Over the last week or so, we've had the opportunity to tinker with the REsheets Tool Belt. This MS Excel-based financial modeling package includes 13 analysis templates. These simple-to-use and understand worksheets allow for analysis on several real estate asset types and situations, including apartments, commercial (i.e. retail, office and ... More
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Product Review: The REsheets Tool Belt
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011Cap rates, cap rates, cap rates…
Friday, February 25th, 2011A large percentage of our organic web hits are from people looking for cap rates. There are plenty of websites which define what a cap rate is and how to calculate one, but we regularly receive inquires as to where the best place is to look up reliable cap rates. . So....without ... More
MIT CRE data meets Tableau Public
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010While we LOVE the data and thoughtful analysis MIT's Center of Real Estate and Dr. David Geltner put together each month, we'd like to encourage them to use something more robust than MS Excel's charting software. We are certain that MIT has someone who knows how to use Tableau. Heck, ... More
Updated: Commercial REO Sites
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010Through our research, we have compiled a list of major bank and special servicer websites to monitor new commercial REO activity. Below is the list we have so far, in no particular order: Top Special Servicer Sites: 1. LNR Partners 2. Midland Loan Services 3. C-III Capital Partners 4. CWCapital Asset Management 5. Orix Capital Markets 6. ... More
New Feature: Automated Client Reports
Saturday, August 28th, 2010We've been hard at work implementing our newest feature, CRE Console's automated client reporting application. This feature saves investment brokers time and money by automatically creating investor reports. Instead of scrambling to update activity reports for their clients, all CRE Console users need do is email a link, our software ... More
Have you used Blytic.com?
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010We recently stumbled across an interesting website, Blytic.com. It is an interesting concept, if you're not familiar with the site. Blytic is a privately funded Boston area startup offering a novel new service for accessing/managing real-time time-series data as well as for analysis authoring and publishing. First, Blytic acts as an real-time ... More
Cap Rate to 10-year Treasury Spreads
Sunday, July 18th, 2010A recent post titled "CRE Cap Rates vs. 10 Year Treasury" over at Marketwi.se reminded us of a Cornerstone Advisers research report titled "Cap Rates and Real Estate Cycles". In this report, Cornerstone published a graph which tracked NCREIF Cap Rates v.s 10-Year T-Bill yields since 1983. The NCREIF may ... More
Product Review: CMBS.com
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010One website we recently stumbled upon is CMBS.com. This website is an invaluable resource for CRE sales and mortgage brokers, as well as pure principal investors. Their CMBS Leads product allows users to search for securitized loans which are maturing, watch listed, specially serviced, in foreclosure or REO. If you ... More
New Feature: Sold Notifications
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Sold! Let prospective clients know that you’ve been successful in closing a deal. With every listing on CRE Console, users have the ability to send investors sold property notifications. And now, more than ever, one of the first questions prospective sellers are asking brokers before signing a listing agreement is, "Have ... More
Sears store closings: Opportunity #1 in 2012?
Thursday, December 29th, 2011One of the biggest news stories following the Christmas holiday was the release of a list of 79 stores Sears Holdings intends to close in 2012. While this may mean trouble for existing Sears and Kmart landlords, it spells opportunity for buyers and other big box tenants looking for deals in ... More
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