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In order to become an expert in multifamily takes decades. From knowing all aspects of the physical properties and maintenance, to the nuances of property management, and how to buy properties at the right price, requires a l...

Smaller industrial buildings are seeing high occupancy levels and strong buyer demand. Even in slow growth, or slightly declining markets, the demand for industrial space is increasing because of limited inventory. Kip Northr...

Many long-term real estate owners have experienced tremendous appreciation and consequential equity in their properties. This is a great boon, but as a result, they are generating very small returns on their equity, sometimes...

One area of the economy and commercial real estate that’s flourishing is luxury travel. Well located, well managed hotels are unique assets that retain their value irrespective of the macroeconomic environment. In the past fe...

Despite the common convention, you can buy homes without cash or banks. You can use seller financing, subject-to existing loans, or lease purchases, allowing you to control properties without personal guarantees or large down...

When it comes to Real Estate investing, you can be a borrower, or you can be a lender. When you’re the lender, you get monthly payments without having to manage the properties, and you can generate the same or higher returns....

Over the past few decades, there’s been a trend towards renting apartments versus home ownership, especially in the past five years. Home ownership has grown increasingly out of reach, and apartment amenities and living space...

Because of increased regulations that have resulted in tighter lending standards, banks aren’t making a lot of smaller loans against properties that aren’t stabilized. This has created a sizeable gap in the market for “Micro ...

As word got out about Mobile Home Parks over the past five+ years, many new players emerged in the space. The fundamentals were appealing, but many underestimated the capital expenditures required and the multitude of operati...

Ecommerce has plateaued at 16% of total retail sales. Concurrently, the cost of land, borrowing, and construction has made it prohibitive to build new neighborhood retail centers. As a result, occupancy at existing properties...

It’s easy to oversimplify multifamily operations, and to make assumptions about how a property will perform. Countless nuances and details impact property performance, some are controllable, others aren’t. Many operators get ...

In some markets, you can buy suburban office property for as low as $10/ft where it costs $200/ft to build. What’s more, you don’t have to find off-market deals, they’re listed publicly on LoopNet, Crexi, and other prominent ...

In order for a larger multifamily dwelling to perform at its peak, it needs the right leasing personnel and the right maintenance team. The leasing agent creates the first impression of the property and influences the prospec...

Most real estate classes require a lot of hands-on daily management that makes or breaks the success of the investments. Nowhere is this more true than multifamily apartment communities. When you’re dealing with tenants 24/7,...

Investing in newer multifamily assets is a long-term conservative investment, but returns are low. There’s too much money chasing these deals, therefore the market is efficient. If you invest in heavy lift C Class properties,...

3rd party property management can be notoriously difficult and aggravating, but it can be successful if you manage it properly. To make it work, you need rigid processes, actionable metrics, and weekly meetings to hold proper...

As urban port neighborhoods have been redeveloped over the past few decades into residential and other uses, warehouse developers and tenants have moved to more inland locations. At the same time, ecommerce has created a need...

Even in challenging markets, it's hard to find great real estate deals because sellers are always slow to capitulate on price. One asset class, however, that promises steady cash flowing deals is sub-institutional industrial....

The multifamily market has faced major headwinds in many growth markets, but is gradually stabilizing. Occupancy levels are starting to rebound as there’s been absorption of new units, although rents are still largely suppres...

Fundraising for Private Equity and Venture funds has slowed as interest rate have climbed. Stalled exits and reduced distributions have followed. There are 50% fewer venture companies today than just a few years ago. As a res...

Most new businesses fail within their first five years, but investing in a strong franchise system can enhance your odds of success. There are great, recession resistant franchise categories to invest in such as Home Services...

Although Mobile Home Parks have been great investments over the past couple decades, they have not been immune to the same challenges that other asset classes have faced. These include interest rate escalations plus operating...

Even though prices on multifamily properties have come down 20%-30%, most of these still don’t make sense because higher interest rates and increased expenses have more than offset the price decreases. As a result, transactio...

To be successful in any niche, you need to find a market inefficiency and a discernible differentiator. Too many sectors within commercial real estate have become commodities as unprecedented volumes of capital have been depl...