Sunday, 21 October 2012

Commercial Property Investment

By Roger Frost


Education is an important factor before buying commercial properties. The are different types of Commercial Properties that have different types of tenants and can affect your investment strategy.

Financing your Commercial Property will be harder than your typical residential mortgage. Banks will require a larger down payment and will also want a higher interest rate. If your building is rented or leased they will also require copies of lease to validate income.

Mortgaging your potential investment property can be made easier and cheaper if you are buying a property that has at least fifty one percent residential occupancy. Banks will typically apply the residential mortgage requirements saving you on down payment required and a lower interest rate. Mixed use residential buildings are quite popular and there is quite a variety of units for sale at any given time.

Hiring a Commercial Building Inspector is the next step in purchasing a Commercial property. Your building should be inspected from the bottom to top, checking all buildings systems and looking for any environmental or material deficiencies. Finding mould or asbestos can be an expensive repair that might affect your decision or price you pay for your property.

Leasing your Commercial Building can be complicated if you have a mixed use building. Certain types of occupancies require different fire separations when adjoining tenants such as restaurants or spray painting operations. Your Commercial Building Inspector will be able to assess your fire separations so you will know prior to leasing whether your building will conform to building regulations.

Maintenance of your investment property is another item you might want to investigate as part of your due diligence. Small, medium and large commercial properties will usually have one or two maintenance contractors that perform work on building on a regular basis. Review contracts and costs to ensure that these expenses are accounted for in your budgeting and lease agreements.




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