Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Itā€™s often assumed that when capital is needed (to acquire or refinance) ā€œunusual propertiesā€ (ā€˜Gentlemanā€™s Clubs,ā€™ Marijuana Dispensariesā€¦) that Hard Money with double-digit rates, etc is the only route availableā€¦ Not so. There are institutional investors who will...

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Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Curiousā€¦

Your humble correspondent could use a break. I no sooner get done blogging on the (non) likelihood of a pre-election rate hike, when the universe begins to shriek: ā€˜September Rate Hike!ā€™ The Dow tumbles 300 points, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren intones ā€˜a...

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Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Janet Was the last one to know…

On election night, the impossible became possible, then probable, then fact. Markets whipsawed about, dropping 5% through the night, breaking even by morning, and then started to climb. The Ten Year Treasury is up by about a half-point as are corporate bond rates. If...

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Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Masters of uniplurge

ā€¦saw the other day where Jon Corzine had vanquished the latest in a parade of suits and complaints against him. You remember Jon: Goldman Sachs CEO, turned New Jersey Senator, turned New Jersey Governor. Fresh out of office, the Governor needed a new gig and took up...

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Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Politicians and Money.

Itā€™s amusing the way politicians veer between feigned outrage at financial services mischief and open fawning for the same mischievous financial institutions. In 1999 when Bill Clinton demanded ā€˜homeownership for all!ā€™ Wall St. lobbyists schmoozed Democratic and...

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Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Negative Interest Rates and Humans

Money is a fascinating thing. A man may work from sun ā€˜til sunā€¦ but when that work week is done, itā€™s done. Save for money. As a ā€˜store of value,ā€™ money suspends and stores the value of that weekā€™s work indefinitely, in a paycheck which can be left in his...

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Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Back from the Canyons of Manhattan

After a twenty-year absence, I journeyed with my son to New York, a kingdom heā€™d heard tell of, never touched. Having been away so long, Iā€™d forgotten ā€“ The magnitude: Whereas 40 story structures are titans in the west, they are foot soldiers in Manhattan. The...

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Assumptions and The Unusualā€¦

Make nice with single tenants

Wrapping up a single-tenant retail (refinance) transaction, Iā€™m reminded of how important a tenantā€™s cooperation is in these deals. Obviously, with only one tenant providing the propertyā€™s income stream, lenders get a lot more inquisitive as to the tenant's p&ls, etc....

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