Good morning, its Word of the Week Wednesday! Lets take a Look at Commercial Information Exchange, or CIE. A CIE is a listing service for commercial properties to be advertised to other commercial brokers and sometimes to the public while providing information on availabilities, recent sale or lease transactions, market statistics, and contacts.

Good morning, Here’s another Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s look at income approach. Income approach is a type of appraisal method that allows investors to estimate the value of a property based on the income the property generates. One method is calculated by dividing the net operating income by the capitalization rate.

Good morning everybody, It’s Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at due diligence. Due diligence is the important process of investigating all issues and information on a property that would affect the desirability and purchase/sale of that property. A prospect is generally given a due diligence period to conduct inspections and tests…

Good morning! It’s Word of the Week Wednesday. Let’s look at effective rent. Effective rent, expressed in dollars per square foot either per year or per month depending on market standards, it is a measurement of the value of the lease when all the concessions plus escalations are included.

Morning everyone! It’s Word of the Week Wednesday again! Let’s look at floor area ratio. Floor area ratio, or FAR, is the connection between the total square footage of a building and the total square footage of the land parcel on which the building is located.

It’s Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at vacancy rate. Vacancy rate is a measurement expressed as a percentage of the vacant space in a rental property, such as a hotel, divided by the total amount of units of the property.

Good morning, its Word of the Week Wednesday again! Let’s look at warm shell. Warm shell refers to any building that is minimally fitted with basic services that may include lighting, plumbing and HVAC. This makes the building ready to lease.

Good morning, its Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at rentable area. Rentable area refers to the tenant’s usable square footage of a property alongside their portion of the building’s common area.

Good morning, Here’s another Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s look at usable area. Usable area refers to space in a building that is available specifically to the tenant for use. Usable area is usually office or retail space that the tenant has sole control over.