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Jeff appeared on the radio program "Best of Investing" last Saturday and discussed the important, timely topic of how to save your commercial property from foreclosure. If you own commercial real estate, you may be encountering serious challenges right now. Odds are...

New rules were just issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board that will impact commercial loan modifications. Click here to read more about this important new development in this article written by Jeff Lerman and published today in the North Bay Business...

Jeff recently hosted the Going Beyond Real Estate Show on the Wall St. Business Network (KDOW 1220 AM). In addition to discussing hot topics he's encountering with his investor clients (if you would like to discuss any of those topics, please contact Jeff at...

In yet another head-scratching court of appeal ruling, investors were given a shocking and sobering reminder that common sense has nothing to do with the law. The court ruled that despite a clear, unambiguous provision in a written purchase agreement between two “very...

Jeff recently hosted the Going Beyond Real Estate Show on the Wall St. Business Network (KDOW 1220 AM). In addition to discussing hot topics he's encountering with his investor clients (if you would like to discuss any of those topics, please contact Jeff at...

Every real estate investor, real estate broker and businessperson needs to know about a surprising decision handed down recently by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of California. In First National Mortgage Company v. Federal Realty Investment Trust (9th Cir. 2011)...

Jeff was on the "Best Of Investing" radio show this past Saturday at 1:00 p.m. on Fox News Radio 910 AM discussing the topics of how to negotiate better joint ventures and better construction contracts, as well as what to do if you're having a construction defect...

There is an increasing amount of confusion surrounding loan modifications. The longer this challenging economy persists, the more new laws, rules, and regulations complicate this area. On top of that, individual lenders often make matters worse by adding their own...

Less than one year ago, I announced my new free Joint Venture Matching Group in LinkedIn with the below e-mail. As of today, that group is 526 members strong. That's 526 free sources of potential JV opportunities. I invite you to read the below, check out the group...

I recently saw “The Social Network”, the super-hot movie about how “Facebook” was created. Significantly, the primary focus of the movie was not just showing how the mega-company came to be but the mega-multiple-lawsuits that almost immediately erupted among the...