Filter by Media TypeAllVideoArticleSuccess Story Fed Update: Jerome Powell Sees His Shadow Why has the Fed decided not to change rates again? I dive into that in my latest video. Video March 26, 2024 Garden Office Interest Remains in High Demand Justin and his team sold a small garden office property in a tight lending environment, securing mul... Success Story March 26, 2024 Navigating the 2024 CRE Lending Landscape: A Guide for Investors In the CRE world, not all lenders are created equal. Understanding the lending options is crucial fo... Article March 22, 2024 How's the Market? A question I've been hearing on repeat lately is..."how's the market?" I asked my trusty friend Chat... Video February 27, 2024 Off-Market Opportunity Nets Attractive Cap Rate Justin and the SIA team secured a buyer for an off-market shopping center in Lafayette, LA with a lo... Success Story February 23, 2024 Is the CRE Market Giving Us Mixed Signals? There's a lot of completely contradictory CRE market outlooks in the news right now, but I think the... Article February 23, 2024 2024 CRE Predictions Tune in to hear my thoughts about the commercial real estate realm in 2024! Video January 29, 2024 CRE Deals on Track for Resurgence in 2024 Several factors are driving a CRE resurgence in 2024, including falling interest rates and a positiv... Article January 24, 2024 Triumphant Online Auction of Shopping Center Justin Langlois and the SIA team created a competitive auction environment for the sale of a shoppin... Success Story January 18, 2024 Hard, Soft, or No Landing At All How will we land in 2024? Will it be a hard landing, a soft landing, or what if we don't land at all... Video December 26, 2023 NNN Lease Inventory Growth Foreshadows Falling Prices NNN inventory has been steadily increasing and transactions are low, due in part to stalling cap rat... Article December 20, 2023 The AI Playbook Justin Langlois was interviewed by the Business Report about how he utilizes AI in his business. Article December 7, 2023 Success in Finding a Long-Term Bank Tenant Justin Langlois and Foster Murphy secured a bank tenant for a former bank branch in Baton Rouge, Lou... Success Story December 7, 2023 The Net Lease Market Benefits from Stabilizing Interest Rates Industry analysts are noticing a migration of institutional investors to the net lease product, in p... Article November 13, 2023 The Good News Network: Retail Edition Amidst all the bad news in the world, I like to focus on the good news: the retail market! Video November 10, 2023 Multiple Offers Received...Leading to List Price Sale Justin and the SIA team quickly overcame a number of challenges to sell a single tenant net leased p... Success Story November 10, 2023 Deploying Capital and Negative Leverage I did a deep dive into why all the dry powder just sitting on the sidelines hasn't been deployed yet... Video October 25, 2023 Overcoming Market Headwinds: Quarters Shopping Center Justin and his team transformed a shopping center in Central, LA from a property facing market chall... Success Story October 25, 2023 Are Loan Extensions a Win-Win for Borrowers and Lenders? In our current market environment, we’re seeing lenders working with borrowers to avoid holding bad ... Article October 25, 2023 Book Review: Come Up for Air It's book review time! This time around I'm reviewing "Come Up For Air: How Teams Can Leverage Syste... Video September 25, 2023 Vacant Winn-Dixie Trades Above List Price Justin and his team sold a vacant Winn-Dixie in Walker, Louisiana by leveraging their valuation know... Success Story September 25, 2023 Wall Street Firms Targeting Distressed Assets Amidst Slump in Values A trend is emerging that indicates Wall Street firms have their sights set on distressed commercial ... Article September 25, 2023 Finding Office Space with Limited Options in the Market Justin Langlois helped a tenant in Baton Rouge locate and lease a garden office space; a property ty... Success Story August 17, 2023 Mail Call: Longterm Hold & Paying Off Debt A client shared a success story with me recently about a building I helped him purchase 15 years ago... Video August 17, 2023 Are Sale-Leasebacks the Answer to Debt Restructuring? Refinance loans are becoming more difficult to acquire, forcing property owners to explore other ave... Article August 15, 2023 Reprieve in Rates The Federal Reserve has announced a momentary pause in rate hikes, after 10 increase in the last 16 ... Video July 13, 2023 Competitive Bid Results in Above-Asking Sale of Shopping Center Justin Langlois and the Stirling team secured multiple offers and an above asking sale price on a mu... Success Story July 13, 2023 Consumer Spending Boosts Single-Tenant Net Lease Sector U.S. consumers are selectively splurging on dining and essential goods, giving the single-tenant net... Article July 13, 2023 The Fed's Pause on Interest Rate Hikes: What Does It Mean for Commercial Real Estate? Hallelujah! The momentary pause in rising rates gives us something to celebrate... Article July 12, 2023 4 Key Metrics When Valuing CRE I use four key metrics when I value a piece of real estate: cap rate, base rent, loan to value, and ... Video June 15, 2023 Success: Sale of Shopping Center to 1031 Buyer Justin Langlois and the Stirling Investment Advisors team overcame occupancy and market competition ... Success Story June 13, 2023 Balancing Risk to Build a Recession-Resistant Real Estate Portfolio We’ve been hearing it for months now: a recession is coming and it’s time to batten down the hatches... Article May 16, 2023 Equal or Greater - 1031 Exchange In the 1031 exchange world, "equal or greater" can be a confusing concept. I break it down in this v... Video April 10, 2023 Commercial Real Estate is Facing Challenges in 2023 2023 has been a difficult year for commercial real estate, and the industry has to overcome some cha... Article April 5, 2023 Maximizing Value: A Garden Office Building Sale in Baton Rouge Justin Langlois and John DeArmond guided the seller to a successful disposition of a garden office b... Success Story April 4, 2023 Overcoming Challenges: A Success Story in Selling Vacant Land in Jennings, Louisiana Justin Langlois and Seth Citron guided the seller to a successful disposition of vacant land frontin... Success Story April 4, 2023 The Tides of Commercial Real Estate In commercial real estate, tides can be used as an analogy to describe different phases in the marke... Article March 8, 2023 Tide Phases Within the CRE Market The ebbs and flows of the commercial real estate market can be compared to tidal phases in fishing. ... Video March 7, 2023 What to Know About Investing in a Ground Lease A ground lease can offer several advantages to investors. Here's why you should consider adding one ... Article March 7, 2023 Shopping Center Sold at U.S. Marshal Sale Guided the seller to a successful sale of a rural shopping center located in Vidalia, Louisiana. Success Story February 3, 2023 Is Your Portfolio Diversified Enough? A diversified portfolio can mitigate risk and provide stability, but is your portfolio diversified e... Video February 3, 2023 Five Reasons to Diversify Your CRE Portfolio Diversification is important to any real estate portfolio, and here are five reasons why it can prov... Article February 3, 2023 CRE Predictions for 2023 As we kick off the new year I have compiled five key predictions that I expect to see... Video January 10, 2023 Federal Reserve Rate Hikes and Their Impact on CRE In 2022 the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised rates by 75 basis points... Article January 10, 2023 Explaining Price Discovery In the single tenant net lease asset world, we've been dealing with a period called "price discovery... Video November 11, 2022 The Physical Retail Resurgence Physical retail is on the rebound as consumers eagerly return to in-store shopping... Article November 11, 2022 The Death of Brick and Mortar "Retail brick and mortar is dead." That's what I keep hearing, but I can say with confidence that it... Video October 24, 2022 Retail Real Estate Remains Valuable Despite Inflation Despite inflation and rising prices across the board, retail sales increased by 8.9% in July... Article October 24, 2022 Immediate Action by Retail Advisors Leads to Multiple Offers Justin Langlois and Foster Murphy guided the landlord to a successful long-term lease with... Success Story September 15, 2022 Book Review: Four Thousand Weeks It's book review time! I recently read Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Bu... Video September 15, 2022 How to Increase the Value of Your CRE Asset In our current economic climate, it’s easy to feel powerless about what’s happening with the value..... Article September 15, 2022 Announcing Our Website Re-Launch! Thank you, CREgrow! Big upgrades and a new media center, improved access to properties, SEO... Article August 18, 2022 Sunbelt Rental Our core focus is guiding clients to real estate wins, and no win is sweeter than when an investor..... Success Story August 15, 2022 Triple Net Leases - Risk and Reward Athough there are many facets of the NNN lease that make it an attractive option, there are also... Article August 14, 2022 New Strip Center - Fully Leased Four long-term triple-net leases were executed at 4343 Sherwood, bringng the project to fully... Success Story August 13, 2022 Bid-Ask Gap Spread Inflation has pushed interest rates higher, and the market has started to reprice assets... Article August 12, 2022 4 Reasons Business Owners Pursue Sale-Leasebacks Why would a building owner and business owner ever consider a sale leaseback on a property... Video August 11, 2022 Development Site - Baton Rouge Sale of 25 acres vacant land to one of the largest nursing home developers in the state of Louisiana... Success Story August 9, 2022 8 Reasons to Invest in a DST Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) allows several investors to pool money and hold fractional... Article August 8, 2022 Affordable Housing Acquisition Rehab Guided the buyer to a successful acquisition of Elm Grove Gardens, an affordable housing community..... Success Story August 6, 2022 CCIM Designation - Career Impact More than just four letters behind my name, CCIM designation shows my colleagues and others in... Article August 5, 2022 Sentiment vs. Optimism Consumer sentiment is plummeting but small business owner optimism is growing every month... Video July 11, 2022 Increased Construction Costs - Who is Responsible? With the cost of materials nearly doubling over the last two years, landlords, developers and... Video May 6, 2022 Book Review: Profit First Profit First by Mike Michalowicz is my favorite financial book. Pay yourself and then use only... Video July 12, 2021 Let's Get Phygital Physical retail is not dead, but we are seeing trends that show retailers integrating their... Video June 8, 2021 Forty Under 40 Interview Congratulations to John Langlois, CCIM - selected as a 2020 Forty under 40. Check out the interview!... Video December 1, 2020