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July 30, 2011

ROI Check-Up: Property Condition Assessment Can Protect Against Deal Killers

By Joseph Derhake, PE
Published in Commercial Investment Real Estate:

Many investors ignore the return on investment that Property Condition Assessments (PCAs) often can deliver. PCAs yield an ROI in three ways:

  • Protecting buyers from bad purchases
  • Providing buyers with information for price negotiations with sellers
  • Finding opportunities to improve building value post-purchase

Joseph Derhake, PE goes into detail on the value of a PCA in this Commercial Investment Real Estate article.

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Joseph Derhake, PE

Joseph Derhake, PE

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Joe Derhake, PE, serves as CEO of Partner Engineering and Science, a global environmental, engineering, and energy consulting firm. A registered Professional Engineer for over 25 years, Mr. Derhake has touched thousands of commercial real estate projects, from development and transactional due diligence to site remediation, asset optimization, ESG initiatives and more. His clientele includes many of the world’s largest lenders, real estate investors, and corporations. Mr. Derhake is a registered civil engineer in multiple states. He holds a bachelors degree in civil engineering from Michigan State University and Masters in Business Administration from University of Southern California.
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