Commercial Mortgage Refresher Course

The last few years have been tough for many commercial property owners as the financial crisis has crippled debt and devalued investments. Without a steady influx of available capital, it's difficult to justify investing in new developments or to renovate old ones. This can lead to increased competition and incentivize landlords to raise rents.

If you're one of those landlords who has found themselves in this situation, then now is the time to take a Commercial Mortgage Refresher Course! You'll learn all about foreclosure law, bankruptcy proceedings, and how property taxes are calculated. From there you can start working on mastering some of the more complicated aspects of commercial real estate like tenancy law or business appraisals. This course is designed to teach you the fundamentals of commercial real estate and should be of great value to anyone looking to invest in or manage real estate for the first time.

"I am a commercial broker and was looking for a refresher course to keep my knowledge up-to-date on the Commercial Mortgage industry. I am also an instructor so that really convinced me sure enough I signed up. The content was great, this course teaches way more than just the basics! What I loved most was how the instructor broke down each section one by one and explained why it is so important not only financially but also in the eyes of law enforcement, code compliance and etc. I would have never gotten this good information without going through this course. I would recommend this course to anyone who is a beginner and looking to learn about Commercial Mortgages and Financing. I learned so much from this course!" - Christina M.

This instructor-led online refresher course provides a unique format: all of the material is presented online with no required travel, and there's a live community of students from across the country, who participate in class discussion forums. The instructor makes participation a priority because it teaches students to think critically about their real estate investments (and potential investments).

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1) BISNOW.COM

The BISNOW Network is the leading provider of commercial real estate information in the nation. We have a large and growing online audience, an extensive digital video program with 32,007 subscribers and over 1,100 free videos available to view. We are the number one website for commercial real estate news on the internet with over 2 million unique visitors per month (source: comScore Analytics). The BISNOW Network includes Bisnow.com, DailyBusinessReview.com, RealEstateBisnow.com as well as 20+ local media like MiamiBisnow.com, SeattleBisnow.com and HoustonBisnow.com.

2) CBS NEWS

CBS News online has new services to help people find commercial real estate deals and services. The website offers a database of almost 90,000 commercial real estate listings, video interviews with commercial real estate brokers and brokers from the community, and news stories from CBS News on the larger field of commercial real estate. Click here to visit CBSnews.com's Commercial Real Estate section at www.CBSNews.com/realestate .

3) CNN

On CNN.com you'll also find a section on real estate news where you can learn about commercial real estate and companies that deal in it. It carries the latest news, feature stories and the current happenings in the commercial real estate industry. Click on its Real Estate subsection at www.cnn.com/realestate/index.html to see it in action.

4) FORBES

Forbes Magazine is also another magazine which covers property investment, maintenance, management and leasing to keep you abreast of the current property trends and movements across the country as well as overseas markets. Click here to visit Forbes' Commercial Property page atwww.forbes.com/commercial-property .

5) MSN REAL ESTATE

MSN Real Estate is a useful portal for commercial real estate and homes. You can use it to search for properties, management advice and opinions from industry experts and professionals on a wide range of topics. Click here to visit MSN Real Estate's Commercial section at internet.realestate.msn.com/RealEstate .

6) REDFIN 

Redfin has been compiled a list of the Top 100 Commercial Real Estate Companies in the United States that are run by some of the most successful brokers in the country. Click here to visit Redfin's Commercial Real Estate section at www.redfin.com/commercial .

7) Wall Street Journal Real Estate Network

The Wall Street Journal Real Estate Network provides real estate news and analysis of the commercial real estate industry, as well as features on a number of realtors with unique insights on the real estate industry. Click here to visit the WSJ's Commercial Property page at www.wsj.com/realestate .

Commercial property is being discussed in news articles across the globe including "THE TIMES" UK and "TELEGRAPH" UK, among others.

TODAY Baltimore was an NBC television program that focused on commercial property issues.

ADE Commercial Property, is a commercial real estate magazine that covers the residential and commercial markets.

Auctions of real estate assets are now being featured in newspapers across the country as well as on television and radio programs. For example, "KOKI 710AM" has been broadcasting auctions for commercial property for several years. Now it is being carried by other stations as well. As a matter of fact, people are starting to talk about auctions of public, private and institutional real estate assets in all local media across the country from Connecticut to Michigan to Texas!

Publication of legal cases involving property has been growing rapidly over the last 10-15 years. Certainly, it has been growing for the last 20 years as evidenced in court cases involving non-union properties as well. For example, see "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION #7216" (case involving issues of common area maintenance) or "MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY" v. JOSEPH F. YEAGER and ALICE M. YEAGER , 635 So. 2d 1040 (Mississippi Court of Appeals 1996).

The advancement of technology has also made it easy to find information on the internet. For example, if you want to learn more about commercial property in the New York City area, you can simply go to "nyc.city-data.com/cgi-bin/query/city_search.pl" and it will give you a list of available buildings and sites throughout the city. This is quite useful since it allows people to conduct searches for that type of property rather than deal with the hassles associated with searching through multiple newspapers and magazines!

There are also computer software programs available to help financial planners like FIDELITY INVESTMENT GROUP determine whether a particular commercial property is an optimal investment or not. For example, "SPREADSHEET 2" (available at http://spreadsheet2.

Conclusion

Commercial real estate is a dynamic, complex and important industry. It has always been one of the most important sectors of the economy, playing a crucial role in determining the economic strength and health of our country. As a result, it has been analyzed from many different perspectives over the years. However, there is no question that it is an essential industry to have in order to sustain and grow our country's economy.