3 Strategies for Real Estate Investors in 2014

Transwestern's Steven Orchard, Michelle Lee Share Insights in "Ask the Expert" Publication

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Jan 14, 2014, 03:03 ET

HOUSTON, Jan. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Many investors are frustrated by today's frothy pricing of commercial real estate. Non-institutional investors, in particular, are finding themselves outbid on acquisition targets. Those investors can best compete for mid-cap, value-add investments and are most likely to find those deals outside of primary markets, according to Transwestern's first-quarter edition of "Ask the Expert," featuring Steven Orchard and Michelle Lee, leaders of the firm's structured finance group in the West.

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Transwestern's Steven Orchard and Michelle Lee, leaders of the firm's structured finance team in the West, share insights on strategies for real estate investors in the first-quarter edition of "Ask the Expert." (PRNewsFoto/Transwestern) (PRNewsFoto/TRANSWESTERN)

Investors should look at what they already own as their best investment opportunity instead of overpaying for new assets. Investing capital to upgrade or reposition current assets can create value and maintain a lower comparative cost basis than developing or acquiring new assets.

Investors should also be thinking about debt as an asset in 2014. One has to use leverage advisedly, but with debt this cheap and strong inflationary pressure looming in the long-term, procuring long-term fixed-rate debt is a smart investing strategy.

"Ask the Expert" is a Q&A with Transwestern experts and leaders. Download the full version here: http://www.transwestern.net/public/corporate/AskTheExpert/AsktheExpert_1Q2014_LL.html

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