7 Steps to Take When You Have a Radio-Silent Syndication Sponsor
Follow these tips if a syndicator does not respond to your inquiries.
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Brian Burke
Top Techniques for Finding a Good Property Manager for Large Commercial Deals
Don’t let property management get the best of you as a real estate investor. Instead, get the best property management for your large multifamily investment. Let's talk about a simple…
How to Use Cap Rates as a Rental Property Investor (Hint: You’re Probably Doing It Wrong)
When it comes to cap rate, there's so much misinformation and misapplication of its definition and use. In particular, cap rate should not be used to determine the right price…
The Truth About Cap Rate: 5 Myths—Busted
Perhaps no topic is more overrated, misunderstood, or debated than cap rate. I would also argue that cap rate has more inaccurate or misinformed articles written about it than pretty…
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Many passive investors confuse distributions with performance, so if the distributions are coming, the plan is coming together. Bernie Madoff’s investors probably thought that, too. So, how can you really…
Real Estate Syndication: What Is a Preferred Return?
If you’ve been looking to invest passively in a real estate syndication, you’ve probably noticed that most offer a feature called preferred return. It seems that as awareness of syndications…
The Colossal Fail: How a Hard Landing Can Make You a Better Investor
Everyone wants to talk about success. But what about failure? When we fail, we learn the most important lessons. Here's how to leverage your mistakes, turning the bad into something…
Why You Should Constantly Seek Investors—And How to Find Them
Networking is a never-ending job. Here's how you can (and should) keep your pool of real estate investors exponentially growing.
How I Raised $5 Million to Buy an Apartment Complex in 2 Weeks—While on the Beach
Wonder what it takes to do the BIG deals? This investor just landed $5M in investments in just 2 weeks—while on a beach! Learn how he pulled it off here.
Multifamily Myths: Why You Don’t Control The Value Like Everyone Says You Do
When investing in single family homes, you have to sit around waiting for the market to appreciate to realize a higher value. When you own an apartment complex, you are…
Multifamily Myths: Why Investors Think Vacancy & Unpaid Rent Will Never Be an Issue
Many single family landlords have it easy. Their tenants tend to stay for a while. They are oftentimes more stable. Some of them even take good care of the home…
Multifamily Myths: Why Newbies Think Multifamily is Easy to Buy & Finance
Last year I wanted to refinance some of my small rental properties. Four properties, a hundred grand here, two hundred grand there… but you would have thought that I was…
Multifamily Myths: Why Economy of Scale Doesn’t Mean What You Think it Does
Economy of Scale. This is the big advantage of investing in multifamily — or at least it’s the one most talked about. You typically hear it expressed like this: “You…
