LENDING BLIND – SIX YEARS AFTER LEHMAN’S COLLAPSE
Commercial Real Estate Lending: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You! If there is anything commercial real estate lenders have learned during the collapse of the commercial real estate market over the past five or so years, it would be the…
10 Things to Know About Commercial Real Estate Development Agreements
I was invited recently to speak at the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Annual Real Estate Short Course to discuss what every lawyer should know about commercial real estate development agreements. In preparing for the presentation,…
Information Providers – Can We Sue Them If They’re Wrong?
Of Course We Can Sue Them . . . But Can We Hold Them Liable? No one knows everything. It’s a simple fact of life. Often, businesses turn to other businesses and professionals to obtain needed information. The range of commercial…
Cities Shooting Economic Development in the Foot
NOTICE TO MUNICIPALITIES: If you want economic development, ACT LIKE IT! Sometimes, municipalities can be their own worst enemies when it comes to economic development. At best, things they sometimes do, or don’t do, evidence disinterest, if…
Keys Rules For Section 1031 Exchanges
This is the second installment of a three-part series on Section 1031 like-kind exchanges. Part 1 explained WHY you should consider use of a Section 1031 like-kind exchange when selling commercial or investment real property. Part 2 covers the key rules…
Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges – Part 1 of 3
This is the first installment of a three-part series on Section 1031 like-kind exchanges. Part 1 explains WHY you should consider use of a Section 1031 like-kind exchange when selling commercial or investment real property. Part 2 covers the key rules…
PERFECT SELLER – Selling Commercial Real Estate
Tips on Selling Commercial Real Estate Sellers are funny people. Not “ha ha” funny, but funny in the sense that they sometimes have an odd way of looking at things when they are selling commercial real estate. This is not an indictment…
Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence – Do You Know the Four Areas of Inquiry?
Albert Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence – the Four Areas of Inquiry I’m a big fan of Albert…
IN PRAISE OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS – Let’s Do Lunch!
This article is being republished as a welcoming salutation to many of my long-lost Real Estate Developer friends. You have been missed over the past several years. Call me. Let’s do lunch! Did I happen to mention I love Real Estate…
DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLISTS – for Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Are you planning to purchase, finance or develop any of the following types of Commercial or Industrial Real Estate? A KEY element to successfully investing in commercial or industrial real estate is performing an adequate Due Diligence Investigation…