Banking on Baby Boomers, Part II

Banking on Baby Boomers, Part IIBy: Nicholas A. DunlapIn our primary office market, we see office rents ranging from $1.65 to $1.85, but we see Medical uses on the higher end of this range and in some instances into the $1.95 per square foot range.  Naturally, this correlates to higher property values. Please see Part … Continue reading Banking on Baby Boomers, Part II

Banking on Baby Boomers

Banking on Baby BoomersBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap The effects of an aging population can certainly be seen in the commercial real estate landscape.  For a number of commercial real estate owners, this has been a game changer.  From expanding current uses to include medical office or traditional medical space, to simply catering to the needs of … Continue reading Banking on Baby Boomers

4 Benefits to Owning Commercial Real Estate

4 BENEFITS TO OWNING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE By: Nicholas A. Dunlap A Re-Post of a Blog Originally Written for Commercial Source, The National Association of Realtors Commercial Real Estate arm.  Good information never gets old! While some investors strategically amass their real estate investment portfolios, others enter into the arena accidentally or perhaps unintentionally.  And whether you are … Continue reading 4 Benefits to Owning Commercial Real Estate

Generic Data Mixed With Non-Industry Author = Waste of Reading Time

Generic Data Mixed With Non-Industry Author = Waste of Reading TimeBY: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMAn article in today's Orange County Register touts rising rents in the multifamily sector as the reason that there are more and more buyers entering into the single family residential for sale market.  For those of us working in the multifamily … Continue reading Generic Data Mixed With Non-Industry Author = Waste of Reading Time

2013: The Liberal Supermajority and Your Continued Success. Can they co-exist?

2013: The Liberal Supermajority and Your Continued Success. Can they co-exist?  Part 3 of 3By: Nicholas A. Dunlap This is the final installment (Part 3 of 3) of my 2013 Commercial Real Estate Outlook. Please note: I have been right on 100% of my predictions for 2011 and 2012.  Don't believe me? Read 2011 and 2012 by clicking on the respective years. Continued...Trim … Continue reading 2013: The Liberal Supermajority and Your Continued Success. Can they co-exist?

2013: The Liberal Supermajority and Your Continued Success. Can they co-exist?

2013: The Liberal Supermajority and Your Continued Success. Can they co-exist?  Part 2 of 3By: Nicholas A. Dunlap This is Part 2 of 3 of my 2013 Commercial Real Estate Outlook. Please note: I have been right on 100% of my predictions for 2011 and 2012.  Don't believe me? Read 2011 and 2012 by clicking on the respective years. Refinance, Please We have … Continue reading 2013: The Liberal Supermajority and Your Continued Success. Can they co-exist?

2013: The Liberal Supermajority and Your Continued Success. Can they co-exist?

Happy New Year! 2013 is off to a great and very busy start with lots of positive investment activity.  We are in full on acquisition mode.  I may not be able to blog as much as I'd like over the next month, so I figured I would at least provide you with a snippet of … Continue reading 2013: The Liberal Supermajority and Your Continued Success. Can they co-exist?

Self-Publishing: My Story (Part I)

Self-Publishing: My Story (Part I) By: Nicholas A. DunlapWriting is something that has always been easy for me.  Could be because I started reading at such an early age.  It's funny.  When I was five years old I would consistently get up at 6:00am and pick up the newspaper in the hopes of catching my dad … Continue reading Self-Publishing: My Story (Part I)

Rainy Days

Rainy Days By: Nicholas A. Dunlap When I was a kid, I loved rainy days.  Something about growing up in Southern California and rarely having the winter season and rain that the Southwest, Southeast, Midwest or Eastern USenjoys made me look forward to the few days each year that it would actually rain.  One of my favorite … Continue reading Rainy Days

Storytellers and Story Sellers

Storytellers and Story Sellers By: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPM Good real estate tells a story.  A family story, a town's story or in some cases, the story of an era.  Some of these stories are inherent to those of us who work behind the scenes: the owners, the brokers, the managers, the developers who make the building … Continue reading Storytellers and Story Sellers