 | Manufactured Home Community Financing Handbook (249K) The past four years have been a tumultuous time for the commercial real estate market and the economy in general.
This financing handbook takes a look back at 2011 and a look ahead to the future lending environment we expect to see.
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| Manufactured Housing Under Renovation (108K) This article from Dawn Wotapka and A.D Pruitt from The Wall Street Journal explains how the latest generation of manufactured homes have corporate executives hoping they will help to update the industry's image to get beyond its association with trailer parks. |
| Cash Flow Tips - Pin Your Hopes To These New Revenue Streams (31K) Martin N. Burton is a partner in the real estate department of the law firm Eisner, Kahan & Gorry in Beverly Hills, Calif. He wrote this article that appeared in CIRE, the CCIM Magazine July/August 2011 issue. |
| Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest (90K) Tim Terry, founder of World Trend Financial offers his reflections on the most common financial and tax mistakes he has seen people make in his 35 years as an advisor. |
| Happy Together - Reinventing Home (581K) For years, boomers have denied they are going to get old. Now, with knees that need scoping and birthday cakes with way too many candles, the defiant generation is finally thinking about the future - especially where and how to live. |
| An Era of Less (206K) Stephen Blank, Senior Fellow at The Urban Land Institute, says when it comes to the current state of commercial real estate, "The problems are obvious, but the solutions oblique". Read this article from the ULI Senior Resident Fellows Update. |
| A Challenge To Help Homeless Veterans (55K) Kirk Ferentz, University of Iowa head football coach, started The Homeless Veteran Project several years ago. Read about it in this article from the November 11, 2011 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette. |
| 6 Mistakes Housing Investors Make (310K) This article is from The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 2011 |
| Top Ten 1031 Exchange Misconceptions (18K) This article is from First American Exchange, January 2010 |
| Living Beautifully (136K) This article titled "You've Got Ants Marching Through Your Kitchen" is from Ladies Home Journal |
| Sam Zell's Acquisition of Hometown Parks Confirms.......... (39K) That the Market Has Turned!
This article is by Frank Rolfe of NicheInvestments.com, an online hub for commercial real estate niches. |
| High Vacancy High Wire Act (28K) This article from CCIM CIRE Magazine, Sept/Oct 2010 includes one property owner's experience with passing along not only water costs, but sewer and garbage costs as well. |
| Bohemian Cove (247K) The hippest neighborhood in Malibu, CA is....a trailer park? Yes, according to this article from the March 2011 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. |
| A Disasterous Decade (2.6MB) White paper by Dr. Peter Linneman |
| Where Residents Can Find Rent Money When They Can't Pay (44K) |
| The True Story of How to Fill Lots..... (64K) Frank Rolfe Article published in The Journal - July 2010 |
| Are We In A Housing Bubble? (1.0MB) |
| Unlock the Potential (882K) |
| Successful Future - What will it take (904K) |
| What can you do to add value (578K) |
| When Your Property Doesn't Sell.. (621K) Joanne offers eight important reasons why your park or community doesn't sell. These reasons can easily apply to any commercial investment property. |
