Index to Office Building Acquisition Handbook
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INDEX
AAA tenants 136
absorption rate 111
access 119
accountants 149
actual cash value 105
adjustable rate mortgage 137
advertising 109
Aetna 9
Aggressive Tax Avoidance for
Real Estate Investors 32,85,128,131
air-conditioning 13,67,69,71,77,86,
91,92,110,144
alterations 15,100,108,109, 119,123
aluminum wiring 8,9
appreciation 7,115
ASCII 35
asbestos 8,9,79,93,124
assigns 125,131
association dues 111
assumable mortgage 137,138, 141,142
attorneys 118,138,146,147, 149,151,152
bad tenants 8
balloon payments 91,135,137, 138
bankruptcy 130
base rent 1 14
Berkeley, CA 16,60
bill of sale 153
binoculars 48,55
"boiler room" tenants 66
boiler insurance 105
bond leases 98
Boston 12,29
breakdowns 123
BOMA 18,99,108
Buttes Gas & Oil Co. 97,98
Buxton, Sir Thomas 40
C.C.I.M. 19
calculator 147
Cambridge, MA 16
Camden County, NJ 23
camera 49,53
cancellation clause 116
cap rate 14
carpet 92,110,121
car heater 60
Census Bureau 17
certificate of occupancy 153
cheering section 149
chemical cleanup clause 124
Cherry Hill, NJ 23,24
Chicago 23
"City Reviews" 17
classified ads 41
cleaning service 108
Coldwell Banker 20
commissions 45,109,139
commitment 139,147
communications equipment
computer 35,41
concessions 89
condemnation 123,130
contingency 35,127
corporations 98,125
Corsicana, TX 13,14,15
coveralls 49
crime 86
cutoff valve 72,76
Danville, CA 60
Dallas-Fort Worth 13,14,20, 33,42
damage 130
debt-coverage ratio 136
decorations 80
deed 131,152,153
default 118,127,130,135,141
Delaware Township 24
Denver 20
department stores 24
depreciation 7
description of property 125, 126,152
Detroit 14
directions 52
direct mail 42,43
directory 26,42,61,62,121,122
disability tax 106
Dollars and Cents of Shopping Centers
117
door 56,60,63,75
downspouts 56
drainage 75,87
drapes 92,109, 110
DRESCO 20
drop light 48
due-on-sale clause 6,142
earthquake 28,29,105
electrical system 68,70,71, 90,128,144
electricity 100,101
elevators 60,63,64,72,73,88,128,144
emergency lights 80
engineering firm 69,139
equipment 67,68,117
escalation 100, 1 14
exchange 32,85,131
exit signs 79
extension cord 48
exterminating service 88
facsimile 36
fencing 58
fidelity insurance 105
film 50
fire alarm 80
fire evacuation map 80
fire extinguishers 80
first-year expensing 128
fixed-rate mortgage 137,142
flashbulbs 50
flood 27,28,69,70,87,105
floor measurement 121
foreigner 133
Fortune 500 companies 24
foundation 69
Fuller & Co. 20
garage 60
gardening 109
gas 71,101
glass replacement 121
Government Services Agency 9
graffiti 76
Gronich and Company 20
Grubb and Ellis 20
guard desk 62
gutters 56
Haddonfield, NJ 23
handicap access 62,81
heat 67,69,71,77,90,91,110,128,144
heating oil 72,102
historic tax credit 12
hot water heater 69,72,90,1 10
Houston 12,14,20
How To Increase The Value Of Real
Estate 7
How To Use Leverage To Maximize
Your Real Estate Investment Return
137,139
HVAC contractor 37
IBM 9,24
image 23
impound accounts 139
installment note 85
Institute of Real Estate Management
18,95,99,108
insurance 96,104,105,117,118,
119,129,148,152,153
janitorial closet 72
Johnstown, PA 14
joists 70
Kearney Street 23
keys 52,150,153
K-Mart 15
landscaping 53,54
LaSalle Street 23
late penalties 1 16,140
liability insurance 105
liberals 16
license 131,153
lighting 54,60,68,76,79,90
light meter 51,68
liquidated damages 130
litigation 130
load factor 14
lobby 61,62
lock 67,92
lock-in clause 6
long-term leases
look-down walk-around 56
Los Angeles 14
low-water cutoff 72
mail boxes 81
measuring wheel 50
Metropolitan Life 9
Metropolitan Statistical Areas 17
Miller, Henry S. Company 20
mineral rights 133
mix of uses 25
Montgomery Street 23
mortgage 50,123,147,153
mortgage insurance 139
M/PF Research 20
multi-peril insurance 105
multiple listing service 41, 42
name of building 122,123
National Association of Industrial and
Office Parks 18
National Flood Insurance Program 27
National Real Estate Investor 17,19,111
negative cash flow 136
net operating income 136
New York,- 20
noise 27,88,92
notarized papers 148
notice 122,130,133,141
odors 88
Office Network, Inc. 20
oil inventory 145,149,154
options 1 14,115
overbuilding 12,31
overhang 12
overnight couriers 35
paper towels 49
parking 26,59,60,87,92,100,110,120,121,
129
partitions 66,70,76
partnerships 50,125
pavement 57
payroll 96,106
PCBs 8,9,71,93,124
Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country 29 pen light 50 percentage rent 117 personal liability 139 personal property 128,145
Phillips screw driver 48
Picturephone 36
plumbing 72,86,128,144
pollution 27
possession 132
power of attorney 149
preclosing inspection 1,43,132,14 4
prepayment penalty 98,139
property manager 37,109,154
property owners association 41,43
property wanted ads 42
property taxes 105
prorating 128,150
Pueblo, CO 14
radon 9,
ramp 56
real estate agent 4,19,32,37,41,45,84
Realtors National Marketing Institute
19,95
rehab tax credit 12
renovation 6,8
rent control 16
repairs 96,108
replacement cost insurance 105
replacement reserves 110
retail 1 00
right of first refusal 1 15,116,119
Roddy ownership Guide 42
Rolotape Corporation 50,58
roof 13,55,85,86,92,110,128
rules and regulations 122
San Francisco 23,29
Santa Monica, CA 16
screens 55
screw driver 48
Seattle 14
security 26,54,107,120,123
security deposit 116,118,131,152
settlement statement 146,151,153
sewer 103,104
shell tenants 98
side agreements 129
siding 54
signs 54,80,119,154
slide 28
small towns 13,14,15,16
smog 88
snow and ice 57,88,107
socket plug adapter 48
specific performance 126
sprinkler system 68
Standard Consolidated
Statistical Areas 17
storage area 100
Studley, Julien J. 20
subleasing 118
subordination clause 123,141
suburbs 13,16
survey 129,153
Swearingen Report 20
tax assessor 42
tax-exempt entities 6,8
Tax Reform Act of 1984 6
telephone service 29,30,73
termites 69,86,130,153
thermostats 67
title 131,151,153
toilets 76
toxic chemicals 133
transparency 147
trash 58,87,96,104
Twentieth Century Fox 97,98
underground leaks 56,57,86
unemployment tax 106
United States Geological Survey 29
urinals 76
use restrictions 1 17,122
vacancy 21,25,31,110,111
vendor's lien 140
video taping 37
Wall Street Journal 59,97,117
warranties 127,128,130,133,153
water 103
water pressure 90
wet wipes 49
windows 54,55,67,78,107
wiring of money 150
workers compensation 105
wraparound 140
wrecking bar 48
Yanev, Peter 29
Yellow Pages
zoning 23

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