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Jim Hancock: Paying Tribute to Those Who Served
I am writing this on Memorial Day from a traditional beach vacation destination that is total Americana. Families ride bikes in squads of six or more. Kids with ice cream cones and hot dogs patrol the boardwalks of the marina. The weather is perfect, and red, white, and blue banners festoon retail storefronts.
By Jim Hancock
Commercial Real Estate
Jim Hancock: Real Estate, Gold, Firearms, and Alcohol and Tobacco
If you are anxious about the stability of our financial system, afraid the equities market is overvalued, nervous about fixed-income investments due to future interest rate increases, and are tired of getting next to nothing in CDs, why not consider diversification into alternative assets?
By Jim Hancock
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Jim Hancock: These are the Good Old Days
A friend forwarded me a copy of “17 Reasons it's a Great Time to be Alive” by Matt Ridley, as told to John Dyson in the April 2012 issue of Readers Digest. I like uplifting reading, and my interest was initially drawn to the article is because I just turned 54, the same wise old age as the author.
By Jim Hancock
Commercial Real Estate
Jim Hancock: Commercial Real Estate and that French Attitude
I like to compare the personalities of real estate investors to the typecast of the European countries I've visited. Take the French. They got tired of the austerity programs from Sarkozy’s conservative government and elected a new liberal president, Francois Hollande. They seem ready to spend, with caution to the wind.
By Jim Hancock
Commercial Real Estate
Jim Hancock: Occupy Dallas … Industrial Space
With kerfuffles going on around the country like occupy Wall Street, Main Street, any street USA, can the next big thing be to Occupy Sesame Street? Most folks in North Texas remain unenlightened with regard to the political impact of these movements. And all the while, a slightly more orderly occupy movement has been going on in our area without much pomp.
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Jim Hancock: Work Like a Farmer
Commercial real estate professionals can learn a lot from farmers. They know that one day the rains will return. Things will grow tall and plentiful. But even in times of drought, some things prosper when taken care of.
By Jim Hancock
Commercial Real Estate
Jim Hancock: Is Spec Industrial Around the Corner?
Fully leased core industrial properties are currently being purchased by institutional and private equity at prices and cap rates that seem as if the financial crisis never happened. There is a lot of competition for these assets in the investment community. Frustrated buyers will begin to bid prices up on well located, modern, vacant buildings. And that and other trends means that speculative construction may not be far behind.
By Jim Hancock