June 17, 2020
Cap Rates Explained: How Important Are They?
A capitalization rate, more commonly referred to as a cap rate, is a metric commercial real estate investors use to analyze properties and calculate the rate of return. The c...
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August 28, 2019
Condo Deconversions: Why They Won’t Pick Up On Chicago’s South Side
I’m frequently asked which neighborhoods I think are best suited for condominium deconversions, and why. Perhaps as interesting are areas that generally won’t work well, and neighb...
April 4, 2019
Things you need to know, but probably don’t, when looking at vintage condominiums
Before buying a “starter” condo, we need to explore the history of the building and how that impacts your investment. The housing bubble in the mid-2000s created a massive amount o...
February 13, 2019
Five Commercial Real Estate Trends I’m Paying Attention To In 2019
By Andy Friedman, Kiser Group It already feels like 2018 is a distant memory as we enter the second month of the new year. Reflecting on last year, I thought I’d share some ideas o...
October 17, 2018
The Condominium Conversion-Deconversion Pendulum
As we continuously examine the deconversion trend at Kiser Group, we look for as much information as we can to try to understand how much longer it will last. We recently looked a...
August 28, 2018
Cash-On-Cash: The real measure of rate of return
By Andy Friedman Real estate investors are always drawn to cap rate as their go-to measure for potential investments. Cap rates are flawed. (More about that in a previous post.) Yo...