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Commentary

Apartment Building Investors Versus Apartment Building Speculators

by Ted Karsch | September 23, 2008

Investing, in my opinion, should be treated like a business.
It requires a product which produces an income or cash flow larger then the expenditures necessary to sell the product. Therefore, it should produce a profit for the manager or business owner.
Unfortunately, many investors are actually not investors at all in the business sense of [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Apartment Investing – A Look at Five Year Investment Returns

by Ted Karsch | August 12, 2008

Let’s take a look at some of the actual returns for a small apartment building investment over a period of five years. Whenever you are making projections into the future concerning investment returns it is always necessary to make some assumptions. In this case we will keep our assumptions very conservative and well in line with historical averages.

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Economy

Apartment Buildings Beat Inflation With Rising Rents

by Ted Karsch | June 9, 2008

It is no secret that inflation has reared its ugly head in the US and around the world. And it is easy to see its effects whenever you go to the gas station to fill up your car or to the grocery store to buy a loaf of bread. You can read the statistics: [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Apartment Building Investments – Understanding Debt Service Coverage Ratio

by Ted Karsch | March 10, 2008

As a commercial finance consultant I speak with new apartment building investors on a daily basis whom respond to one of my fliers or visit my website. Typically, here is how the conversation unfolds:
Investor: Hello Ted, my name is “first time apartment building investor” and I am calling because I was visiting your [...]

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