Good Commercial Sense

Good Commercial Sense provides a superb introduction to commercial property investment. It's a practical and clearly written guide for anyone looking to broaden their investment horizons. 

Commercial property is not just city skyscrapers and sprawling shopping centres. It's also the corner milk bar, a petrol station, carp park, restaurant, camping ground or warehouse. 

Historically, commercial property has been dominated by the 'mega wealthy' and the large institutional investors - but not anymore.

Good Commercial Sense arms you with the information and tools so that you also can have a slice of Australia's $500 billion-plus commercial property market. 

Good Commercial Sense will tell you everything you need to know about the different property sectors; how to assess a property, lease and tenant; and how to buy and sell commercial property and profitability with confidence. 

Katrina Barrymore has been a finance journalist for 25 years. For the last two years she has specialised in reporting, analysing and writing about the Australian commercial property market.

She's also co-author of the best-selling residential property guidebook The Power of Property. 

Contents include:     

* About the author    

* Introduction    

* Why commercial property?     

* Commercial property versus other investments   

 * Which property to buy?    

* How much should you pay?    

* Which location?    

* Building design and technology    

* Buying for capital gain    

* Buying an income stream    

* Assessing an existing lease    

* Assessing an existing tenant    

* Finding a new tenant   

* The risks from your lease    

* The risks from your building    

* Property management    

* Office property   

* Industrial property   

* Retail property    

* Hotel and tourism assets    

* Hybrid property    

* Infrastructure assets    

* Property trusts    

* Finance    

* Buying a property  

* Selling a property