Due Diligence Checklists for Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Are you planning to purchase, finance or develop any of the following types of Commercial or Industrial Real Estate? • Shopping Center? • Office Building? • Restaurant/Banquet property? • Parking...
View ArticleLENDING BLIND – The Pitfall of Commercial Real Estate Lending Without Full...
Commercial Real Estate Lending: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You! If there is anything commercial real estate lenders have learned during the collapse of the commercial real estate market over the...
View ArticleBOTTOM FEEDERS – A Leading Economic Indicator?
Bottom Feeders – and Bottom Feeder Funds – Our New BFF? Bottom feeders have a distasteful reputation with some – but, truth be told, they are among the most reliable leading economic indicators of...
View ArticleInformation Providers – Can We Sue Them If They’re Wrong?
Of Course We Can Sue Them . . . But Can We Hold Them Liable? No one knows everything. It’s a simple fact of life. Often, businesses turn to other businesses and professionals to obtain needed...
View ArticleKymn Harp has shared: FDIC sues former Midwest Bank directors, officers
FDIC SUIT vs. MIDWEST BANK and TRUST CO. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: Once again, the FDIC is pursuing senior bank officers and directors for bad loans. This time the FDIC is suing directors and officers of...
View ArticleWhat do ZOMBIES, some Bankers, and the FDIC have in common?
Sometimes, some things just have to be said. And I, being on the front line of distressed commercial real estate loan workouts, find myself compelled to say it. There is trouble afoot. A fundamental...
View ArticleCREC Capital Markets Review – CHICAGO
May 14, 2013: The Chicago Real Estate Council hosted a panel of experts during a lunch meeting today to discuss the current state of commercial real estate industry capital markets. The panel was...
View ArticleDancing with Gorillas – Roulette – and CRE Litigation
The Time to Decide – Commercial Real Estate Litigation A sage once said, “The time to worry about where the ball will drop is before the wheel is spun”. He was speaking about roulette, of course, but...
View ArticleLand Patent Defense is Frivolous, Sanctionable, and a Class 4 Felony in Illinois
The law is clear. The so-called “Land Patent” defense does NOT work. This is not earth shattering news, but it is a reminder that defenses to mortgage foreclosure actions must be well grounded in fact...
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