Just got an email on this- some of you may have already seen it, I think it’s pretty impressive. Read the back story before watching the video. Sometimes putting Real Estate deals together is just like this…
If you thought that the people who set up a room full of dominoes to have
them knocked over later was amazing, you haven’t seen anything yet..
There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in these images.
Everything that you see happened in real time exactly as you see it..
The recording required 606 takes and in the first 605 takes there always
was something, usually of minor importance, that didn’t work. It was
necessary for the recording team to install the set-up time after time and
it took several weeks working day and night to achieve this effect.
The rec ording cost 6 million dollars and it took 3 months to finish,
including the engineering design of the sequence.
The duration of the video is only 2 minutes, but every time that Honda
shows the commercial on British television, they make enough money to
support any of us for the rest of our lives. However, this commercial has
turned out to be the most displayed in the history of the Internet.
Honda execs think that it will pay for itself simply because of the free
showings (Honda is not paying one cent for you to see it) When Honda
senior execs viewed it, they immediately approved it without
hesitation-including costs.
There were only six Honda Accords built by hand in the whole world, and
to the horror of Honda engineers, the recording team disassembled two of
them for the recording.
Everything you see in the sequence (besides the walls, floor, ramp and
untouched Honda A ccord) is part of those two automobiles. The voice is that
of Garrison Keiller. The commercial was so well received by Honda execs
when they saw it, that their first comment was how amazing the computer
graphics were. They almost fell out of their chairs when told that the
recording was real without any graphics manipulation.
By the way, about the wind shield wipers in the new Honda Accords, they
are sensitive to water and designed to start working as soon as they get
wet.
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For one thing, commercial real estate delivers regular income — whether from rent checks or dividends from a real-estate investment trust, or REIT. And the sector has traditionally kept pace with inflation and provided "sufficient risk-adjusted returns," says Grant Conness, a financial adviser at 1031 Alternatives Group, a division of Costa Financial Securities Inc. in Hollywood, Fla.
Indeed, while the residential housing market is struggling, commercial real estate is showing solid fundamentals in many markets — with occupancies high, increasing rent growth and supply under control.
On top of that, commercial real estate has gotten increasingly sophisticated and transparent as an investment vehicle in the past 20 years. In part, that’s because of the emergence of the market for REITs. These publicly traded companies invest in real estate and pay out 90% of their income as dividends to shareholders.
There are many ways to invest in commercial real estate. You can find a sponsor who will partner with you on the investment, and has a proven track record of profits. You can buy into a Real Estate Investment Trust, or a REIT. This is a publicly traded company that typically pays back 90% of their profits to the share holders. You can join a group of other investors who all go in on the same deals together. This can be a bit more complicated at times, but is proven to be a very successful technique. Or, you can always go it alone, if you have a firm grasp on what you’re doing.
Very shortly I will be expanding my services into Commercial Real Estate Investments, with a very large and proven firm here in town. While I don’t want to tip my hat just yet, you’ll see an announcement come through when the time is right and the paperwork finalized. Don’t worry, I’ll still be providing all the great residential short sales, pre-foreclosures, REOs and fixer-uppers as before. But now you’ll also have many great opportunities to invest in larger commercial projects as well. Stay tuned, and prepare your checkbook!
