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		<title>Purchasing an office condo</title>
		<link>http://randymason.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/purchasing-an-office-condo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a client who I am helping to purchase an office condo in the city of Irvine.  There are not as many good opportunities in financially strong and well capitalized projects as we would like to see. However, we do currently have an offer on a condo that is under 10K sq. ft.
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		<title>Writing Articles can be a benefit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing articles can be a benefit
June 19, 2009


Writing articles can be scary, exciting and rewarding all at the same time! To be perfectly honest, I did not think I was able to write. Yes, I have a degree in Marketing and Finance and wrote articles after I graduated University, yet, I still felt I was unworthy…After [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=76&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial Real Estate Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial real estate investors should avoid purchasing office buildings with low occupancy unless the seller is willing to accept a significantly discounted price. Wise landlords are doing what is necessary to get quality tenants into their buildings and the investor will quickly realize that it will become rather expensive to re-tenant the building. In order [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=71&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best commercial real estate opportunities now belong to owner/users of thriving companies. I am seeing some current owner/users being forced to sell their properties due to a decrease in business. Therefore, it becomes necessary for some of those owners to quickly sell their assets and minimize their losses; thus providing an opportunity for thriving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=70&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summary Recap on the RealShare Conference &#8211; March 5, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUMMARY RECAP ON THE REALSHARE CONFERENCE – MARCH 5, 2009
By Randolph T. Mason, CCIM, SIOR
I just returned from an intense educational and networking day in Los Angeles, California at the Real Share Conference. Since I had never been to this conference before, I wasn’t sure what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=69&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Tenants Are Surviving These Tough Economic Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we all realize, tough economic times require tough decisions.  In talking with many tenants and other advisors, the below is a summary of how tenants are surviving these challenging economic times.
If one needs to cut to the chase, the reality is most tenants are doing what they can to cut costs.  This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=64&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s My Building Worth Anyway? The Analysis of a Sale Leaseback</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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OCTOBER 13, 2008
What&#8217;s My Building Worth Anyway? The Analysis of a Sale Leaseback
By RANDOLPH T. MASON
I received a call the other day from a very well known company that wanted to take advantage of today&#8217;s marketplace by growing their core business. They were in the food industry &#8211; but that is irrelevant. The initial conversation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=44&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial Property News</title>
		<link>http://randymason.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/commercial-property-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ August 25, 2008
Tenant Reps Say Sluggish Economy Means Changes in How They Handle Clients
 
By Gail Kalinoski, Contributing Editor
Miller said all firms, even those that are expanding, are trying to mitigateexpense. &#8220;We&#8217;re having some very interesting conversations with clients in terms of whether they should be expanding in place and renew or relocate to a side [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=35&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another happy client!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applied Utility Systems or AUS hired Randolph T. Mason, CCIM, SIOR to relocate it&#8217;s Orange County division to Aliso Viejo. They located an approxitmate 7,000 office suite located at 31 Journey, Suite 200.
The President, Mr. Gary Hessenauer was exstatic with the level of service provide by the team headed by Randy Mason.
Mr. Mason is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=31&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Landlords are being aggressive</title>
		<link>http://randymason.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/landlords-are-being-aggressive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just had dinner with a prominent Orange County, California landlord who was explaining his get it leased now philosophy.
He was discussing his approach as to give the potential tenant what they wanted within reason. If his space sat on the market an extra month or three, he would have been better off cutting the deal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randymason.wordpress.com&blog=1774939&post=30&subd=randymason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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