Pete Chrzaszcz's (commercialmasterminds) Blog

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RECENT BLOG POSTS
A recent article in the National Real Estate Investor I thought worth sharing. Highlights include: Delinquency rate for Commercial mortgage backed securities reached a record high in August Multifamily defaults hit 14.53% Hotel defaults hit 18.92% Paul Mancuso, VP with Trepp, indicated there is m...
09/13/2010
Hello, I am a commercial broker trying to get a feel for investor sentiment as it relates to real estate investments… As your time permits, please take a moment to comment on the following questions. Thank you in advance for your time and responses. How do you/your clients determine what makes a ...
09/10/2010
My business partner, Luis Garcia shared some interesting notes from the San Jose Apartment Brokers meeting today. Luis writes: According to the more senior brokers, Buyers are very hesitant to step in, unless they’re getting a very good deal. Sellers are selling, BUT only if they have to sell. Ve...
09/08/2010
The Investor’s Marketing Forum (IMF) met this past Tuesday in Orinda. Our moderator Dave Carney facilitated an engaging conversation about the financial state of the commercial real estate economy. Jeff Shaddy of Pacific Capital spoke to share insights as to the amount of debt coming due in the n...
02/05/2010
A recent article in National Real Estate Investor described the rate of bank failures at an alarming pace. In fact the research firm Foresight Analytics reports that loan defaults are at an all time 18 year high. As was recently echoed by Brian Pretti of Mechanics Bank, the worst part is that the...
01/26/2010
ANNOUNCING my first meetup for commercial real estate investors! I formed a meetup group on meetup.com called Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Group Investors. My goal is to share basic commercial real estate principals as they apply to buying commercial property, specifically buying apartment...
01/24/2010
As owners of commercial real estate, East Bay commercial real estate specifically, you are no doubt aware of market rents and vacancy levels. Recently the trend has been a mild deterioration in rents coupled with a mild deterioration in vacancy. During the last Rental Housing Association of North...
01/24/2010
Commercial Real Estate forecasts are always interesting to me, especially when presented by someone not selling a product or service. At the East Bay CREW meeting, 2010 President Tillie Ross of Old Republic Title introduced her guest speaker, Brian Pretti, CFA, CFP and senior Vice President of Me...
01/24/2010
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs- that’s how we will exit this recession/recovery! Unfortunately, the numbers from the East Bay Economic Development Alliance indicated a protracted stay in this recovery trench. The trend is headed in the wrong direction, thankfully, the total loss of jobs for the East Bay was on...
01/19/2010
The Investor’s Marketing Forum (IMF) held it’s Holiday Luncheon and Marketing meeting at the Orinda Country Club today. It was a sold out event. Tapan Munroe was the guest speaker. Tapan is a past chief economist for PG&E. He served his post longer than any other chief economist. Tapan suggests t...
12/22/2009