Sheryl A. Smith's (sherylsmith) Blog

You own commercial real estate.  This property is likely one of the highest performing assets you own. When you have a problem with it, you call an agent/broker to assist. Who ya gonna call?If you need to have space leased, your needs will best be served by someone experienced in your property ty...

Yes, I am referring to Apple Computer Stock. We have friends who bought 100 shares for $19.95 each.  They are a great example of someone who bought low and sold high in the stock market.What is easy to overlook here is that 20 or so years ago when this purchase occurred, they were very strapped f...

Are you waiting for the bottom of the market to buy more real estate?  Whether it's the stock market or real estate, people try to buy low & sell high.  Very few people get the timing just right. But by waiting for the perfect time, most  people miss the opportunity to build wealth altogether.Thi...

The Sacramento landscape is changing.  Are you keeping up with the changes?  Take this quick quiz to see how well you know the new "Sacramento".  If you are from outside of Sacramento, you may consider all of the towns listed "Sacramento".  However, the numbers show some separate and distinct cha...

You have listings and they just are not selling. Translation: You aren't making any money.  Relief is here! There are a couple of tools that can be used to find ready and willing buyers for your listings.Read more about this topic.

A couple a months ago, I posted Will You Make Money on This Deal? This article created a good deal of interest because it is common knowledge that the value of a commercial investment property is generally in the leases.  This new post gives a little more detail on the answers from my previous po...

It's that time of year again...taxes!  As we compile our information, the similarities between the different methods of filing tax returns is strikingly similar to the commercial real estate business.  What do I mean? With our taxes, we can file by TurboTax (or some other software program), we ca...

You get a new listing on a piece of commercial real estate and you are so happy!  You've heard about the large commissions for commercial real estate so you want to handle this listing right.  You put in on the MLS, post a sign, add it to the Realtor caravan, and send out just listed postcards.  ...