Why your Property Manager is your Due Diligence workhorse

December 10th, 2009 Dike Drummond Posted in Commercial Real Estate Investing, Due Diligence, Property Management No Comments »

Never Ever Ever … take a property under contract without a quality local Property Manager on your team.

 

Our latest “hype-free” Commercial Power Hour Teleclass shows you why your Property Manager is the workhorse of your Due Diligence Team in all phases of the process – Market | Financial | Tenant | Physical. You will dramatically increase the risk in your investment without them on board.

 

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Dangerous Property Manager Contracts – Don’t Sign if your contract says this …

December 2nd, 2009 Dike Drummond Posted in Commercial Real Estate Investing, Property Management No Comments »

 
Your relationship with your Property Manager is key to the success of your Commercial Property Investments. This relationship starts with your Contract AND we have found a lot of Property Managers Contracts are heavily weighted in favor of the Property Manager.

These dangerous contracts are often presented as if they are “standard”… Not True. You get what you negotiate. The last thing you want is to be locked into a contract with a poorly performing Property Manager… and no easy way out… OUCH.

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Contract Red Flags:

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The Quality Property Manager Premium

September 28th, 2009 Dike Drummond Posted in Commercial Real Estate Investing, Property Management No Comments »

As an experienced Commercial Property Investor, you know that good property management is important, but the question remains….

Exactly how much difference can a quality Property Manager really make to your bottom line. What is the dollar amount you can expect in return for taking really good care of your renters?

I think I have an answer for you…

Recent research offers a fascinating glimpse into exactly what premium you can expect when tenants believe you are a quality property manager. The results are surprisingly lucrative.

Real Facts is a statistics company that focuses on Multifamily in several larger US markets. They published an opinion survey December of ‘07 from renters in four different U.S. cities.

The purpose of the study was to determine exactly what influenced the renters level of satisfaction with their landlord.

Turns out renter satisfaction comes from the presence of “a sense of community” within the apartment complex.

And a “sense of community” comes from a number of quality Property Management factors… good renter screening, good policies, fixing the apartment units when then need it in a timely manner, etc.

Good data … no surprises and….

Then they did a fascinating thing…

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Commercial Real Estate: Don’t Steal from your Property

July 2nd, 2009 Dike Drummond Posted in Commercial Financing, Commercial Real Estate Investing, Property Management, Psychology, Uncategorized No Comments »

When you purchase a commercial property and leave the Closing Table, you will take with you several different piles of cash you don’t see in a Residential Real Estate Purchase.

They come in the form of

  • - Tenant Security Deposits
  • - Pro-rations
  • - Credits

And in a larger property, these can easily total hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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WARNING:

We know of other commercial property Educators who advise you take this money at the close and use it to purchase additional property. They crow about “Cash Back at the Close” as a major reason to move up to commercial property.

We strongly disagree – and absolutely discourage you from taking cash out of ANY commercial property at the Close!

That is because all of this Money has a dedicated purpose.

If you use this money for anything other than its intended purpose in this property – you are literally Stealing it from the property and your Investors. Taking this money can and will sabotage the success of your investment.

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Always use this cash wisely and Only for its intended purposes.  

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