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What Can Landlords Do to Improve Their Properties to Gain/Keep Tenants?

As a landlord, your ultimate goal is to attract quality tenants who will not only pay their rent on time but also take care of the property. In a competitive leasing market with numerous options available to potential tenants, standing out from the crowd can be a challenging task. The secondary goal, retaining the tenant, … Continued
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Key to Success: Build a Strong Company Culture

Establishing a strong company culture is vital for a positive and productive work environment. A company’s culture is built on shared beliefs, values, and practices and guides its employees’ interactions with each other and its customers. The outcome is increased employee satisfaction, higher retention rates, enhanced productivity and a higher level of customer satisfaction and … Continued
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How to Ensure a Smooth Transition to Your New Commercial Space

Congratulations on finding a great new space that fits your business’s needs! Relocating or expanding your business to a fresh or new commercial space can ignite a whirlwind of emotions – a mix of excitement, anxiety, and a feeling of being overwhelmed. The demands of the moving process are undeniably complex, but amidst the chaos … Continued
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Workspace Revolution: Embracing Shared Office Space for Post-Pandemic Success

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally reshaped the way we work and live. As we adapt to new work arrangements, shared office space has emerged as a valuable solution to navigate the post-COVID landscape. Both startups and large corporations like Microsoft, Samsung, and Visa utilize dynamic coworking spaces to rent flexible desk, office, or meeting rooms … Continued
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Artificial Intelligence: Useful Tool or Something to Fear

Depending on who you’re listening to, artificial intelligence (AI) can either conjure up a HAL 9000 or a benevolent WALL-E scenario. In any event, the genie has been released from the bottle and there’s no turning back. It’s understandable that some folks are wary of this technology. Probably the best way to address your issues … Continued

The LA April Fool’s Day Tax: Not a Laughing Matter

It seems appropriate that Measure ULA (United to House LA), otherwise known as the “mansion tax,” went into effect on April Fool’s Day of this year. For those not familiar with this measure, a 4% ULA transfer tax is now levied on the sale or transfer of real property when properties are valued above $5 … Continued
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Now is the Time to Ask: How Does My Lender Calculate DCR?

The grim statistics show that commercial-property owners face nearly $400 billion of debt maturing this year as regional bank failures threaten the industry’s biggest source of financing. Local and regional banks accounted for nearly 50% of commercial real estate loan originations in 2022 according to a report from MSCI Real Assets. Additionally, there is almost … Continued

The Good Neighbor Policy, the Zombie from Sacramento

California Assembly Bill 1000 (AB 1000), also known as the Good Neighbor Policy, was resurrected from the corpse of AB 2840. With an aim to protect California communities and improve air quality, the bill would limit, or in some cases, stop the development or expansion of warehouses over 100,000 square feet within 1,000 feet of … Continued
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Why Hybrid Work is Playing a Bigger Role in CRE Than Inflation

Inflation, inflation, inflation… We’ve all heard about it non-stop this year. In 1964, according to the Federal Reserve History, “inflation measured a little more than 1 percent per year… Inflation began ratcheting upward in the mid-1960s and reached more than 14 percent in 1980.” Today, the U.S. inflation rate sits at about eight percent; bouncing … Continued
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The Benefits of Investing in Commercial Real Estate

Many people have a basic understanding of investing in property, but usually, that property is residential real estate like a single-family home or condo. When it comes to investing in commercial real estate, however, there’s less general knowledge of exactly what that is and the benefits that this type of investing holds. At Voit, we … Continued