How to Capture Millions of Dollars in Value on your Next CRE Acquisition
Underwriting and Assessing Commercial Property Values at Scale…and Why it Matters! As a commercial real estate buyer, the decision to underwrite commercial real estate acquisitions is a critical one that can have a significant impact on your organization’s bottom line. Underwriting is a comprehensive analysis of the potential risks and rewards associated with a real […]
Landlords and Asset Managers…Here is What Your Lease Security Should Be
Lease security is a hot topic, especially in the recessionary environment we are all dealing with currently. It should be a hot topic all the time! Innovations are occurring that reduce risk and streamline negotiations (cough cough, Otso) but today we’re focusing on a question that we get ALOT. How much lease security should I […]
Headwinds? Here’s How Commercial Landlords Protect Asset Value Amidst Economic Instability
Commercial landlords are feeling the pressure in the current economy. With the stock market getting battered, the highest interest rate raises in 30+ years and general malaise from inflation we’ve got “issues” as a wise man once said. This is on the heels of watching landlords recover from the massive tenant default rates from the […]
It’s Good to Be Back: The Return of the Human Element and CRE
We’ve been on a massive roadshow for the past 12 weeks and it feels like we’ve seen a lot of you! We thought we would take some time to reflect on what it means to be back in person after an entirely virtual 2020. It was a whirlwind tour, but we were excited to see […]
Do too Many Cooks Spoil the Real Estate Deal?
Editors Note: This is a guest post written by Steven Jaffe, founder and CEO of Propdocs Is it the case that too many cooks spoil the broth when it comes to real estate deals? Does an increased number of players involved in getting a deal across the line necessarily mean less efficiency, slower deal velocity, […]
CRE “Proptech” Fatigue is Real…Here’s How to Solve It.
As a financial services company in the CRE space, we work with brokers, tenants, and landlords every day. Over the past couple of years we have noticed a trend on the topic of new “proptech solutions….” The whole industry is fatigued. As our founding team knows (coming from CRE ownership and brokerage themselves), when the […]
Otso Forms Advisory Board of Heavy Hitters in CRE
One of our goals this year was to develop an advisory board for Otso that consisted of industry powerhouses both on the transactional, technology, and investment sides of the business. It was important that we not only had these diverse perspectives but also diverse physical makeup. After months of getting to know each individual on […]
A Milestone Day in An Exciting Journey so Far…
Our journey at Otso has been a whirlwind. As owners and investors of several commercial properties across Texas, we were flabbergasted at the status quo we had as Landlords when it came to properly assessing the creditworthiness of potential tenants. It’s just plain hard to know whether the business you are looking at for a lease […]
Landlords: What Commercial Real Estate Tenants Expect from You
As the pandemic (hopefully) continues to wind down, the new normal has tenants evolving expectations of their landlords. With the rise in technology and changing needs of the modern workforce, tenants want a landlord that understands how to provide for them. What do they want? To know what you expect from them, when you expect […]
3 Strategies for Setting Your Retail Locations Up for Success
The retail sector is currently in a state of flux. E-commerce and online shopping has taken an impact on big-box retail and malls across the country. Then we have the pandemic that had a tremendous negative impact on retail especially in states like California and New York. With so many changes taking place, it can […]
