FHA Blues: Different Buyers, Same StoriesBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMArticles and statistics continue to illustrate to the public that FHA financing is the most commonly utilized source of financing in the residential real estate market at present. However, professionals in the industry are experiencing difficulties when working with it. The difficulties are not so much … Continue reading FHA Blues: Different Buyers, Same Stories
Comments on a Harvard Business School Article
Comments on a Harvard Business School ArticleBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMHarvard Business School published a great article on how and why business leaders should act more like artists. In the article, there were three key points mentioned that would improve the workflow of any office and coincidentally, these three things are done on a recurring … Continue reading Comments on a Harvard Business School Article
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Move-In Month
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Move-In MonthBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMThe retail sector of the consumer marketplace is not the only place to find value or bargains this holiday season. Landlords across Southern California who own or manage multifamily, commercial, office and other property-types are looking to fill vacancies and avoid what can generally … Continue reading Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Move-In Month
Real Estate Transactions Are Up, But Let’s Not Get Too Excited
Real Estate Transactions Are Up, But Let’s Not Get Too ExcitedBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMAn article published in the Wall Street Journal today further described the mess that is the residential real estate market. Per statistics included in the article, as many as 23% of the US or 1 in 4 homeowners currently owes more … Continue reading Real Estate Transactions Are Up, But Let’s Not Get Too Excited
The Rental Market: Something to Holiday Cheer About
The Rental Market: Something to Holiday Cheer AboutBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMFor those familiar with the for-sale and rental segments of the residential real estate market, you know that the end of the year typically marks a two or three month slowdown. November, December and even January are historically seen as times in which residents … Continue reading The Rental Market: Something to Holiday Cheer About
Can’t Figure Out the Commercial Real Estate Market, Take a Look at The Yankees
Can’t Figure Out the Commercial Real Estate Market, Take a Look At The YankeesBY: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMMajor League Baseball. Although it is still America’s National Pastime, our country’s oldest organized, professional sport is a big business. A huge business for that matter, one with hundreds of millions of dollars spent to retool and revamp … Continue reading Can’t Figure Out the Commercial Real Estate Market, Take a Look at The Yankees
Good News for 2010!
Good News for 2010BY: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMAnil Puri, Dean of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at CSUF predicts that approximately 10,000 new Orange County jobs will be added in 2010. Though not as substantial as the 58,000 jobs lost this year or 38,000 lost in 2008, the idea of a halt in … Continue reading Good News for 2010!
The Return of The Skip
The Return of The SkipBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMIt’s 3 in the morning and your resident manager happens to get up to get a drink of water. As they glance out the kitchen window, they notice the shimmer of a fluorescent light reflecting off of a television that appears to be moving through the courtyard … Continue reading The Return of The Skip
The 2009 Take On Pride of Ownership
The 2009 Take On Pride of OwnershipBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMWith the multi-family housing rental market growing more competitive than ever, a battle of specials and promotions has become standard practice. While some firms are more likely to promote the idea of free rent and discounted security deposits, others focus on the actual product that … Continue reading The 2009 Take On Pride of Ownership
In Tough Times, Landlords and Tenants Both Looking to Get More For Their Money
In Tough Times, Landlords and Tenants Both Looking to Get More For Their MoneyBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMWith multi-family vacancy rates and California’s unemployment rate simultaneously reaching recent highs, it is important for multi-family owners and operators to consider a new look for their apartment homes or be forced to decrease rents far lower than … Continue reading In Tough Times, Landlords and Tenants Both Looking to Get More For Their Money
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