Chicago Commercial Real Estate Market Dodges Collapse, Begins Recovery

By: Alby Gallun February 14, 2011, Chicagobusiness.com The local commercial real estate market is coming back, defying expectations of a prolonged collapse like the one that decimated the housing market. Loan delinquencies are falling, property values are rising and leasing is picking up at the area’s office buildings, shopping malls and warehouses, signs that the [...]

Thoughts on: Real Estate Investing

This is a rather unique time in the real estate market. It is almost impossible to put a deal together, but there are increasingly more closings. Money is scarce and yet there is a lot of capital ready to be spent. Every market downturn proves that there are basic rules that dictate why some people [...]