Why Invest With SMARTCAP, INC.?
The SMARTCAP Group’s slogan is “Smart, Transparent, Professional Real Estate Investments.” We believe that through making smart investments, providing ground breaking transparency to our investors and taking advantage of our...
Data Driven Real Estate Investment
In real estate investing, it can be very easy to get tied up emotionally into a property or even an area. It is very easy to look at a particular area, fall in love and focus your investment based on a misguided sense of a...
Cap Rates, Cap Rate Compression and Value
What is a cap rate, what does cap rate compression mean and how do both affect commercial real estate valuations? What is a cap rate? In real estate investment, real property is often valued according to projected capitalization...
Why We Remain Bullish on Retail and Office
Why are we still Bullish on Retail and Class B Office? Construction has remained low on both of these asset classes forcing vacancies to decrease. We are starting to see the effects of the high levels of Multi-Family development...
Interest Rates Stay Low in 2015?
Federal Reserve announced today they have not plans to raise short term interest rates. They left the door open for possible rate hikes in mid 2015, though there is no certainty that rates will go up at all this year.
Why the SMARTCAP Group Invests Through LLCs
Why does The SMARTCAP Group invest through LLCs? An LLC is a Limited Liability Corporation that has the benefits of a corporation, as well as a partnership or sole proprietorship. An LLC provides limited liability in addition to...
Vintage Place & Smokey Point Update
Executive Summary: Our first full month of management and ownership of Vintage Place and Smokey Point properties has gone very well. We've completed the H&R Block lease, renegotiated a lease with Ultimate Tan and Spa and are...
Understanding Real Estate Investment Returns
When reading about commercial real estate investments you will see many potential investment returns expressed as an IRR. The IRR is the average annual return an investor can expect to receive over a certain amount of time, given...
Real Ownership Vs Reit Investing
Most 401ks have a REIT in their mix, and many investment professionals recommend some portion of your portfolio be placed into a REIT for diversification into real estate. What most people don't understand is that when you invest...
Triple-net Lease (NNN) Investing Basics
The basic idea of the triple-net lease investment is simple: the property owner nets a monthly or quarterly rental income while the commercial tenant covers the costs of operations and upkeep. The NNN property lease means that...