Feedback (Results)

Submitted by lhutson on Wed, 2010-02-03 15:24

In our most recent Smart Word email, we asked for your feedback on several questions. A brief summary of the results are below:

1) The most important real estate issue facing my business in the coming 12-18 months is:

2) Regarding outsourcing real estate management tasks or services:

53% reported Currently outsources most or all corporate real estate services needed
40% reported Manages real estate in-house and it is working well
7% reported Is considering/open to outsourcing most or all corporate real estate services

A few of our clients...

Smart Words

Outsource

One way to increase operating flexibility and accelerate cost savings is to outsource repetitive tasks.

Class (redux)

We think this savings opportunity is worth repeating.

Alert

The FASB (U.S. accounting standards body) is working on a significant change in lease accounting standards.

Audit

Save time and money by hiring specialists to periodically audit your leases.

Metric

Which metric best defines the true worth of your leased property?

TARP

Outside of Wall Street, TARP really means “Tenant’s Audit Rights Provision”. Do your leases contain this crucial protection?

Prune

A sure way to improve your bottom line is to prune your portfolio regularly. Each year, rank every property using a reliable metric.

Feedback

Feedback is a critical part of learning and learning is the first step to improving.

Feedback (Results)

In our most recent Smart Word email, we asked for your feedback on several questions. A brief summary of the results are below:

Class

Trading down the class of property you lease could smash your occupancy costs.