4 Strong Reasons to Invest in Commercial Real Estate

I realize that many of you reading this can't imagine yourself getting out of making small deals in residential real estate and moving into the commercial real estate arena.  Quite understandable as many of us don't like change or have some fear of it.

What you need to realize is that in commercial real estate, it's not about your personal resources that matters but it's a reflection of the deal itself...IT'S EXACTLY ABOUT THE PROPERTY.

Reason #1

Cash flow is king!  Commercial real estate when purchased right will produce much higher levels of cash flow compared to residential.  This is intuitive, isn't it?  Not really for some people because if you think about it for a moment, a single family home that needs renovations will produce zero cash flow.  Additionally, your money is tied up until at least the renovation is over and if you're flipping a home after renovating it, you must factor in holding time again after the repairs are done.  So, you could have zero cash flow for months or even years!  (Yes, years!).  Without cash flow, your business will grind down or even come to an abrupt halt.  

Reason #2

Related to Reason #1, commercial real estate offers less risk when the right systems are put in place.  If you lose a single tenant in a single family home, you have zero income but when you lose a tenant in a 100 unit apartment building, you've lost 1% of your total income.  I'm sure you get the idea...

Reason #3

Building equity takes less time with commercial real estate.  Bigger total payments from tenants mean your mortgage (if you have one) gets paid down in bigger lumps compared to residential rentals.  Additionally, value appreciation over time also creates more dollars for you in comparison with residential.

Reason #4

Forced Appreciation - This one is the best of the lot if executed right.  By increasing income and/or decreasing expenses, you can effectively increase the value of a commercial property by $10 for every $1 increase in income or decrease in expenses.  This is an average value with the standard understanding that average investors are looking for a 10% rate of return on their investment.  The powerful thing to take away from this is that $1 more in your pocket translates to a $10 increase in value....powerful stuff and very true!

i.e. this comes from the standard commercial valuation formula of:

Rate of Return = Income / Total Value 

By re-arranging this formula, we get Total Value = Income / Rate of Return

and with our example the total value increase, assuming we want a 10% rate of return = $1 / 10% = $10.

If you need a primer on commercial real estate, you may want to pick up a copy of Trump University Commercial Real Estate Investing 101, which is written by David Lindahl with a forward by Donald Trump.  It's a very good beginner's book and a great reference for the more seasoned professional that I highly recommend.  Check it out below.

Low Interest Rates Got You Down? How Does 10%-17% Annualized Sound?

It seems as though low interest rates will be with us for some time yet.  So how can we obtain higher returns and minimize risk?  Stock market?  Speculation in other areas?  Both of these options can produce tremendous returns, however the element of risk is substantial also.  For those people who don't have a stomach for high risk or the ups and downs of the daily markets, let's consider a viable, comparatively low risk option:  VALUE-ADD REAL ESTATE.  

Let me explain in layman's terms:  Value-add real estate is real estate that we can increase the value over a relatively short period of time by executing a viable business plan to extract that value as profit.  

What kind of returns, you may ask?  

Our track record shows 10%-17% annualized returns over the past several years, which we pay our investors.  Don't take my word for it at all!  These numbers can be checked through the public records.  We have never lost money on any deal we have done.  Are we lucky?  No.  We carefully pour over hundreds and hundreds of deals to find the diamond that makes economic sense and minimizes any possible downside.  By this approach, it's almost improbable to lose once we get into a deal.  As I mentioned before, we have never lost on any deal we have done.  It's a winner before we start, not by some appreciation due to market action.  We control the appreciation because we know what it is worth now and what it will be worth at the time we sell it within a small margin for error.  Additionally, our investor's money never passes directly to us and is protected by multiple layer's of insurance.  It is always handled through escrow through their chosen attorney! 

If you are looking for a viable option to generate a healthy 10% - 17% annualized return, then why not take a moment now and send us a quick email?  We can discuss your objectives and see if they coincide with ours.  If they do, great!  If they don't, no problem at all!  Let's start a dialogue today.... 

You may contact us at: info@almavesta.com or toll free at 1-888-799-7740 ext. 129 at your convenience for further information.

Until next time....