Real estate management is primarily engaged in the practice of handling, supervising and controlling an immovable proprietary. Purchasing real estate requires a significant investment, and each parcel of land has unique characteristics, so the real estate management industry has evolved into several fields.
Real estate, or immovable property, is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. Real estate is often considered synonymous with real property, as contrasted to personal property. However, for technical purposes, some people prefer to distinguish real estate, referring to the land and fixtures themselves, from real property, referring to ownership rights over real estate.
With the development of private property ownership, real estate has become a major area of business. This paved the way to the birth of real estate management. Also called real estate development industry, it is primarily engaged in the practice of handling, supervising and controlling an immovable property.
Purchasing real estate requires a significant investment, and each parcel of land has unique characteristics, so the real estate management industry has evolved into several distinct fields. Among these fields are appraisal, brokerages, property management, and relocation services.
The first field, real estate appraisal, is a service performed by an appraiser who develops an opinion of value based upon the highest and best use of real property. The highest and best use is that use which produces the highest possible value for the property. This use must be profitable and probable. Also of importance is the definition of the type of value being developed and this must be included in the appraisal.
The second field, real estate brokerage, is a party or an agency that acts as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate and attempts to find sellers who wish to sell and buyers who wish to buy. It assists sellers in marketing their property and selling it for the highest possible price under the best terms and buyers in the acquisition of a property.
The third field, real estate development, makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. There are two major categories of real estate development activity: land development and building development (also known as project development).
Land development typically is the acquisition of raw land (real property with no improvements or infrastructure) and improving it with utility connections, roads, earth grading, covenants, and entitlements. Once these improvements have been made to the raw land, it is typically subdivided and sold piecemeal at a profit to building developers or individuals.
Building development is the acquisition of raw land, improved land, and/or property that could be redeveloped in order to construct building projects. The buildings are then sold entirely or in part to others (usually for a significant profit), or retained as assets to produce cash flow via rents and other means.
The fourth, property management, pertains to the processes applied to maximize returns by effective administration of propertyone of the major assets of most organizations. It also comprises the disciplines implemented on property rules and rental policies.
And the fifth and last field, relocation services, deals with relocating people or business to different countries. Within each field, a business may specialize in a particular type of real estate, such as residential, commercial, or industrial property. In addition, almost all construction business effectively has a connection to real estate.
No matter what field of real estate management you are in, maximizing income can be actualized through reporting complete and accurate income/expenses each month, effectively placing capital improvement into service, accurate budget forecasting, balance sheet management and the day-to-day support of building marketing teams.
The unequivocal delivery of these kinds of services would lead to fully satisfied costumersbringing more income and credibility.
Copyright 2007 Ismael D. Tabije