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Average Daily Rate Calculator: ADR Formula and Calculations

Average Daily Rate Calculator: How to Calculate ADR

Businesses in the hospitality industry derive the bulk of their revenue from room sales. One of the key metrics used to understand room revenues is the average daily rate (ADR). If you’re investing in a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or other lodging, it’s vitally important that you understand how to calculate ADR.

What is the Average Daily Rate or ADR?

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SBA Loan Default: What to Do and How to Prevent It?

SBA Loan Default

There are some situations where purchasing the property that your business occupies can be lucrative in the long term. Other times, changing market conditions, a lack of due diligence, or unknown factors can make the investment a bad one. For a business owner, the inability to pay back their loan is a concern, and SBA loan default is not ideal. There are some ways to … Read More

Are Storage Units a Good Investment?

Are Storage Units a Good Investment

The investment in self-storage could be beneficial to some investors. With a wide range of potential storage facility opportunities in many areas, it is valuable to explore this investment avenue to determine how profitable it could be.

What is Self Storage?

Self-storage is an opportunity to piece out and rent space to those who need to store items offsite. These are typically buildings that have … Read More

A Guide to CMBS Delinquency Rates

CMBS Delinquency

The commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) rate has been fluctuating in recent years, and sometimes has spiked as the commercial real estate landscape adjusts to new work  habits. Because CMBS are borrowed by real estate investors and purchased by securities investors, delinquency rates can affect both parties. Here’s a guide to CMBS delinquency.

Understanding Delinquency Rates

At its core, a delinquency rate quantifies the proportion … Read More

What is an Opportunity Zone? A Guide in Real Estate Investment

What is an Opportunity Zone

Every real estate investor needs to find at least one way, and preferably several, to gain an advantage in the market. One of the largest potential advantages is an opportunity zone (OZ). If you’re unfamiliar with this particular benefit, here’s why you might want your next property to be in this particular type of zone.

What is an Opportunity Zone?

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Understanding Mortgage Constant: Calculation, Formula and Applications

Mortgage Constant

For real estate investors, understanding all of the numbers in any transaction is critical to determining if a transaction is worthwhile. Often, the focus is on determining if the return on investment is worthwhile, and that is often the case when costs are in line with earning potential. One specific area of focus is the cost of debt service. Mortgage constant is one of the … Read More

What is DIP Financing and How it Works?

DIP Financing

Securing financing is a process for any business that needs to borrow funds, but it’s especially challenging when going through bankruptcy. For businesses and firms that are facing bankruptcy, there’s debtor-in-possession financing (DIP financing).

What is DIP Financing?

DIP financing is a specific type of financing that may be available to businesses going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The term “debtor in possession” refers to … Read More

Understanding Interest-Only Loans in Commercial Mortgages

Interest Only Loans

For investors considering the purchase of real estate, the goal is to keep costs as low as possible. A component of that is obtaining a low-interest rate, but it may also be important to minimize cash flow loss. An interest-only loan may offer some assistance in that area.

What is an Interest-Only Loan?

In its simplest terms, An interest-only commercial mortgage is a loan in … Read More

Insurance for Commercial Property: What’s Covered and What’s Not?

Insurance for Commercial Property

Any investment in commercial property is a significant one, and even the most well-managed properties suffer damage. Commercial insurance is a necessary investment, yet many investors don’t know much about their coverage nor how to take full advantage of the protections it provides.

What is Commercial Property Insurance?

Commercial property insurance is much like any other form of insurance. It is a policy taken out … Read More

A Guide to Investing in Commercial Distressed Properties

Distressed Properties

Commercial real estate presents a wealth of opportunities, but perhaps none offer potential returns equal to those of commercial distressed properties. For those who know how to identify promising distressed properties and purchase them, there are often substantial gains to be made.

If you’re still unfamiliar with this aspect of commercial real estate investing, here’s a guide to investing in commercial distressed properties.

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