Insights

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At REC, we aim to simplify complicated transactions. When that is not possible, we're ready to hustle.

Please contact us if your luxury apartment building can accommodate a new Mint House location.

Read REC broker Alexander Becker's article in Colorado Real Estate Journal - Q4 Office and Industrial, page 8.

Initially impressed with how intrepid our clients have been, surprises start to show.

Have you been meaning to diversify your portfolio into "alternative asset types"?

Putting emphasis on the underlying land value is a tried and true investment strategy.

There's still time next year but with smaller benefits. Mobile home parks also quality to a point.

The faster, more affordable alternative to an appraisal.

In today's competitive market landscape, on-market properties often do not meet the needs of REC's clients. When this is the case...

Q1 2022 retail store sales rose to new [pre-pandemic] records...

Good for Sellers; bad for buyers.

As brokers who represent buyers and tenants only...

Weigh the tradeoffs before making the best decision for your organization.

Read REC broker Alexander Becker's article in Colorado Real Estate Journal - Q4 Office and Industrial, page 24 - about current trends for industrial outdoor storage facilities along the Front Range.

For investors who feel that their portfolios are too concentrated in financial securities, the IRS allows...

By comparing the number of companies founded between July 2018 and 2019 and July 2020 and 2021...

Early in the lockdowns of 2020, there was much discourse about the force majeure clause...

It seems counterintuitive to say that building with mass timber is environmentally friendly, right?

We've all been inundated with news about current inflationary trends. Sunday's Wall Street Journal article...

Along with Austin, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Miami, Nashville and Raleigh, Denver has been named...

Yesterday, we received a call from the COO of a long-time client, a tech company (we will call them TC) that REC represented for their first and second office leases in RiNo...

According to the Milken Institute, Denver and Fort Collins rank among the best-performing...

Miami and Austin have received much of the recent attention surrounding population growth...

At the beginning of the pandemic, there was a great deal of discourse..

As part of the CARES Act and the Economic Aid Act, the Federal Government...

The fourth quarter was among REC's busiest for 2020 as we continued...

BisNow compiled leaders' opinions on how the new administration will affect the commercial real estate industry...

With universal pressures on the restaurant industry...

Did you see that Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins...

The pandemic has accelerated investor interest in distribution facilities...

In the wake of the pandemic, we would have thought that co-working's future was in jeopardy...

Are you wondering why commercial real estate values have not bottomed out yet...

If you are curious to learn how cap rates were calculated before calculators...

When the State of Colorado implemented certain requirements in response to the pandemic...

While the hotel industry continues to struggle through fallout from the Coronavirus pandemic...

Today marks two weeks since we resumed real estate tours in Colorado...

At REC, we have been studying the market day and night to properly advise our clients on when the optimal time will be to start making acquisitions in this recessionary market. Whether for managerial or investment purposes, we thought you may find the following articles that we have recently read enlightening.

Conventional wisdom suggests you find a broker in the city where you buy or lease, right? When we launched REC and had a client who wanted to open a new office in, for example, St. Louis or Los Angeles, we too would vet out local brokers and then introduce them to our client as the local expert.

As your lease expiration approaches, your inclination may be to contact your landlord to express interest in renewing. By doing so, however, you risk putting yourself in a weak position for negotiating a fair deal.

Over the last decade, we have seen the rise of concepts like AirBnB that offer "short-term rentals" or "STR's," meaning a tenant can rent a home for as little as one night - compared to long-term rentals (i.e., an apartment building that leases to a tenant on an annual basis). STR's became somewhat of a grassroots phenomenon once landlords realized charging 'per night' is much more profitable than charging 'per month.'

The cornerstone of REC's business is that, company-wide, we represent buyers and tenants only, no exceptions. People often ask us (a) why that matters and (b) why we are willing to forego the opportunity to make more money by representing both buyers and sellers; and tenants and landlords.

Searching for Car Washes and Gas Stations When it comes to searching for car washes and gas stations there are two types of buyers: those that want to buy the real estate, which is leased to a tenant who operates the business; and those who are buying the real estate and the business.

Dentists are everywhere because we all need them. But they have unique facility needs that are not welcomed at all office properties.

Cannabidiol (more commonly known as CBD) is not marijuana! It is oil extracted from the hemp plant that is legal in Colorado and the United States.

Did you know there are countless Spanish-speaking business owners in Colorado? These entrepreneurs often do not have brokers with whom they can effectively communicate.

Industrial uses, both light and heavy, often require special zoning and special infrastructure. Is your broker considering these principals during industrial real estate searches?