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Property that is solely used for business purposes.
Examples are malls, industrial parks, gas stations, convenience stores and office towers.

Real estate that generates income or is otherwise intended for investment purposes rather than as a primary residence. It is common for investors to own multiple pieces of real estate, one of which serves as a primary residence, while the others are used to generate rental income and profits through price appreciation. The tax implications for investment real estate are often different than those for residential real estate.

Common examples of investment properties are apartment buildings and rental houses, in which the owners do not live in the residential units, but use them to generate ongoing rental income from tenants. Those who invest in real estate also expect to generate capital gains as property values increase over time.

What's the most favorable commercial real estate to buy ?
I have a chunk of money , as a result of the DOT taking part of my property - which happens to be zoned commercial - even though I Iive in the house on the land ( I don't have to move as a result of the takeover ) . Anyway - so I must purchase like property - namely commercial , to avoid losing a good bit in taxes . So , so far , I've been looking at rental property , or houses to convert to rentals , and undeveloped land . I happen to live in an area of Florida that is a rapidly growing boomtown right now . What might be the wisest choice/best investment - perhaps even something I'm not yet familiar with ?

During the real-estate boom and recent slowdown, the focus has been almost entirely on the price of homes. But land prices have taken an even wilder ride.

Residential lot prices in or near many metro areas across the country, including Boston, Washington, D.C., and Naples, Fla., have plummeted in the past year -- some as much as 29%. Big landowners are feeling the pain, too. According to Chicago-based Grubb & Ellis, a commercial brokerage, the median price of parcels averaging between 40 and 94 acres is $162,000 per acre year-to-date, 28% below the 2004 price.

The falling prices contradict the view that buying land is a safer bet than investing in bricks and mortar. In fact, lot prices have been far more volatile lately, buffeted by zoning laws, environmental regulations and other market forces. Meanwhile, adjusting for inflation, the cost to build a good-quality single-family house has remained relatively stable since 1980 at around $100 to $125 a square foot, according to Joseph Gyourko, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. "Land is a risky investment," Mr. Gyourko says.

Not all markets are experiencing steep declines, according to data from multiple-listing services and brokers. In Houston, for example, where the oil and gas industry is going strong and creating new jobs, median lot prices grew 15.8% in the third quarter of 2006 compared with the same period last year, while median home prices rose 5.5%. In Portland, Ore., lot prices rose 28.9%, while home prices rose 10.62%. But overall, brokers and researchers say, there have been many more cool markets than hot ones in recent months.

In Boston, in the throes of its weakest housing market since the early '90s, the price of a lot fell 24.5% in the third quarter, while home prices fell 9.8%. In Naples, Fla., which was recently overrun and then abandoned by speculators, lot prices plummeted 28.7% in the same period, while home prices dropped 5.7%.

One reason land prices go to extremes is that the supply of lots is much less flexible than the supply of homes for sale, says Morris Davis, a University of Wisconsin housing economist. Builders can ramp up construction in hot areas or pull back in cool ones, fine-tuning the housing supply and mitigating pricing fluctuations. But the supply of "infill" lots in or near cities is relatively fixed, not counting the occasional teardown; that makes their prices more sensitive to market swings.