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Having bought and sold houses, commercial real estate, and restaurants, I’ve made lots of mistakes during the contract negotiation of the transactions. These mistakes can easily be avoided by addressing…
You want to do your first multi-million dollar commercial real estate deal, but you don’t have the track record. What can you do? In this article I’ll give you some…
You’re considering buying a deal with negative cash flow because you like the upside. My first response is, “NO, don’t do it!” This is because I view this as an…
You have an apartment building under contract, which is awesome. Performing due diligence is an exciting part of the buying process because it means you successfully negotiated the deal (which…
Are you wondering at what point in the process of evaluating apartment building deals you make an offer and what that looks like? It might seem a bit of a…
I get asked a lot, “Hey Michael, I’m interested in cash flow real estate investments. What’s better: single family rentals or multifamily properties?” It’s difficult to answer this question definitively,…
In my BiggerPockets article “How to Find Investors To Fund Your Real Estate Deals,” I talked about how to find potential investors for your next apartment building deal. In this…
I don’t like firing people. My initial approach is to try to make it work and bring out the full potential of a person. Sometimes, however, I hold on to…
A few weeks back I attended the REI Expo at the National Harbor in Washington DC, an amazing venue. One thing that was unusual for me was the potential for…
I’ve recently had a chance to speak with several real estate investors who want to raise money to purchase multi-family properties, and they’re all making the same mistake. They’re giving…
While I write mostly about apartment building investing and syndication, I want to write today about how to structure deals when you’re raising money for house flips. It’s a lot…
I normally talk about apartment building investing but I wanted to talk about another topic that I’ve slowly started to work on with my kids as they get a bit…
As I continue to hunt for a (bigger) apartment building deal, I am interviewing lenders and brokers to better understand their underwriting requirements. This is critical if I want to…
