The Biden Administration’s recently unveiled tax plans propose to limit the benefits of Section 1031 like-kind exchanges, which real estate investors have used as a powerful tax-planning tool for nearly a century. Under Biden’s plan, the tax-deferral benefits of like-kind exchanges would no longer apply to property sales that result […]
There are three appraisal methods commonly used to determine the market value of a commercial property involved in a sale or acquisition. While each approach relies on different data and facts, the final valuation may employ a combination of all four appraisal methods. Income Capitalization (Cap) Rates are used to […]
With current interest rates at historic lows due, in part, to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the reality is that rates can only go higher from here. In broad economic terms, rising rates make borrowing more expensive and have the potential to reduce investors’ returns on their investments. Within […]
Asset diversification is a critical component of a sound investing strategy. To counterbalance the volatility of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds traded on the public equity markets, astute investors often turn to commercial real estate and its proven track record for retaining value, preserving capital, and generating passive income. Commercial […]
The pandemic and resulting shift to remote work has helped to spur a migration of winter-worn northern residents and businesses to sunny, tax-friendly Florida. According to the Florida Realtor’s Association, February’s existing single-family home sales were up more than 15 percent from 2020, while sales of condo-townhouses increased more than […]
It has been one year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and prediction of a surge in commercial property defaults that never materialized. Instead, rent delinquencies have declined while landlords renegotiated lease terms to their advantage and reaped the rewards of 6.8 percent commercial property price growth in February, […]
The continued rollout of vaccinations across the U.S. provides a beacon of hope that consumers and businesses may begin returning to many of their pre-COVID-19 routines and a post-pandemic economic recovery is possible. Looking at the commercial real estate landscape, things are quite different today than they were one year […]
One more consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the inability of Florida lawmakers to enact legislation reducing the state’s sales tax on office, retail, warehouse and certain storage property leases in 2021. Consequently, owners of commercial real estate located in Florida must continue to charge and remit to the […]
A new presidential administration and Democrat-controlled congress could mean significant changes for real estate investors over the next four years. Some of the policy issues mentioned in President Biden’s campaign promises and which real estate investors must watch closely include higher income taxes for top earners, increases to the corporate […]
Orion Real Estate Group today announced it invested more than $226 million to acquire 75 single-tenant, net-lease properties in 19 states during the last half of 2020. These transactions included the deployment of a $70 million fund to purchase a portfolio of 65 free-standing properties with high-credit-quality, essential business tenants […]
Posted on May 18, 2021