Category: Investment Fundamentals
What is IRR and Why Is It Used In Apartment Investing?
What is the IRR? The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is widely used as a…
How To Create Your Real Estate Investment Criteria
Any experienced investor knows the importance of having and maintaining an investment criteria. If you…
The Low-Risk Approach To Acquiring Multi-Family Assets
Multi-family assets cover a wide spectrum of niches, such as apartments and mobile home parks,…
6 Important Things to Consider When Refinancing Your Real Estate Asset
In Tapping Into Appreciation in A Growing Market, I shared why anyone with equity in…
What Drives Cap Rates In Multifamily Real Estate?
Interest rates influence decision making Investors select among asset classes such as stocks and real…
How to Conservatively Underwrite Multifamily Investments
Especially in this economic cycle, the assumptions we make in our underwriting can lead to…
Buying Real Estate Investments in the Right Neighborhoods
There is a trade off that exists when it comes to the types of property…
How Passive Investors in Apartment Syndications Receive Returns
Below outlines how passive investors, or Limited Partners (LP’s), in apartment syndications commonly receive returns….
The Fruits of Buy and Hold Real Estate Investing
What is buy and hold?Buy and Hold real estate, characterized by the long-term holding period…
My Second Refinance on a Rental and How It Worked
Hello Friends. I recently refinanced on my second rental property and wanted to share the…
The Importance of Protecting Investment Capital
The primary focus for every investor should be capital preservation: protecting the principal investment funds….
Why Stock Investors Should Also Invest in Real Estate
Right now happens to be a good time for many people in the stock market….
The Difference in Investing in Multi-Family vs. Single-Family Real Estate
Many investors someday aspire to grow from their single family rental portfolio to owning many…
Good Underwriting Beats Market Timing
Russell Gray from the Real Estate Guys Radio podcast said it very well when he…
Gross Potential Income vs. Effective Gross Income
When underwriting a multi-family real estate investment, you will always deal with income as part…
Dollars and Debt Debunked
You have heard it said many times:“Stay away from debt.””All debt is bad.” It sounded…
Inferred vs. Fundamental Demand Analysis
When it comes to rental property investing, even for passive investors, it is critical to…
Two Approaches to Real Estate Investing
When I first began my studies of real estate in 2013, I adopted a very…
Physical versus Economic Vacancy
One of the core threats to the income your property produces is vacancy. Vacancy is…
Capital Expenditures, Repairs and Reserves
Buying real estate is fun. When most people think of the excitement of real estate,…
Price vs. Value in Real Estate Investing
I want to share a very simple concept that is easy to understand, but even…
3 Business Models of Multifamily Investing
If you are an active investor, you may be very familiar with the following three…
4 Wealth Builders of Real Estate
If you read my article about why everyone should have real estate in their wealth…
Buyer Beware: Common Mistakes in Underwriting Multifamilies
Buying multifamily real estate involves addressing many variables. Underwriting is the process of accounting for…