Charles Blumenkehl, managing partner of Blue Asset Management LLC, announced his fund has sold its holdings in Barrington, New Jersey.
According to Blumenkehl, “After closes on millions of dollars of non-performing mortgages and distressed property throughout New Jersey, we began to recognize the strength in our local footprint to achieve high yields on our investments, As a result, we made the decision to divest ourselves of our holdings outside the northern New Jersey market, which led to the sale of our Barrington property.” According to Blumenkehl, the fund was able to provide its investors with a profitable return on the Barrington piece, and plans to further re-allocate its resources into opportunities it finds in northern New Jersey.
Blumenkehl continued, “We see the Camden county corridor as offering great opportunity for investors. However, with the opportunities we are finding existing in our local market, we were pleased to divest ourselves of our Camden County holdings and focus on asserting our local northern New Jersey footprint to achieve greater control resulting in high returns for our investments.” Blumenkehl said his company has recently purchased several properties in northern New Jersey and is aggressively seeking more acquisitions in the current market environment.
Wayne, New Jersey based Blue Asset Management LLC was founded by Charles Blumenkehl to leverage opportunities created by the mortgage meltdown. For more information about Blue Asset Management LLC call the company directly at 973 835-1400 or log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagementllc.com.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Blue Asset Management LLC Weathers Floods in Northern New Jersey
According to Charles Blumenkehl, managing partner of Blue Asset Management, “This has been a most unusual winter, bringing a dozen snowfalls and seemingly monsoonlike rain to the area. The result was that, for the first time since we owned the property, we experienced flooding in our Little Falls rental property twice in one 12 month period, causing evacuation of the property. In addition, several of our properties in close proximity to the river experienced minor flooding and damage from the abundance of water.” According to Blumenkehl, the floods which took place in 2010 were worse than the recent flooding, and resulted in the installation of new walls, flooring, kitchen and bathroom cabinets and vanities, and a myriad of other repairs and remedial activity to mitigate the damage caused by the flooding. The 2011 flooding, while not as high or as prolonged as the floods last year, will result in the replacement of much of the new materials installed in 2010.
Blumenkehl continued, “It is such a shame to see the investment we made in our property needing replacement so quickly. We have owned real estate in the area for more than twenty years, and I have never seen flooding come so close to each other in such a short period of time. Hopefully,” said Blumenkehl, “we won’t have to experience anything like this for a long time, if ever again.”
Blumenkehl added that while flood insurance will help to offset much of the damages incurred, it still adds to the companies already robust work list resultant from the many acquisitions his fund has made in the past months. Blumenkehl continued “Our crews and contractors are working six and seven days a week to catch up to the workload on our new acquisitions and complete the work we were unable to do because of the tough winter we experienced. This will add to the burden, and since it is a priority to repair the flood-damaged properties so our tenants can move back in quickly, we will see some of our other projects further delayed.”
Blumenkehl was pleased that none of his tenants in the area suffered damages to their property since there was sufficient notice before the flooding took place. He has only received notice from one tenant that they do not intend to re-occupy their premises even if it is restored within the period provided for in the lease agreement.
Located in Wayne, New Jersey, Blue Asset Management LLC owns, manages and operates numerous rental properties throughout northern New Jersey. For more information about Blue Asset Management LLC, call the company directly at 973-835-1400 or log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagementllc.com.
http://newjerseyprnews.com/new_jersey_articles/2011/05/blue-asset-management-llc-weathers-floods-in-northern-new-jersey-211011.htm
Blumenkehl continued, “It is such a shame to see the investment we made in our property needing replacement so quickly. We have owned real estate in the area for more than twenty years, and I have never seen flooding come so close to each other in such a short period of time. Hopefully,” said Blumenkehl, “we won’t have to experience anything like this for a long time, if ever again.”
Blumenkehl added that while flood insurance will help to offset much of the damages incurred, it still adds to the companies already robust work list resultant from the many acquisitions his fund has made in the past months. Blumenkehl continued “Our crews and contractors are working six and seven days a week to catch up to the workload on our new acquisitions and complete the work we were unable to do because of the tough winter we experienced. This will add to the burden, and since it is a priority to repair the flood-damaged properties so our tenants can move back in quickly, we will see some of our other projects further delayed.”
Blumenkehl was pleased that none of his tenants in the area suffered damages to their property since there was sufficient notice before the flooding took place. He has only received notice from one tenant that they do not intend to re-occupy their premises even if it is restored within the period provided for in the lease agreement.
Located in Wayne, New Jersey, Blue Asset Management LLC owns, manages and operates numerous rental properties throughout northern New Jersey. For more information about Blue Asset Management LLC, call the company directly at 973-835-1400 or log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagementllc.com.
http://newjerseyprnews.com/new_jersey_articles/2011/05/blue-asset-management-llc-weathers-floods-in-northern-new-jersey-211011.htm
Monday, April 25, 2011
Blue Weathers Storm
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Blue Asset Management LLC Sees Appraisals Creating Difficulties in Closing Transactions
Charles Blumenkehl, managing partner for Blue Asset Management LLC, sees home appraisals causing difficulties for buyers trying to obtain mortgages on their dream homes and consequently for sellers of real estate in today’s market.
According to Blumenkehl, “On the one hand, home values are determined by how much a buyer is willing to pay for a particular property. On the other hand, in order to protect their investment, lenders require the property to appraise for the purchase price in order to assure that the loan to value ratios required for the particular mortgage are maintained.” Blumenkehl continued, “the problem today is that so many homes that are sold and which appraisers can use as comparable sales in completing their appraisals are based on foreclosure prices and prices established through short sales, where the seller is willing to sell their property at a deep discount and the lender is willing to accept these deep discounts rather than wait to complete the over-capacity foreclosure process and all that comes with it, including carrying and maintenance costs and loss of earnings on the remaining principle that could potentially be sustained by the mortgage-holder”.
“The result”, concludes Blumenkehl, “is that today’s seller is not only subject to competing with these foreclosures and short sales when marketing and pricing their homes, but the price the buyer is willing to pay will be subject to how much the distressed and foreclosed properties in the market will sell for.” This leads to many under-valued appraisals, Blumenkehl says, which in turn will require sellers to either further reduce their already depressed sales price or try to find a new buyer and hope the next appraisal is higher. Blumenkehl also pointed out that in many types of sales, such as FHA or VA financed transactions, the seller is stuck with the appraised value even if another buyer is willing to pay more but requires the same type financing, since the appraisals are registered with HUD for a 6 month period. Blumenkehl says his fund has opted to hold certain properties that have under-appraised and achieve high rates of return on renting the property while he waits for the market to return rather than sell at over-deflated prices.
Charles Blumenkehl, a 30+ year veteran of real estate management in New Jersey, founded Blue Asset Management LLC in 2008 to leverage what he saw as opportunities that arose as a result of the mortgage crisis leading to the foreclosure crisis. Blue Asset Management LLC is a buyer of performing and non-performing residential and commercial real estate mortgages, distressed and investment real estate in northern New Jersey. For more information about Blue Asset Management LLC log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagementllc.com or call the company directly at 973 83-1400.
According to Blumenkehl, “On the one hand, home values are determined by how much a buyer is willing to pay for a particular property. On the other hand, in order to protect their investment, lenders require the property to appraise for the purchase price in order to assure that the loan to value ratios required for the particular mortgage are maintained.” Blumenkehl continued, “the problem today is that so many homes that are sold and which appraisers can use as comparable sales in completing their appraisals are based on foreclosure prices and prices established through short sales, where the seller is willing to sell their property at a deep discount and the lender is willing to accept these deep discounts rather than wait to complete the over-capacity foreclosure process and all that comes with it, including carrying and maintenance costs and loss of earnings on the remaining principle that could potentially be sustained by the mortgage-holder”.
“The result”, concludes Blumenkehl, “is that today’s seller is not only subject to competing with these foreclosures and short sales when marketing and pricing their homes, but the price the buyer is willing to pay will be subject to how much the distressed and foreclosed properties in the market will sell for.” This leads to many under-valued appraisals, Blumenkehl says, which in turn will require sellers to either further reduce their already depressed sales price or try to find a new buyer and hope the next appraisal is higher. Blumenkehl also pointed out that in many types of sales, such as FHA or VA financed transactions, the seller is stuck with the appraised value even if another buyer is willing to pay more but requires the same type financing, since the appraisals are registered with HUD for a 6 month period. Blumenkehl says his fund has opted to hold certain properties that have under-appraised and achieve high rates of return on renting the property while he waits for the market to return rather than sell at over-deflated prices.
Charles Blumenkehl, a 30+ year veteran of real estate management in New Jersey, founded Blue Asset Management LLC in 2008 to leverage what he saw as opportunities that arose as a result of the mortgage crisis leading to the foreclosure crisis. Blue Asset Management LLC is a buyer of performing and non-performing residential and commercial real estate mortgages, distressed and investment real estate in northern New Jersey. For more information about Blue Asset Management LLC log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagementllc.com or call the company directly at 973 83-1400.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Blue Asset Management Sells Millville Property
Charles Blumenkehl, managing partner for Blue Asset Management LLC, announced his company has sold its last remaining Cumberland County property in Milleville, New Jersey.
According to Blumenkehl, the property, a vacant multi family structure in need of rehabilitation, was acquired through foreclosure last year. He said his fund sold the property as a part of its strategic decision to stay focused on its northern New Jersey properties. Blumenkehl said, “While we believe Milleville can offer robust returns to investors in the area, we increasingly found properties like the one we sold were more difficult to control from our statewide network.” Blumenkehl continued, “We made the strategic decision to contract our New Jersey footprint as we acquired more property near our home base in Wayne, and the sale of our Milleville piece was a furtherance of that strategy.”
Blumenkehl said his fund has increased its rental property footprint almost 100% in the past year, with most of the additional properties coming in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Morris and Hudson counties. Blumenkehl continued, “With our decision to focus in northern New Jersey, we are able to achieve more robust returns and act on more opportunity in our market by exerting greater control over our management, acquisition and renovation networks.”
Blue Asset Management LLC was founded by Charles Blumenkehl to leverage the opportunities created as a result of the mortgage meltdown. For more information about the Wayne based company, contact Mr. Blumenkehl or Blue Asset Management LLC directly at 973 835-1400 or log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagement.com.
According to Blumenkehl, the property, a vacant multi family structure in need of rehabilitation, was acquired through foreclosure last year. He said his fund sold the property as a part of its strategic decision to stay focused on its northern New Jersey properties. Blumenkehl said, “While we believe Milleville can offer robust returns to investors in the area, we increasingly found properties like the one we sold were more difficult to control from our statewide network.” Blumenkehl continued, “We made the strategic decision to contract our New Jersey footprint as we acquired more property near our home base in Wayne, and the sale of our Milleville piece was a furtherance of that strategy.”
Blumenkehl said his fund has increased its rental property footprint almost 100% in the past year, with most of the additional properties coming in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Morris and Hudson counties. Blumenkehl continued, “With our decision to focus in northern New Jersey, we are able to achieve more robust returns and act on more opportunity in our market by exerting greater control over our management, acquisition and renovation networks.”
Blue Asset Management LLC was founded by Charles Blumenkehl to leverage the opportunities created as a result of the mortgage meltdown. For more information about the Wayne based company, contact Mr. Blumenkehl or Blue Asset Management LLC directly at 973 835-1400 or log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagement.com.
Blue Asset Management LLC Sees Appraisals Creating Difficulties in Closing Transactions
Charles Blumenkehl, managing partner for Blue Asset Management LLC, sees home appraisals causing difficulties for buyers trying to obtain mortgages on their dream homes and consequently for sellers of real estate in today’s market.
According to Blumenkehl, “On the one hand, home values are determined by how much a buyer is willing to pay for a particular property. On the other hand, in order to protect their investment, lenders require the property to appraise for the purchase price in order to assure that the loan to value ratios required for the particular mortgage are maintained.” Blumenkehl continued, “the problem today is that so many homes that are sold and which appraisers can use as comparable sales in completing their appraisals are based on foreclosure prices and prices established through short sales, where the seller is willing to sell their property at a deep discount and the lender is willing to accept these deep discounts rather than wait to complete the over-capacity foreclosure process and all that comes with it, including carrying and maintenance costs and loss of earnings on the remaining principle that could potentially be sustained by the mortgage-holder”.
“The result”, concludes Blumenkehl, “is that today’s seller is not only subject to competing with these foreclosures and short sales when marketing and pricing their homes, but the price the buyer is willing to pay will be subject to how much the distressed and foreclosed properties in the market will sell for.” This leads to many under-valued appraisals, Blumenkehl says, which in turn will require sellers to either further reduce their already depressed sales price or try to find a new buyer and hope the next appraisal is higher. Blumenkehl also pointed out that in many types of sales, such as FHA or VA financed transactions, the seller is stuck with the appraised value even if another buyer is willing to pay more but requires the same type financing, since the appraisals are registered with HUD for a 6 month period. Blumenkehl says his fund has opted to hold certain properties that have under-appraised and achieve high rates of return on renting the property while he waits for the market to return rather than sell at over-deflated prices.
Charles Blumenkehl, a 30+ year veteran of real estate management in New Jersey, founded Blue Asset Management LLC in 2008 to leverage what he saw as opportunities that arose as a result of the mortgage crisis leading to the foreclosure crisis. Blue Asset Management LLC is a buyer of performing and non-performing residential and commercial real estate mortgages, distressed and investment real estate in northern New Jersey. For more information about Blue Asset Management LLC log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagementllc.com or call the company directly at 973 83-1400.
According to Blumenkehl, “On the one hand, home values are determined by how much a buyer is willing to pay for a particular property. On the other hand, in order to protect their investment, lenders require the property to appraise for the purchase price in order to assure that the loan to value ratios required for the particular mortgage are maintained.” Blumenkehl continued, “the problem today is that so many homes that are sold and which appraisers can use as comparable sales in completing their appraisals are based on foreclosure prices and prices established through short sales, where the seller is willing to sell their property at a deep discount and the lender is willing to accept these deep discounts rather than wait to complete the over-capacity foreclosure process and all that comes with it, including carrying and maintenance costs and loss of earnings on the remaining principle that could potentially be sustained by the mortgage-holder”.
“The result”, concludes Blumenkehl, “is that today’s seller is not only subject to competing with these foreclosures and short sales when marketing and pricing their homes, but the price the buyer is willing to pay will be subject to how much the distressed and foreclosed properties in the market will sell for.” This leads to many under-valued appraisals, Blumenkehl says, which in turn will require sellers to either further reduce their already depressed sales price or try to find a new buyer and hope the next appraisal is higher. Blumenkehl also pointed out that in many types of sales, such as FHA or VA financed transactions, the seller is stuck with the appraised value even if another buyer is willing to pay more but requires the same type financing, since the appraisals are registered with HUD for a 6 month period. Blumenkehl says his fund has opted to hold certain properties that have under-appraised and achieve high rates of return on renting the property while he waits for the market to return rather than sell at over-deflated prices.
Charles Blumenkehl, a 30+ year veteran of real estate management in New Jersey, founded Blue Asset Management LLC in 2008 to leverage what he saw as opportunities that arose as a result of the mortgage crisis leading to the foreclosure crisis. Blue Asset Management LLC is a buyer of performing and non-performing residential and commercial real estate mortgages, distressed and investment real estate in northern New Jersey. For more information about Blue Asset Management LLC log onto the company website at www.blueassetmanagementllc.com or call the company directly at 973 83-1400.
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