Business, Profits and Strategy

The CFO’s Guide: To Hiring the "Right" Real Estate Service Provider

What The CFO’s Guide Will Do For You

For busy CFOs, tackling a real estate project can be very exciting and, at the same time, fairly challenging. Such projects easily become quite complex. They probably require a different set of skills and expertise than the ones you use day to day. Just one misstep can have a far-reaching effect on productivity, flexibility, company morale and, of course, the bottom line. Improperly planned or imprecisely executed, such a transaction could cost your company considerably more than a dollar or two in rent or a property’s sale price. View Index.

The CFO’s Guide is written for financial and business executives in companies and organizations contemplating their many real estate options. It is intended to prepare you in forming strategic partnerships with providers of real estate services. It will be useful for acquisitions, dispositions, adjusting or restructuring current real estate holdings and obligations, or simply for long-term planning of leased or owned properties. In fact, many of the business principles in The CFO’s Guide will easily apply to the process of seeking and evaluating service providers outside the world of commercial real estate.

One more important point: Although The CFO’s Guide is about “Hiring the Right Service Provider” it is not a sales pitch. You’ll find it does not make a case for you to engage any one particular real estate services company or even a particular type or size of company. In the aggregate it does not even suggest that you should not handle your project on your own.

What The CFO’s Guide will do for you: It is intended to provide you with insight and forethought concerning the type of services your company might require before embarking on a substantive real estate transaction. And, it provides a logical approach to acquiring those services.

Remember: Real estate projects are not about real estate only. They must support your company’s business objectives. Executed intelligently … based on a realistic game plan … utilizing dedicated resources … and supported by the right service providers, such projects create greater flexibility, promote growth and enhance overall profitability.

I hope you enjoy reading these monthly excerpts, and that both you and your company benefit, as well.

Sincerely,

Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR
Relationship Manager
Strategist
President & CEO
REAL ESTATE STRATEGIES CORPORATION

Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR, is Relationship Manager, Strategist, and President & CEO of Real Estate Strategies Corporation, Publisher of "Business, Profits and Strategy", a monthly online publication read by thousands of business, financial, and real estate executives nationally, and, is the author of two new real estate books, The CFO's Guide to Understanding Corporate Real Estate Transactions and The CFO's Guide to Hiring the "Right" Real Estate Service Provider, both of which will be available shortly at www.thecfosguide.com.

Mr. Zezas is well-known for his ease and informative style of public speaking, and has given talks, presentations, and has lead educational programs for business, professional, government, and trade associations, including the Building Owners and Managers Association, American Management Association, the U.S. Postal Service, RealComm, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), and others. Andrew is National Chairman of the SIOR Tenant Representation Specialty Practice Board, and is a licensed real estate instructor in Texas and Indiana. He can be reached at 908 245 5999 or via email.

Real Estate Strategies Corporation, located in Kenilworth, New Jersey, and serving clients throughout the country, helps companies create and execute Business DRIVEN Real Estate Solutions...and Opportunities, faster and with less risk. Visit www.realstrat.com.

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