In 1989, Stew Spence became a full time real estate investor, and has bought, sold or been on the business end of hundreds of real estate transactions, both large and small, numerous diverse types of transactions totaling over $40,000,000 including commercial, mobile home park, multi-family, condo conversions and land development projects with a specialty in foreclosed properties needing rehabilitative construction. Now semi-retired, Stew is still an active investor and has trained thousands to succeed with real estate. Today, he is also retained as a Board of Advisor member with HIS Real Estate Network, residential and commercial real estate buying group.

Do you know what else to analyze besides NOI when buying a commercial property?  Check out Part 2 of this series for more things to consider than just NOI.

In commercial real estate investing, a lot of investors base purchases off of NOI. However there are more things to be considered.  Read this article to learn about three things you must analyze beyon...

Think you can't buy low in a hot market? Of course you can if you know what to look for. In this article, author Stew Spence shares one of his experiences with buying low in a hot market.

Do you know what trade area is or how to define one?  To learn more about this topic and how it ties in to commercial real estate investing, read this article.

Do you know why knowing your traffic flow is so important to strip mall success?  There are a few decisions that will be made depending on the traffic flow. Learning more about this topic will help yo...

Do you understand real estate cycles and know how to profit from them? In this article, you will find out how by knowing the real estate cycles you can make money in any market. Read further to learn ...

Ever wonder why it is important to find a anchor business for a retail property? Check out this article to get more information.

Do you know why tenant mix in a retail property is important?  Read this article to find out why.

Do you know how to complete a successful commercial real estate transaction? Well continue to learn more here in Step 2 of this 7 part article series.

Would you like to learn about financing a large office complex deal? Read this article to learn how to finance a large office complex.This is the first part of a Three part series.

Would you like to learn about financing a large office complex deal? Read this article to learn how to finance a large office complex.This is the first part of a Three part series.

STOP! Before you reduce your rents, have you considered any alternatives? Read this article to gain more insight on this topic.

Do want to learn some basic real estate investment strategies?  Check out some that I learned from my mother-in-law, by reading part one of this story

Ready to learn more basic real estate investment strategies? Check out part 2 of the strategies I learned from my mother-in-law.

Would you like to learn about financing a large office complex deal? Read this article to learn how to finance a large office complex.This is the second part of a Three part series.