multi-family

Small Multifamily Properties = Big Profits

by Spencer Cullor | October 15, 2011

Many real estate investors overlook some of the most profitable investment properties because they don’t understand how smaller properties can equal big profits. They get caught up in the “bigger is better” mentality and miss out on some of the most profitable investments right in their own backyards. Contrary to what some real estate gurus [...]

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Real Estate Interviews

Interview with Commercial Real Estate Investor, Joel Owens on Multifamily & Retail Investments

by Joshua Dorkin | August 30, 2011

Joel Owens is a commercial real estate investor, CRE broker, and a long time BiggerPockets member. In our interview with Joel (34:59 minutes), we discuss land development for commercial projects, owner financing multi-families, how to get started in commercial, triple net lease deals, wealth creation vs. wealth preservation, how to look out for retail deals [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Manufacturing Equity in Multi-Family Properties with The Rule of 150

by Andrew C. MacDonald | June 20, 2011

This weekend I attended a Multi-Family Investing Bootcamp organized by The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) and started to learn about how to acquire, manage and exit multi-residential properties. One of the key takeaways for me was the rule of 150 which I will explain here. There are some differences in the way single family [...]

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Real Estate

The Benefits of Green Multi-Family

by Jim Simcoe | February 28, 2011

Although green real estate (as a strategy) continues to grow in popularity among real estate investors, it is largely concentrated in the single family residential market. However, the single greatest ‘green’ opportunity for investors right now is the multi-family (MFU) market. If you’re interested in growing your real estate portfolio you should strongly consider green [...]

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Housing

Housing Market Insight – July 12th Edition

by Ryan Hinricher | July 12, 2010

This week the housing market saw important data on rising New Loan Delinquencies and other emerging trends such as “Extend and Pretend”(commercial sector). Further we’ll take a look at interest rates, mortgage purchase applications, and the best news we’ve seen in 3 years in the multi-family sector. First the bad news; New Loan Delinquencies on [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Buy an Apartment Building with No Guru Included

by Ted Karsch | May 5, 2008

There are many thousands of savvy investors across the United States who would love to begin investing in apartment buildings but they just don’t have a plan for success. In other words, they don’t have a clear understanding of the necessary skills, knowledge, and mechanics of commercial real estate investing. Unfortunately, there are very few [...]

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