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It's easy to cast off property managers as detached or faceless mediators in real estate dealings driven only by profit. However, at Kenwood Management, we believe property management can be more than just collecting rent and number crunching.  When it comes to commercial real estate, when our ...

Developing an investment plan is crucial to realizing your financial goals. Each investor has their own investment and asset criteria, ultimately leading them to choose either a single tenant or a multi-tenant option.  These asset types vary significantly in administrative requirements, cash flow, ...

Location and the market are among the most critical factors when analyzing a commercial multi-tenant property—they impact profitability, and appreciation and can help indicate trends. Restricting your investment options to your immediate local area can cut you off from a range of lucrative and ...

Demystifying different real estate opportunities brings you one step closer to realizing your dream of financial freedom through real estate.  Due to ingenuity and technological growth, there are more real estate investment options, from equity crowdfunding to micro-flipping, than ever. ...

Real estate can be an excellent vehicle for building generational wealth and consistent cash flow. However, this doesn't mean you should go all in on the first deal you encounter. To maximize success and build an optimal portfolio by including multi-tenant real estate, investors must clearly ...

While in the past, commercial multi-tenant real estate was an exclusive asset for the super-wealthy, these days, thanks to private real estate syndications, commercial real estate is accessible to a far more comprehensive range of investors.  Savvy everyday investors are using commercial ...

Real estate investing offers so many benefits that it should be incorporated into every investor’s portfolio. However, many are interested in adding real estate but don’t understand all of the advantages, what options to consider, or how to participate beyond buying a property on their own. Since ...

As a hotly debated question, it's no wonder that many soon-to-be investors are asking themselves: should I invest in real estate or stocks? While the answer indeed rests on some subjective factors, such as risk appetite and personal financial objectives, the multi-tenant commercial real estate ...

The real estate industry has changed, creating unique opportunities for hungry investors. Group investment strategies have become a popular option for investors looking to access the benefits of real estate investment without the late-night maintenance calls, periods of vacancy, and dodgy tenants ...

One benefit that makes property a unique investment is the tax advantages passed on to investors.  While many syndicators and real estate companies focus on the passive income, dividends, and equity of investment real estate, they often overlook the tax benefits, which can sometimes be more ...

Commercial property is a superb vehicle for investors looking to create passive income and target deals that may be out of reach as an individual.  Most investors access multi tenant real estate through an investment group or portfolio that syndicates and manages the property on their behalf.  ...

When choosing a real estate investment option, the market is everything. It intersects at every significant point, from the project's viability, profitability, and returns to the property's value.  When analyzing your real estate investment criteria, the market should be at the top of your list for ...

Anyone investing in the current economic environment needs to consider inflation’s impact on their investment model or forecast. For the past 40 years,inflationary pressures have been present every year, albeit mild. From 1991 to 2020, average annual inflation ranged from 0.7% to 4.1%. Inflation ...

Smart investors are turning to commercial multi tenant real estate to access higher returns and invest their money in a traditionally inflation-proof asset. However, with so many real estate companies to choose from and a full range of investment options with varying degrees of risk, it can take ...

As inflation grows, the need to make intelligent investment decisions has never been more significant.  Inflation hit a 9.2% peak in June 2022 due to mounting pressure from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Covid-19, supply chain issues, and aggressive interest rate hikes from the Fed in an effort ...

Maximize your Energy Efficiency  Several aspects of managing a small business—growth plans, OKRs, cash flow—can yield juicy results. Still, considering ways to lower costs of operation and maintenance is another vital boost you can give your business.  

With negative economic news seeming to dominate the business headlines and with the Fed poised to raise interest rates once again in November, where we are heading is a frequent discussion topic. Last month, noted economist Dr. Anirban Basu conveyed his perspective to Kenwood’s investment community ...

In speaking at his annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting earlier this year, Warren Buffett discussed how business owners can thrive during times of high inflation. He said, “The best thing you can do is to be exceptionally good at something.”   But what exactly can business owners do to survive and ...

I am very pleased to present to our investors the latest commercial real estate market intelligence from three of our leasing brokers. I hope that you find this timely and insightful. The information below has been prepared exclusively for the Kenwood investor community and provides more specific ...

A 35-year-old man with 10 years of commercial real estate experience was sitting in an advanced financial modeling class while working on his Master of Real Estate degree at Johns Hopkins University. He had just listened to the professor explain how real estate models and valuations worked, what ...

When Bruce Springsteen was asked about the meaning behind his hit song “Thunder Road,” he described it as an invitation—an invitation to his audience to join him on a journey. Where that journey would lead was undetermined. We now know it led to 20 Grammy awards, two Golden Globes, and induction ...

What would you do if you made an investment that lost $11,000,000,000? Yes—not a typo. BILLION. Or how would you respond after pursuing a new tenant only to learn they decided to lease from your competitor? Or how would you determine why your offer to purchase an investment property wasn’t accepted ...

Warren Buffett refers to these five words as the most dangerous for any entrepreneur or investor. Yet investors continue to ignore market fundamentals, deny their own logic, reluctantly investigate contrary ideas, focus on what others are investing in, and only listen to perspectives that confirm ...

Many business leaders and executives hate to admit this. By acknowledging it, they fear they will lose credibility, respect, and stature. Their staff have become reliant on their wisdom, instincts and skills that heretofore produced effective results. Many executives believe they need to envision ...

One of our goals as real estate investment operators is to provide our investors with timely and insightful market intelligence. In this month’s article, we’ve asked two leasing and one investment sales brokers to prepare a market summary in their specific area of expertise and market coverage. The ...

Last month I saw Bruce Springsteen performing his Broadway show (Covid vaccine card and masks required). At one point during the performance, Bruce recalls what life was like at 19 years of age. We all know that age is a time of transition. It is when we either begin our college years or embark ...

Exclusive content for Kenwood Investors.  Since it’s mid-year 2021, we wanted to provide you with some different perspectives about the various leasing markets where our properties are located and how these markets are performing now compared with pre-COVID-19.

As we all take a deep breath from 2020 and enjoy all that summer has to offer in 2021, it is time to unwind and think about simpler things. The days are longer, the weather warmer, and the air is filled with the smells of the ocean and barbecues, and the sounds of outdoor activities. For this ...

Investors frequently ask us what metric is the best to analyze and valuate a real estate opportunity. At Kenwood, we utilize multiple models to underwrite each acquisition. However, we find that, compared to other models, the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) captures more comprehensively the scope and ...

I was recently talking with a few potential investors about three different investment properties. In each situation, the first question they asked me was, “What was the cap rate?” Although many may think this is a natural question when evaluating a real estate investment, it made me wonder if they ...

If you are similar to many investors, you recognize the long-term value of real estate, and you want to diversify your portfolio, but you don’t want to be a landlord. The idea of collecting rents, paying the bills, and responding to tenant calls isn’t very appealing. This is completely ...

Recently, a business owner I was talking to asked me about the benefits of investing in real estate as a way to diversify her portfolio. After explaining some of the fundamental advantages of real estate over stocks and bonds, I wanted to expand the conversation. We discussed the pros and cons of ...

I was recently talking with a business owner who had a stock and bond portfolio. She also owned the building where her company was headquartered and recognized the inherent long-term value of real estate and its stability as investment, but really didn’t know where to start. If she pursued a real ...

Investing in real estate can be a scary and uncertain process for many people. There are so many considerations to evaluate and many questions that need to be understood and answered. Although those issues may appear daunting, there are significant advantages in adding real estate to one’s ...

Most investors want a high rate of return along with a low level of risk. Stocks (Equities), mutual funds, and real estate are investment vehicles that investors often consider. These options can provide positive long-term returns. However, investing in commercial real estate provides an investor ...

I am often asked by our real estate investors one of the following questions:  How do we determine what properties to invest in?  What is our acquisition vetting process like?  What are the analytics we use in coming to a “yes” decision?

A multi-tenant property, by definition, has more than one tenant. Lease terms are generally shorter than those found in a single tenant leased property and can typically range from 3–10 years. A multi-tenant property also has a number of benefits from an ownership/investor perspective, in addition ...

Certain criteria must be analyzed to effectively assess the value, potential risks, and rewards of different real estate investment opportunities. Simply utilizing the old adage “location, location, location” is often too simplistic in evaluating income-producing real estate, and strictly relying ...

Single Tenant Properties may look like an attractive investment, but is that really the case? A single tenant property, by definition, is leased to one tenant for some time period. The lease term could be relatively short (5 years or less) or long (10 or more years). The perception among ...