Estate Improves Home Values
Countertops or Cost Savings? Banking on Green Real Estate to Improve Existing Home Values By: Luke Bujarski Today’s competitive real estate market is making it extremely difficult for owners to sell their existing properties. One way property owners can set themselves apart in this tough market is through green certification. As the green building movement…
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Flagstaff Green Real Estate Investment -Flagstaff Home Energy Audit
The April 2011 issue of Men’s Journal, magazine listed Flagstaff in its “Best Places to Live 2011.” writing up Flagstaff as on one of the best place to “Go Green.”with a youthful flair” and as an “eco-minded college town”. One way Flagstaff residents should continue to be “going green” is by renovating their existing home…
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Private Money for Arizona Investment Property
The real estate correction in the Arizona investment property market has presented many opportunities for small residential investors, to large commercial investors and developers seeking distressed prices on qualified assets. The common denominators in successfully closing distressed opportunities are relationships and having access to capital. Without access to capital and quality relationships to access distressed opportunities, obtaining profitable assets…
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Vacation Rental Home Investment Property
Many real estate investors still dream of owning that mountain home or beachfront villa in their ideal vacation destination. Vacation Homes are typically not considered by most investors as a traditional real estate investment. The common refrain from investors is that you can’t make a vacation rental home investment property pay for itself. The thought is…
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Sherwin Williams Triple Net Lease – Sherwin Williams Investment Property
Sherwin Williams Triple Net Investment Property offer real estate investors solid predicable returns. Sherwin Williams Paint Stores make a good real estate investment because they enjoy a Standard & Poor’s Investment Grade credit rating of “A-“. Sherwin-Williams stores have long been considered desirable real estate investments–and for good reason. The company has been around…
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Green Real Estate Investment Trusts – Green REITs
REITs to Green Buildings: Leading the way toward a Stronger Commercial Real Estate Market? By: Luke Bujarski Active property investors might want to pay close attention to a renewed interest in “green” real estate investment trusts, also known as REITs. With the recently announced Better Buildings Initiative, President Obama has pledged new tax incentives and…
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Zoning Can Add Value to Real Estate Investment Property
Real Estate Investors & Developers often ask the question will re zoning my real estate investment add value. This question has been asked since the enabling statutes were first passed in the State. The answer to the real estate investors question is not straightforward and is dependent upon a number of variables such as (a) the timing…
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Triple Net Lease Single Tenant Cap Rates
In 2011 we are seeing the substantial cap rate compression from previous years in the past for core net leased assets. As 2010 ended the market saw multiple investors competing for core assets. The national asking cap rates in 2011 for the single tenant retail sector are currently 8.00%. The national asking cap rates the office sector are…
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Bank Owned New Construction Homes In Chicago and Suburbs
In today’s Real Estate Market many buyers are taking advantage of builders who purchased land and started to develop property right before the bubble burst. Purchasers in Chicago and the Suburbs are finding spec homes and condos under the price of what it costs the builders to actually build today. In the height of the…