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The Income Approach to Real Estate Valuation

Capital Expense vs. Operating Expense in Real Estate

The income approach is one of three techniques commercial real estate appraisers use to value real estate. Compared to the other two techniques (the sales comparison approach and the cost approach), the income approach is more complicated, and therefore it is often confusing for many commercial real estate professionals. In this article, we’ll walk through the income approach to property valuation step by step, including several income approach examples.

How The Loss to Lease Calculation Works

Capital Expense vs. Operating Expense in Real Estate

Loss to lease is a commonly used calculation in a commercial real estate analysis. However, loss to lease can also be one of the most confusing calculations to understand, especially when you see it for the first time. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the loss to lease calculations and walk through several examples to help you understand what it is and how it works.

Eleven Types of Risk in Commercial Real Estate

Capital Expense vs. Operating Expense in Real Estate

Every investment involves a certain amount of risk. There are certain general sources of risk that influence all assets – things like geopolitical risk and global macroeconomic risk. What makes each asset unique is the level of sensitivity that its rate of return has to those risks. In addition, specific types of assets have risks that are uniquely their own. In this article, we’ll look at eleven types of risk in commercial real estate investment.

Three Types of Commercial Real Estate Obsolescence

Capital Expense vs. Operating Expense in Real Estate

One of the unique challenges of commercial real estate investment is that markets, types of property, return expectations, and physical environments are in a constant state of change. As a result of these changes, a commercial property could be cash flow positive one day and undesirable the next due to shifts in tenant desires or some other factor. The real estate term for this type of risk is “obsolescence” and there are three types that CRE investors should be aware of.