OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

Thursday

May 23, 2013

Commercial: Feature Articles

Tenancy in Common Cures 1031 Headaches

Publish Date: Wed, 11/01/2000

The increased interest in 1031 transactions by property owners looking for tax-deferred commercial real estate ownership opportunities has masked one small problem: It’s not always easy for practitioners and their clients to find good matches for the properties that they want to exchange.

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Brokerages Look at Salary-Based Sales

Publish Date: Sun, 10/01/2000

Increasingly, brokerages are offering their associates a menu of compensation arrangements, from the traditional commission to salary plus bonus to hybrid plans that cap commission in exchange for other incentives--and associates are going for it.

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Making the Commercial Grade

Publish Date: Fri, 09/01/2000

In an age when top office and retail properties regularly sell for millions, if not hundreds of millions, of dollars, there probably aren’t too many residential salespeople who don’t occasionally think about switching to the commercial side of the business.

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The Party's Not Over, Just Piping Down

Publish Date: Fri, 09/01/2000

Industrial and office practitioners around the country are reporting a slowdown, though slight, in the absorption of space among dot-com and other Internet companies—a group that has been one of the demand drivers for both office and industrial space in recent years. But don’t fret. The Internet economy is just beginning its long-term run-up.

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A Sign of the Times: Clients' Knotty Problems Call for Big Ideas.

Publish Date: Tue, 08/01/2000

Landing a deal with a top-tier client. Breaking into a new international market. Being named No. 1 salesperson in a global commercial company. That’s the stuff we were looking for when we set out to identify four commercial practitioners—specialists in industrial, office, property management, and retail--for this month’s cover profiles.

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Landlords Swap Stock Options for Rent

Publish Date: Sat, 07/01/2000

As an alternative to rent, some owners are accepting warrants that allow them to buy stock before it’s available to the public--a risky strategy, particularly as venture capital for dot-coms dwindles, but one that offers the possibility of a big payoff. Other owners are requiring fledgling high-tech companies to pay a year’s rent in advance.

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E-commerce? Retailers Just Fine, Thank You

Publish Date: Mon, 05/01/2000

Despite the explosion of online shopping, traditional stores are a dynamic property type that will continue to evolve, thrive, and remain attractive to investors.

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Euro Creates New Real Estate Opportunities

Publish Date: Sat, 04/01/2000

For many reasons, the introduction of the euro on Jan. 1, 1999, was a significant milestone for real estate.

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Affordable Gold

Publish Date: Sat, 04/01/2000

Brave the arcane--but potentially lucrative--world of buying and selling affordable rental housing projects.

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Commercial Jackpot

Publish Date: Wed, 03/01/2000

A residential broker revamps a shopping center without giving up his day job.

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