http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Monte+Lee-Wen Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=449218&ca=Real+Estate Due Diligence is the disciplined process you use to lower the risk of investing in Commercial Property. This risk typically comes in four “flavors” when you are investing in Commercial Real Estate. Market Risk: Will the fundamental conditions of this market allow me to meet my return on investment (... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=445566&ca=Real+Estate 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 pr... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=438578&ca=Real+Estate Finding Deals in today's distressed Commercial Property Markets In a more normal market ... where there is a reasonable volume of Property for sale and a reasonable number of Buyers ... we recommend you build your Lead Generation System around active Brokers and Commercial Agents. In normal times th... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=402322&ca=Real+Estate There it was in the Wall Street Journal last week. The headline in the Real Estate Section blared, "Apartment Vacancy Rate Hits 22-Year High !" and I murmured to myself ... here we go again. It just reminded me why newspapermen are NOT Real Estate Investors ... they are just out to sell papers and... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=383835&ca=Real+Estate 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 t... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=341256&ca=Real+Estate Now we come to the fourth and last part of our Investortours' Due Diligence Process - the Physical Inspection of the Property. That's right ... we save the inspection of the physical aspects of the property until the very end. Most inexperienced Commercial Investors will make the mistake of diving... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=341259&ca=Real+Estate The concept of the "Value Add" property is central to success as an individual Commercial Property Investor. "Value Add" means a property where you can do something as the Property Owner that allows you to increase the Net Operating Income (NOI). - You "Add Value" to the property - This drives up th... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=321470&ca=Real+Estate Have you ever heard the saying "Red Sky at Night... Sailors Delight"? Well as the sun goes down on the bursting Residential Real Estate Bubble there is a lovely red sunset visible to those of us who are active in the Multifamily markets. In fact, conditions are shaping up for what we're going to ca... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=310396&ca=Real+Estate With commercial real estate sales volumes down 60% nationwide, it seems as if almost every market is slowing down. Lenders are being much more conservative ... and sellers are hesitant to accept that their properties are now 5 to 10% less valuable than this time two years ago. Here is a tool that ma... Real Estate Monte Lee-Wen Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=310377&ca=Real+Estate In today’s market, every financing option needs to be in play. The Owner Carry is one option you must learn to use when it is available. And sometimes you have to be creative to “Git Er Done”. In this article, let's look at ways you can get what amounts to an Owner Carry ... even if the Lender won't...