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 Property has long been referred to as the safest of investments.

Actually, real estate investment completed after proper research into and evaluation of the property (to determine actual and future value), can lead to tremendous profit.

This is one reason many individuals choose property investment as their full time job.

Discussions about real estate tend to target on residential real-estate; commercial real estate, except to seasoned investors, typically appears to have a back seat.

However, commercial real-estate can also be a great option for purchasing real estate.

Commercial real estate features a large number of property types.

To a majority of people, commercial property is just office complexes or factories or industrial units.

However, that's not absolutely all of commercial real estate. There's much more to commercial real estate.

Strip malls, health care centers, retail units and warehouse are good samples of commercial property as is vacant land.

Even residential properties like apartments (or any property that consists of more than four residential units) are considered commercial real estate. Actually, such commercial real estate is greatly in demand.

So, is commercial real-estate really profitable?

Absolutely, in reality when it were not profitable I wouldn't be currently talking about commercial real-estate at all!!

However, with commercial real estate recognizing the chance is a bit more difficult when compared to residential real estate.

But commercial real estate profits could be huge (in fact, much bigger than you might realize from the residential real-estate transaction of exactly the same size).

There are lots of reasons to delve into commercial real-estate investment.

For example you might purchase to resell following a certain appreciation level has occurred or to generate a substantial income by leasing the property out to retailers and other business types or both.

In fact, commercial property development is treated as a preliminary

indicator of the impending growth of the residential real-estate market.

Therefore, after you recognize the probability of significant commercial growth in just a region (whatever the main reason i.e. municipal tax concessions), you need to begin to judge the prospect of appreciation in commercial real estate prices and implement your investment strategy quickly.

Regarding commercial property investment strategies it's essential that you identify and set investment goals (i.e. immediate income through rental vs later investment income through resale) and that you know what you are able and how you will effect the purchase.

It would be wise to ascertain your goals then meet with your banker (or financier(s)) ahead of viewing and selecting your commercial real estate.

Also remain open minded and recognize that should the best (perfect)

opportunity present itself, your investment strategy might need to be revisited and altered, sometimes considerably.

As an example: If you learn that commercial real-estate, (i.e. land) will come in big chunks which are very costly for you to buy alone but represents tremendous opportunity, you can look at forming a tiny investor group (i.e. with friends or family) and buy it together (then split the earnings later).

Or in another case (i.e. whenever a retail boom is expected in a region), though your commercial property investment strategy was devised around purchasing vacant land, you might find it more profitable to get a property such as a strip mall or small plaza that you could lease to retailers or home that you can convert into a warehouse for the purpose of renting to small businesses.

So in summary, commercial property presents a veritable plethora of

investing opportunities, you should just recognize them and select it.

In regards to the Author: Carlsbad Real Estate

Dave Jarvis is an authorized Real Estate Broker in Florida and is Broker and Owner of Realty Concepts, Inc. a Southwest Florida Real Estate Corporation.

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