Commercial Real Estate Class for Beginners

(NOI) in Commercial Real Estate

One of the most important concepts in commercial real estate investing is Net Operating Income, commonly called NOI.

If you spend time around commercial investors, br...

Why Income Matters More Than Location

Many people assume that commercial real estate is valued the same way residential properties are.

In residential real estate, the value of a home is largely based o...

When people begin exploring commercial real estate investing, one of the first surprises is how many different types of properties fall under the commercial umbrella.

Commercial real estate isn’t lim...

By now, you’ve seen how commercial real estate works.

You understand:

• How NOI drives income

• How cap rates determine value

• How to approach deal analysis

• Financing

• How due dili...

If you’re coming from residential real estate…

This is one of the most important shifts you’ll make.

Because while both involve property…

They are not the same business.

And if you try to treat co...

For a lot of people, this is where things feel overwhelming.

Not the property.
Not the deal.

The financing.

And that’s understandable.

Because commercial real estate financing is different from re...

Once you get serious about a deal, everything changes.

You’re no longer just looking…

You’re verifying.

And that’s what due diligence is.

It’s the process of confirming that everything you’ve been...

Before you buy a commercial property…

Let me give you something more valuable than excitement.

Caution.

Because most bad deals don’t look bad at first.

They look:

• Profitable

• Clean

• “Full of potential”

And that...

At some point, you move past learning… and you start looking at actual properties.

And that’s where things can either go very right…

Or very wrong.

Because evaluating a commercial property isn’t ju...

At some point, every investor gets to this question:

“Is this actually a good deal?”

And this is where things get real.

Because you can understand NOI…
You can understand cap rate…

But if you don’...

If you’re new to commercial real estate, this is probably the question you’re really asking:

 “How do investors actually make money doing this?”

And that’s a good question.

Because if you don’t und...