Tag: Economy
Financial Flagellation Framing Free Falling Figures From Fearful Financiers and their Freaked out Friends, Fun, fun, fun…
Reactionary influences on the stock market, Stimulus effects, and Inflationary influences on the economy
Posted: April 7th, 2009 under Economy, Taxes, real estate.
Tags: cash flow real estate, commercial real estate, CRE, Depression, Economy, hedge, inflation, inflation neutral asset, interest rates, investing, mini storage, rental income, Self Storage, tenants, Troy Downing
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Annual Investor Conference Call Transcript
March 16, 2009
2:00 p.m. PST
STEVE KAPLAN, CEO, EBS: Hi, I just want to welcome everybody to the first annual Equity Based Services corporate conference call. I am proud that our company has grown to the size and status that merits a call like this. And I want to thank all the investors, team members, and [...]
Posted: April 2nd, 2009 under Economy, real estate.
Tags: commercial real estate, conference call, CRE, debt, ebs, Economy, eric kaplan, howard kaplan, lending market, mini storage, portfolio, Self Storage, stephen kaplan, Troy Downing
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Self Fulfilling Prophecy
by Troy Downing
Have you ever seen or participated in group trust exercises? Like the ones where you fall backwards and expect someone to catch you, or more appropriately, where everyone stands in a circle and sits down at once? If you have no idea what I am talking about, imagine everyone standing in a circle [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2009 under Economy.
Tags: Economy, Recession, Recovery, Self Storage, spending, trust
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Out of the Chute 2009
by Troy Downing
As we start the year 2009, in the midst of a year-old recession, many have questioned whether Self Storage really is a recession resistant asset. On a rudimentary level it makes sense. As the economy shrinks, many people and businesses downsize. This generally results in a higher demand for storage.
The fear is that [...]
Posted: February 2nd, 2009 under Economy, real estate.
Tags: cash flow, commercial real estate, ebs, Economy, equity based services, mini storage, NOI, real estate, Self Storage, Troy Downing
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Debt Markets and Commercial Real Estate
by Troy Downing
In spite of the perception of illiquidity, Banks are still in business. We have seen major changes in the banking business, including mergers and closures of major financial institutions, and a virtual disappearance in the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS), But lenders still see stability and opportunity in Commercial Real Estate (CRE).
The Conduit [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2009 under Economy, real estate.
Tags: cash flow, cmbs, commercial real estate, CRE, debt, Economy, mortgage, real estate, Self Storage
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The R Word
by Troy Downing
Recently while Reading Rhetoric Related to Recessionary Reasons that our economic Rheostat is Receding and our economy is Reeling, I Read a small Research piece on Recessionary trends from Real data going back to World War II.
I found an interesting piece published by The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The piece tried to [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2009 under Economy, real estate.
Tags: Depression, Economy, Employment, real estate, Recession, Recovery, Self Storage
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The EBS Year in Review
Year in Review: Equity Based Services, Inc. has had one of it’s strongest years in terms of acquisitions, cash flow generation, and, and economy that has become very hospitable to the Self Storage Industry.
Posted: December 31st, 2008 under Economy, private equity.
Tags: acquisitions, cash flow, Economy, housing crisis, lending markets, new year, review, Self Storage
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The Perfect Storm
The housing crisis and current economic climate create strong business opportunities in the Self Storage Sector.
Posted: December 29th, 2008 under Economy.
Tags: Economy, housing crisis, mini storage, reit, Self Storage
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