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Shopping Mall follow up

By: Dennis Norman

Right before Christmas I did a 3 part series on malls and shopping centers in which I expressed my reluctance to shop at them and asked the question: is the mall going to go the way of the dinosaur? Unbeknownst to me at the time there may have been more relevance to that question than I [...]

Be thankful you don’t own a mall….final post

By: Dennis Norman

By now you may be asking yourself how my rant about malls relates to you, the real estate investor?  It’s just to stress the fact that residential real estate is a good investment even when we are facing challenging times like the present.  Sure, values may drop at times, like now, however since rents are not dropping [...]

Be thankful you don’t own a mall….part two

By: Dennis Norman

When I left off in part one I had spent nearly 2 hours traversing through Chesterfield Mall but came up empty handed..I never did find the writing journal I was looking for.  As I walked back to my car I couldn’t help but wonder why people would choose to shop at a mall.  After-all, [...]

Be thankful you don’t own a mall….part one

By: Dennis Norman

I do not like shopping malls.  If you like them, don’t take this personal, I just don’t.  I understand they are an excellent place for walking during inclimate weather, a good place to kill time or let kids burn off some excess energy but I just don’t think they are as good at their main [...]