What the Fed Rate Hike Means for Commercial Real Estate Investors!

• The current investment landscape is highly dynamic and aggressive bid activity has broadly pushed cap rates for high-performing assets to low levels

• Unlike other investment options, CRE investors can leverage their expertise/knowledge to outperform the market even in today’s environment

• Investors who think differently and are willing to find creative solutions have an opportunity to be very successful

• When considering whether to “overpay” for assets, it’s important to keep 3 things in mind:

  • Information: Understand the asset’s local market/submarket as well as the economic, demographic, regulatory and supply/demand factors that influence its outlook

  • Insight: Finding creative ways to look beyond what a property is today and instead focus on what the asset can be tomorrow

  • Perspective: Keeping long-term trends in context to position that piece of real estate for success 3, 5, and 10 years down the line

• Client’s need for value-added brokerage is higher than ever – Become an information resource and position yourself