Information Search

Are you aware that you can find all sorts of interesting information in regards to the different cities and towns on their respective homepages that will give you some information about that particular area? This is not that much of a surprise to those who have been to any of the public records online search websites that cover the public records of every county in the state of Florida and the United states in general and of Miami-Dade County public records specifically. 

Along with these you will also be able to access the homepages of the Registrar of Deeds. Clicking on the link for the Recorder/Registrar of Deeds/Clerk Homepage leads you directly to the Clerk of Court’s website which really goes in depth (much more than the public records online Search page does) about everything that is linked to the Miami-Dade County public records and the Clerk of Court’s duties and office.  This is a very valuable link to have if you cannot get to the Clerk of Court’s website directly via the search results that you will get when you type “Miami-Dade County public records” into any search engine. Although it can be, and most of the time is, very frustrating when you cannot get right to the specific webpage that you need to find out what you want to know; there is always a way to get there via clicking on a hyperlink on another web site that will take you to the webpage that you actually needed in the first place.

If you need to find tax information, there is also a link that will take you to the Tax Collector’s web site for Miami-Dade County. This is useful information if you are looking for specific tax information that pertains to real estate property taxes, business taxes, taxes on tangible (physical items) personal property (such as jewelry) and how those taxes that are collected are being used. All of this Information is also a matter of public record as well, a fact that tells you in and of itself why this is listed as part of the Miami-Dade County public records. All such tax information is public record specifically so that the residents of Miami-Dade County and those that are curious about this information can get easy access to it to be as well informed as they can be. It is basically being done as a service to the residents of the county as well as those who want or need to know this information for whatever reason; and because it also happens to be written into the laws governing the county and all counties, states and government entities.

Andy Watermann
http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/other-interesting-information-found-on-the-miamidade-county-public-records-website-746416.html

If a large amount of raw land in a prime location is going to be marketed with cap rate scenarios (resort hotel, mobile home park, storage units, campground, shopping center, business offices, etc.), how could I find information on each of these scenarios? This information would have to include a rough estimate of building costs, loan information, rents, taxes, etc. Is there any way to get this information more easily than spending countless hours on dead ends? PLEASE HELP!
The Information would be to help potential investors decide what to do with the property.

This is a huge topic that cannot be completely covered here. I am a commercial Realtor in Texas, and I deal with development and raw land deals on a regular basis. CAP rate scenarios only truly apply to existing, income-producing properties. All you can do with raw land is create a prospectus. A prospectus is basically a business plan with a bunch of variables, one of which can be a CAP rate on the investment. This is directly tied to the NOI (annual Net Operating Income), which insinuates that the development is already built.

A developer has 2 ways of making money based on a CAP rate. The first is to hold the property over a long period of time, and collect revenue (like a landlord). The second is to fill the spaces (like in a retail center) and establish cash flow, and then sell the property to an investor on a pure CAP rate calculation. These two methods are very different in planning and execution.

Over the long term, a developer will try to get around a 15% return (not truly a CAP rate here) on his initial investment. That means that if they plan to spend $10,000,000 buying the land, building the building, paying commissions, paying management fees, etc, then they should earn an income of $1,500,000 in year one (before debt service, aka the loan payments). Because there are so many risks involved, the percentage must be high.

If the developer plans to sell right after leasing all the spaces (like in a retail center), then they sell the building based entirely on the CAP rate. If the building is 90% leased and earning $1,500,000 a year (after expenses), then they could likely sell to an investment group at an 8% CAP rate, which equals $18,750,000. If it only cost them $12,000,000 to build, then they profit over 50% on the deal (although this is not a CAP rate… it is a profit margin).

Without knowing where you are, it is impossible to guess what construction costs are. Also, the different developments vary immensely in price per foot, so it is impossible to speculate.

If a real estate group is advertising a raw piece of land with a CAP rate, just ignore it… it is just bad marketing. You cannot do a CAP rate this way at all. The only way this could be done is if the site plan is already done and approved, which shows exactly what sort of buildings are to be built and what sort of zoning is allowed, and perhaps if there are already leases signed in advance. But even then, there is no way to predict exactly the costs to build, so the conversation is moot.

In other words, the only person that can predict the CAP rate of any property is the developer himself. Any rates determined by others is just a marketing ploy.

If you would provide more specific info on what you are looking for, I might be able to assist you further. It would be good to know the following:

-What part of the country/state you are in
-How big of a development you are talking of
-What use specifically are you wanting (a retail prospectus is completely different than a self-storage prospectus)
-Are you looking at this from the seller’s perspective, or the buyer’s?
-Will this be an in-fill project (other parcels nearby are all occupied) or a pioneer project (lots of other vacant land in the area).

That’s all I have for now.

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It is a person whose primary business is gathering, selling, processing, and providing electronic information to advertising, marketing, and other firms. The term is derived from the words “Information” and “Entrepreneur.

Information marketing is an excellent online marketing strategy that can position you as an expert in your field. It helps you build credibility, generate revenue, and create a global community of clients and customers that you can market to repeatedly.  

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Infopreneurs wade through the myriad of information available on the internet weeding out erroneous or outdated Information and consolidating and presenting current accurate information in easily accessible and understandable forms.

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These online services provide people the ease of accessing certain information and the flexibility to do things faster that might not be possible otherwise.  

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Sharyce Arciaga
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