Consider Amenities in Commercial Office Space

Written on May 4, 2012 at 3:24 pm, by admin

Finding Commercial office space can be like booking a hotel room. Some buildings merely offer space for your offices, with plain vanilla walls, and no additional amenities. Others can be like a five-star hotel, with security officers, a reception desk, high-tech conference rooms, a cafeteria, and maintenance workers on staff. The buildings with several amenities also tend to be newer and more luxurious. They may have regular landscapers and groundskeepers and may offer valet parking for you and your clients. Of course, you will pay for the added benefits, but if your companys image requires an upscale office

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Assessing Location Differences

Written on May 4, 2012 at 3:22 pm, by admin

The truism in the real estate field is that value is all about location, location, location. Appraisers who take this to heart and apply this to their appraisal routine must spend a good amount of time in assessing the relative merits of each property location as compared to the subject property. This is not always easy, as this is a highly subjective calling with no real guidelines by which to rely on except the appraisers experience. Some factors that influence location differences in appraisals are properties with interior or corner locations, properties with cul de sac locations, and properties

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Should You Paint a Rental Property Before You Try to Rent It

Written on May 4, 2012 at 3:18 pm, by admin

Here is something I have debated over and over again whether or not to paint the interior of a rental property before I try to rent it. Now let me clarify this by saying that if the walls are in bad shape there is no debate I will paint first. But for those marginal properties that the walls still look okay I have developed a little technique that keeps me from having to spend the money for painters. When I find a renter and have done a thorough Tenant background check so I know I can trust them. I

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