RWPS Info HUB

What we have learned, written down.

Three sections, one purpose: to make you a better-informed owner, whether or not you ever hire us.

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Step up your real estate expertise. Expert tips, practical insights, how-tos and interviews, with new material added regularly.

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Market trends and strong opinions about where commercial real estate is actually heading, from people who have seen a few cycles.

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Case studies from deals we did: what the problem really was, what we tried, and how it came out.

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Chronicles

A Conversation with Craig Padover

Catching Up with the Developer of 410 Motor Parkway

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Property ABCs

Understanding Cap Rates

Understanding Cap Rates: A Practical Guide for All Levels

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Property ABCs

Part 1: What is a Cap Rate?

The basics of calculating and understanding cap rates

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Part 2: Why Does It Matter?

Understanding Cap Rates: A Practical Guide for All Levels

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Property ABCs

Part 3: What’s the Right Cap Rate?

Understanding Cap Rates: A Practical Guide for All Levels

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Property ABCs

Part 4A: What Everyone Gets Wrong

Understanding Cap Rates: A Practical Guide for All Levels

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Property ABCs

Part 4B: What Everyone Gets Wrong

Understanding Cap Rates: A Practical Guide for All Levels

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Property ABCs

Part 5: Where the Term “Cap Rate” Comes From

Understanding Cap Rates: A Practical Guide for All Levels

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Another Look at Risk vs. Reward: Quantifying Risk

It’s a sure thing, it can’t miss! We’ve all heard it before. We’ve also heard “but no one could have predicted…” and “the odds were a thousand to one that…” afterwards. Words spoken by smart people who were making good decisions based on odds that were strongly in their favor. With that in mind, let

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CRE in Danger, Will Robinson! (or not)

The financial news channels have had the Commercial Real Estate doom gloom story on the back burner for a couple of weeks now. Soon they’ll be zipping around like Robot on Lost in Space, flailing their arms and shouting “Danger! Danger!”

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Chronicles

Creating Value from the Ground Up

Turning a family home into a viable development site.

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Chronicles

Helping Hanover Find Their Suite Spot

Hauppauge

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Improving, Adapting, and Wiping Off the Light Switch

We stabilized a mixed-use asset during Covid and positioned it for a successful sale.

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Interest Rates vs Cap Rates

As I write this, a 1-year T-Bill is at 4.55%, the 10-year is at 4.10%; and a 5-year Treasury Note, a common mortgage loan index, stands at 4.25%. How is that good for commercial real estate? Let’s explore:

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Is the New Normal New?

A lot of people are talking about the “New Normal.” It’s kind of a linguistic coping mechanism we use to help come to grips with the fact that our world has abruptly changed, and we have to change with it. (Don’t you hate when that happens?!)

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Property ABCs

Property Management Minute: Spot What’s Wrong

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Chronicles

Pull it Into Bay Two and Get Me Outta Here!

When You’ve Outgrown the Building, and the Headaches

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Chronicles

The Partnership Ended but the Friendship Endures

Selling the building was a business decision. Keeping their friendship was the reward.

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Chronicles

This One Was Supposed to Be Easy

You can draft a perfect contract, but without trust, it’s just paper

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Where the Street Has No Name

Turning Competitors into Partners Far From Home

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