http://www.stlouiscommercialrealestateforsale.com St Louis Commercial Real Estate Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:02:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Billions of dollars worth of commercial mortgages are due to reset from 2009 to 2012. Many holders of these mortgages won't be able to refinance because of decreasing property values. High unemployment has also taken a toll on the real estate market. Because tenants are not able make rent payments, ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~4/0qIEpNKX2PE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~3/0qIEpNKX2PE/ http://www.stlouiscommercialrealestateforsale.com/3043/using-commercial-loan-modifications-to-prevent-foreclosure/ For much of 2009, the quickest, easiest and best way to purchase an investment property in Las Vegas, was to purchase a bank owned foreclosure, or REO.  In fact, 75% of all sales in Las Vegas in 2009 were bank owned REO foreclosures.  In some individual months, this number was ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~4/Lv_nXUhyLzU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~3/Lv_nXUhyLzU/ http://www.stlouiscommercialrealestateforsale.com/3042/how-to-buy-investment-properties-in-2010/ In my real estate work in San Jose area,  I continue to get called as an real estate expert witness when agents get sued.  You might wonder what an expert does.  In most cases, the buyer sues the seller and some times the listing agent, accusing them of not disclosing ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~4/LrBhDKYmgJk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~3/LrBhDKYmgJk/ http://www.stlouiscommercialrealestateforsale.com/3041/why-agents-get-sued-by-a-real-estate-expert/ Have you ever had a tenant who knows just how to work the system in order to get to live in the unit for as long as possible for free?  I think some tenants are quite aware that they can take advantage of eviction laws to get to live somewhere ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~4/8MjzJVM0lhY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~3/8MjzJVM0lhY/ http://www.stlouiscommercialrealestateforsale.com/3040/tenants-who-work-the-system/ Knowing the demographics of your marketplace can be very helpful.  However, understanding another very important marketing principle known as “psychographics” can give you a competitive edge when marketing luxury real estate. 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And only the most competitive survive in that arena.   Only compete with yourself.   To achieve success in business, you must ignore your natural desire to compete with other people.   Instead, you should only compete with yourself. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~4/Jjz4ds2T8RA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~3/Jjz4ds2T8RA/ http://www.stlouiscommercialrealestateforsale.com/3037/only-compete-with-yourself/  To achieve success in business, you must not act on faith or guess or take blind and stupid risks.   Instead, look for reasons to act based on factual information you receive. But even this should not be taken ‘as is’ and just blindly followed.   All information received by you ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~4/V0Equef65ac" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StLouisCommercialRealEstate/~3/V0Equef65ac/ http://www.stlouiscommercialrealestateforsale.com/3036/only-act-with-reason/ Unfortunately, at some time in our lives, most of us will experience an accident, like a automobile accident. There are certain things that you should do and the things that you must not do, when you are in the moment of a car accident. 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