Overview: One good real estate investment can be worth a lifetime of labor. Industrial Real Estate Investing and Management explains the advantages of owning industrial real estate when compared to stocks or other types of real estate income properties.

Sharing the author’s 46 years of experience as an industrial real estate broker and investor, these pages detail the steps he continues to take to purchase, exchange, construct, manage, and sell industrial buildings.

Verdict: Trust me when I say that this brand new book Industrial Real Estate Investing and Management: A Comprehensive Guide to Buying, Leasing, and Selling Industrial Buildings from author Obie R. Silverwood is most assuredly both a comprehensive guide for investors and a valuable reference tool for commercial real estate brokers, agents, attorneys, appraisers, property managers, and business owners alike - as well as an ideal academic study text for business school curricula, of course.

From the information acquired down the years within this world where financial loss is as prevalent as it would be in any investment scenario, taking it from the top, and industrial real estate investing is the process of acquiring, managing, and exiting industrial real estate assets in the pursuit of investment returns.

In practice, industrial real estate investing typically entails developing and maintaining industrial properties to the specifications and needs of tenants. The use cases and tenant pool for industrial property has evolved with the advent of e-commerce and expansion of international trade. Industrial real estate may be of interest for both institutions and individual passive investors.

In truth, there are lots of ways to invest in real estate, from residential to the aforementioned industrial real estate. Although residential is often far more familiar for investors, industrial real estate gives you opportunities to engage with other businesses that are looking for solid, long-term bases of operation.

These relationships can help you do more with your investment dollars since you won’t always be chasing tenants for the rent or changing out carpets in apartments.

But staying on prose track here, investing in industrial real estate as a single investor, or even with a small group of investors, means a lot of things have to go right for your investment to really be a success. Your small-scale investment has a significant chance of failure, especially if you don’t also own a business occupying at least part of the property. But that’s OK because you can invest in a portfolio of industrial real estate by simply buying real estate investment trusts (REITs) from your favorite stock brokerage.

But I digress, as I am getting away from things here (can you tell I have myself dabbled in this), for what author Obie Silverwood is bringing forth is a tested layout out the steps required to buy, manage and sell industrial buildings. Ideal as a supplemental text for colleges with courses in commercial real estate and MBA curricula, simply put, this is all good, clear and concise information told in a relatable, understandable and wholly agreeable manner.

About the Author - Obie Silverwood’s 46 years brokering and investing in industrial real estate rendered him wealthy in his early forties. Degreed in Business Administration with graduate studies in law and real estate, he is an expert in his field. Obie lives in Sanger, CA.

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