Season 12
144: Know How to Quantify Your Upside and Risks Before Buying
There are many things to consider when determining which property to buy. If you could predict future appreciation and also know downside risks, you’d be well ahead of the game of maximizing profits and avoiding devastating d...
143: Refine Your Investing To a Limited Number of Markets to Mitigate Risk
Online research tells you a lot, but nothing equals the value of spending time in a neighborhood. Being on the ground gives you a sense of what the reality is block-to-block that a computer just can’t. Tim Vest , Founder of H...
142: When It Comes to Highly Leveraged Bridge Financing, Investors Beware
One of the greatest risks to multifamily investing is financing. Many of today’s newer operators are using heavily leveraged bridge debt to finance deals. If things don’t go according to plan, they can get stuck unable to get...
141: There Are Many Paths to Participate In The Spoils Of Real Estate Investing
Real Estate investing is a team sport. You need people to find the deals, raise money, structure the financing, fund risk capital, guarantee the loans, and more. Joel Fine of Lakeline Properties has been a limited partner in ...
140: Short-Term Rentals Generate Better than 20% Cash-on-Cash Returns
In today’s Real Estate investing world, you will most likely generate from 4%-10% on your money in the first year of an investment depending on the asset. Short Term Rentals, however, are an exception where you can generate 2...
139: Owning Land Can Generate Great Passive Income
Buying real estate requires a lot of money, but you can buy parcels of land in growing areas for less than $500. There are millions of acres of land that you can buy for any reasonable offer as a result of tax liens, inherita...
138: Recreational Land has Become a Hot Commodity
In the last couple years, recreational land has become incredibly popular and seen major appreciation. Land has gotten the attention of both bigger investors and also individuals in larger metros who are buying acreage they c...
137: When Passively Investing, Vetting a Sponsor is The Most Important Decision You’ll Make
Hiring the right sponsor is like hiring a CEO of a company. Everything rides on the decision and very few people are actually qualified to do the job. Dovid Preil , Principal of YDLP Investments Group , has a formal process t...
136: Heat Maps and Market Data are Great but Nothing Beats First-Hand Knowledge
Location, location, location. The ultimate Real Estate cliché, but it stands the test of time. That’s why it’s a huge advantage to have boots on the ground in a market you’re investing in. It’s an enormous benefit if someone ...
135: Multifamily is On Fire but History Tends to Repeat Itself
The multifamily market has been so hot in recent years that pretty much everyone has prospered. These days, however, many newer operators are so hungry to get deals that they’re grossly overpaying and often times undercapital...
134: Vertical Integration Mitigates Risk in Apartment Buildings
Major metro markets like Atlanta, Phoenix and Dallas are seeing huge employment and population growth, but there are much smaller markets that are also growing. Some markets with fewer than 500,000 people have almost no suppl...
133: How to Make Great Returns Without Tying your Money Up for Years
Investing in hard Real Estate assets can be great for appreciation, but getting cash flow Is harder than ever and your investment is illiquid. Investing in notes, however, can be a way to generate great cash flow and super hi...