Business Succession Planning
By: Clifford Hockley, Senior Advisor and Principal Broker Who is going to run your company or care for your investments if you die or become incapacitated? Have you planned ahead?... View Article
Why Being Actively Involved in Your Real Estate Investments is so Important
By: Clifford Hockley, Senior Advisor and Principal Broker Active Management George owned a three-plex in a quiet neighborhood. He had no trouble getting tenants to... View Article
Managing Your Real Estate Investments by Remote
By: Clifford Hockley, Senior Advisor and Principal Broker Assume Life is Not Perfect The way life usually happens when you are selling your property (or... View Article
Changes in Portland FAIR Access in Renting Ordinance and Eviction Moratoriums
By James Schaff, President SVN Bluestone and Bluestone Real Estate Services Changes in Portland FAIR Access in Renting Ordinance The Portland City Council voted on June 29, 2022, to roll... View Article
Increase Your Bottom Line by Stopping Water Leaks at Your Property
Water leaks at your property not only affect your water bill but impact the availability of water where you live. There are water shortages all over the country. You can... View Article
How Gen Z Renters Might Reshape Multifamily
Gen Z is surpassing millennials as the largest renter cohort dominating the multifamily market, which has comprised 42% of all CRE sales since the start of the pandemic, according to... View Article
Multi-Generational Wealth Building Starts with Planning and Goal Setting
By: Cliff Hockley, CPM, CCIM, Principal Broker, and Senior Advisor Bluestone Real Estate Services SVN | Bluestone Wealth may pay, but it may not stay That is a piece of... View Article
Higher Mortgage Rates Begin to Cool the Pricey Housing Market
With 30-year fixed mortgage rates topping 5% recently, home buyers appear to be reevaluating their budgets and pulling back on offers. The reservations come as home prices continue to climb... View Article
Never Mind the CPI, the Construction Producer Price Index Is Really Soaring
At an annualized rate of 8.5%—the highest rate in 40 years—the consumer price index, more colloquially known as inflation, hit peoples’ pockets hard in March. If only they knew how... View Article
What risks should investors be aware of as they consider cannabis retail sites?
By: James Schaff, President & Cliff Hockley, CPM, CCIM, Principal Broker, and Senior Advisor Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services SVN | Bluestone and Hockley Are cannabis grows, or cannabis... View Article
Why Rising Interest Rates Won’t Lead to Cap Rate Change
With both inflation and interest rates rising, following the first Federal Reserve rate hike in three years, many people have no living memory of what can happen—for example, the double-digit... View Article
Industrial Property Lease Terms Get Shorter and Shorter
Landlords of warehouse and distribution properties may look to shorter leases to capitalize on burgeoning e-commerce-driven demand, with the pace at which average lease terms are shortening picking up major... View Article
SVN Economic Update: March 2022
The Fed Raises Interest Rates For the first time since 2018, The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee raised interest rates as they pivot away from recovery-focused accommodations towards a more aggressive... View Article
Cost Segregation Studies Generate Savings for Real Estate Investors
By Cliff Hockley, CPM, CCIM, Principal Broker and Senior Advisor Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services SVN | Bluestone and Hockley Cost segregation studies are a very effective way to... View Article
Section 8 Housing Reform Moves Forward
Momentum is building for legislation that would increase private sector participation in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV). On March 1, H.R. 6880, the “Choice in Affordable Housing Act” was... View Article