QUIZ: Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Successful Real Estate Investor?
As I continue to teach real estate investors how to buy apartment buildings with a focus on raising money from others, I’ve noticed that some people are more likely to succeed…
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Michael Blank
3 Ways to Partner With an Experienced Investor For Your First Multifamily Deal
You want to get into multifamily investing and you’ve been out there looking for deals. You’re getting some traction on a couple, but you realize that your lack of track record…
How to Choose the Best Areas for Multifamily Deals With Confidence
One of the main challenges when getting started with multifamily investing is where to look. With the market so hot, many investors are looking outside their own backyards in search of…
The Anatomy of an Awesome Offer Package for Your Next Multifamily Deal
When you make an offer, you want to put your best foot forward. If you and your offer are taken seriously, there is a better chance you’ll have your contract…
The Top 10 Questions You Need to Ask Your Commercial Mortgage Broker
Before you put an apartment building deal under contract, you should clearly understand your potential lenders’ loan terms and underwriting criteria. Imagine this: You put a deal under contract and…
Newbies: You Should Focus on Your First Deal And Nothing Else. Here’s Why.
I want to talk to you today about the importance of focusing on doing your first deal. You may have ultimate end-goals like quitting your job, working for yourself, securing…
8 Awesomely Simple Ways to Maximize Your Apartment Building Profits
You’re probably already familiar with the power of commercial real estate. For example, if you’re able to increase rents by $50 and decrease expenses by $50 per unit per month…
Newbies: These 3 Simple Steps Will Prepare You For Your First Deal
Many years ago, when I was learning to trade stocks and options (which I subsequently did for a couple of years but no longer do), you are taught to “paper-trade,”…
Are You an Open or Closed Door Person (And Why Does it Matter)?
An open door is a symbol for boundless opportunities, a chance to do something worthwhile, to make life count. It beckons to the great adventure of life. The big question…
How to Use a Master Lease to Acquire Commercial Real Estate With No Money Down
The vast majority of commercial real estate deals are “conventional” with regard to financing, meaning they are financed with a commercial lender requiring 20% – 30% down. But it’s important…
How to Create $5,000/Month in Passive Income Using Real Estate: A Case Study
Here at BiggerPockets, we sometimes need to look at the bigger picture. It’s of course imperative that we ask ourselves what we want to achieve and why. After we do…
The Investor’s Step-by-Step Guide to Wholesaling Apartment Buildings
I’ve been asked several times in the past few weeks if it’s possible to wholesale buildings, and if so, how to do it. My first mentor was a wholesaler, and…
How to Purchase Apartment Buildings Without ANY of Your Own Money
I’ve written extensively on BiggerPockets about raising money from others to get started with investing in apartment buildings. And others have written about creative financing to get into deals without…
