CRE Investment Metrics and BON Method
Which Investment Metric Should You Use? A Straightforward Guide for Beginning CRE Investors and Veterans Alike Commercial real estate offers a buffet of return metrics—cap rate, IRR, cash-on-cash, GRM—and every investor seems to swear by a different one. Some...
SBA Lending is loosening up, but inventory is tight.
SBA Lending is loosening up, but inventory is tight. I read the latest SBA numbers this week, and one line practically jumped off the page: “The SBA hit record highs in 2025.” 84,400 loans. $44.8 billion deployed. Starting in 2026, most SBA fees for manufacturers drop...
Downtown Sacramento: Still the Center of Gravity
Every market cycle comes with its own chatter. Currently, national headlines often portray downtown office markets as hopeless, hollowed-out relics. But when you read past the noise and look objectively at Sacramento’s Downtown office submarket, a very different...
Batten Down the Hatches: The 2026 Debt Wave Is Coming
I came across a piece by Jarred Schenke at Bisnow the other day, and it spelled out what a lot of us have been seeing: a massive wave of commercial real estate debt—loans made when interest rates were almost free—coming due in 2026. And it’s going to test a lot of...