Title: Buying Commercial Property in Las Vegas
1Things to Think About When Buying Commercial
Property in Las Vegas
2Table of Contents
- Using a professional
- Location
- Deeds
- Size
- Financing
- Coronavirus
- Local Attorney Contact Details
3Using a professional
- While you can find properties for sale on
commercial selling sites, if you are new to the
area or new to buying property, it might be a
good idea to talk to a professional commercial
real estate attorney. - There is a lot of paperwork and red tape to deal
with when you buy a property and attorneys have
all the experience to be able to help you
navigate this without too much stress.
4- A realtor can help filter out properties that
would not be useful for you. This means you dont
have to spend hours searching through reams of
listings to find something that is suitable. It
also reduces the chances of falling in love with
a property, only to have something simple but
unseen derail you at the last moment.
5- Realtors are also professional negotiators and
should be able to get you the best price for the
property you are looking for, and should be able
to get you a better price than you could get for
yourself. They should also be able to furnish
you with the most up-to-date information
available in the industry at the time.
6Location
- Location is always high on the list of things to
consider when buying any kind of property, and
buying in Las Vegas is no different. If the plan
is to rent out the space youre buying, it would
be a good idea to focus on the municipality of
Las Vegas, and in areas where commercial
properties are located together, as this will
increase your ability to charge more in rent.
7Deeds
- If you find a property you like, take a look at
the deeds and the ownership history. There should
be a simple list of buying and selling without
any gaps, if there are gaps, you might have to do
other legal paperwork, which can cost you money.
If there are outstanding taxes on the property,
this can also cause you headaches down the line.
8Size
- Another thing to consider would be size. What is
it you are envisioning in the space? Will you be
able to create your vision in the space youre
looking to buy? If you are buying the space for
your own business, is it going to be too big, and
therefore too expensive to run, or could be too
small and make the day-to-day business too
cramped?
9Financing
- How are you planning to finance your new
commercial property? Are you getting a loan or
are you paying in cash? Another option would be
to form a partnership with investors this would
give you more buying power and the chance at a
more profitable property.
10Coronavirus
- While Las Vegas was set to have a successful
period at the beginning of the year, the
emergence of Covid-19 has meant that the city has
the highest number of jobs in at-risk sectors in
the country, with a unemployment rate of 33 per
cent rather than the national 14, 7 per cent.
This means that there has been a spike in the
number of businesses filing for bankruptcy in the
last few months. This could mean there will be
some real estate bargains to be picked up at
auction in the coming months, but be aware that
most landlords have been receiving between 40 and
70 per cent of their rents.
11- Experts expect stores to adapt to how they
function and use retail space they own, so you
might need to be more flexible in your ideas for
commercial property, but it looks like Las Vegas
retail outlook is good, and looking to recover
well. There is also the consideration of what
office spaces will look like following the
lockdown. There will be a definite shift towards
remote working and hot desking, and you should
think about whether that impacts your choice of
commercial property?
12- There may also be some value in delaying any
purchase of commercial property until after some
of the dust has settled over the Coronavirus
pandemic to see what prices are going to do. With
bankruptcies and unemployment rates rising,
commercial property prices could be set to
reduce. Hang fire for a couple more months and
you might get yourself a much better deal.
13Local Attorney Contact Details
- GARY E. SCHNITZER
- Address 8985 S Eastern Avenue Suite 200,
- Las Vegas, NV 89123
- Phone 702-222-4142
- Website - https//ksjattorneys.com/team/gary-e-sch
nitzer/