Over the years, my experience working with investors from different walks of life has always fascinated me when it comes to their ultimate “go or no-go” decision regarding real estate investments. Some clients only look at the cap rate. Their rationale is that most of the time you can predict the first year of revenue stream [...]

                    
Welcome to the REFM Commercial Real Estate Company Directory! The Directory is an ever-expanding list of commercial real estate owners, operators, developers, investors and other principal stakeholders.
Job seekers and market analysts, have you checked out the REFM CRE Company Directory yet? It is a quick and easy way to identify the players in a [...]

Want a ready-to-bake project? The American Institute of Architects has done a great job executing on their vision of assembling a listing of what it calls “stalled” projects. They currently have over 30 projects nationwide, and the AIA serves as matchmaker if you want to inquire about a project. Accessing the database requires that you [...]

The Costa Rica Global Association of REALTORS® (CRGAR) has decided to support CATURGUA,  Cámara de Turismo Guanacasteca,  and its efforts to attract international visitors and investors to Costa Rica, particularly the Guanacaste Province. Both organizations understand the importance of tourism and real estate investment to Costa Rica’s economic success.
The first evidence of CRGAR’s support is the placement of [...]

Costa Rica has not been immune to the world’s financial challenges in recent years, but with few properties having mortgages at all and the national economy becoming increasingly diversified, it has grown steadily through this period. In the past year, the growth rate averaged 3.5%, and domestic Costa Rican property investors and vacationers are now [...]

Whatever fallout comes from the current debt crisis and its related issues, landlords and investors must be prepared to react quickly and with flexibility. Fortunately the full effects, and perhaps the lasting effects, of the debt crisis are being revealed by the most recent financial activity. The current broad-based fall in U.S. stock market values, [...]