Category Archives: Market Trends

Commercial Real Estate Market Trends

Understanding The Right of Offset

Capital Expense vs. Operating Expense in Real Estate

It is very common for a lender to require a borrower to open a checking account as part of the transaction. Because of this, it is critical that borrowers have awareness of a lightly understood and rarely enforced, but potentially devastating clause in a typical retail bank’s deposit account agreement known as the “Right of Offset.”

Weak Macro Data Can Obscure Local Opportunities

Capital Expense vs. Operating Expense in Real Estate

Weak Macro Data Can Obscure Local Opportunities Don’t overlook opportunities just because macro-level numbers suggest the market isn’t performing well. Investors can and should closely evaluate the macro trends, considering population growth, job growth, household formation, income levels, and all the other major metrics. But investors also need to dig under the surface.