072. Commercial Real Estate Development for Beginners [And How to Get Started in Development]

Commercial Real Estate Development for Beginners [And How to Get Started in Development]

If you’re looking for a beginner’s guide to commercial real estate development, you’re in the right place. Today, we’re going to discuss what commercial real estate development is, what commercial developers do and their process, and stick around to the end where I’ll give you a few ways to get started in commercial real estate development. Just about all commercial real estate investors aim to take a property and add value to it in some way in order to increase the overall cash flow or valuation. Most will take existing sites with either deferred maintenance, high vacancy, or a combination of both - but some investors will actually take raw land and reimagine what could be on that site.

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About Your Host:

Tyler Cauble, Founder & President of The Cauble Group, is a commercial real estate broker and investor based in East Nashville. He’s the best selling author of Open for Business: The Insider’s Guide to Leasing Commercial Real Estate and has focused his career on serving commercial real estate investors as a board member for the Real Estate Investors of Nashville.