Spotlights

If you only engage independent contractors to perform maintenance do you need WC insurance?

If you only engage independent contractors to perform maintenance and repairs, do you need Workers Compensation (WC) insurance? Absolutely. ...

Price is the number one reason properties do not sell whether we are in a boom or bust market

The Massachusetts multi-family market in 2008 saw a 44% decrease in transactions, 41% decrease in total dollar volume, however a 5% increase...

N.H. seacoast region has experienced a lesser downturn unlike other regions in the country

With its recent affiliation with the nationally recognized Weichert Real Estate Affiliates - Weichert Realtors, Points East Properties' Comm...

Future success might be based on entrepreneurship: small business owners who historically create jobs

In today's economic climate, combined with the estimates of 'people in the know', 2009 and 2010 are going to be financially stressful years....

Smart retailers are taking extraordinary actions not only to adapt, but to thrive in today's market

In a recent issue of New York magazine, writer Michael Idov refers to "...a retail shakeout of historic proportions. Local outlets of nation...

A commercial mortgage broker can bring value to a transaction by maximizing the loan dollars

With the range of lending sources available today to the real estate developer and owner, the question is always asked, why use the services...

Strong leadership will help turn around the difficulties that the hospital industry is facing

The economic decline is continuing to ravage the nation's hospitals, with half of them operating in the red and many planning service and st...

It's not the interest rate, it's the equity: Pricing needs to be reset for assets to trade on open market

"Help, I'm stuck and I can't get up! The prognosis for this Spring Preview is that we will continue to wallow in the quagmire of this credit...

The rapid evolution of warehousing and distribution center real estate

Over the past two decades, the systems and technologies used in the handling, warehousing and distribution of goods have evolved tremendousl...

Cost segregation can bring tremendous value over the term of ownership of real estate

By now, owners of real estate should know that cost segregation brings tremendous value over the term of ownership of real estate. The defer...