More New Course Content
Friday, March 03
I’m pleased to report that I’ve added several more lessons in my online video course for income-property investors. One is a lesson on equity multiple and its relation to IRR.Also new is a module on real estate development, with the first five lessons now in place. These cover the “front door” an...
New content in my online video course
Monday, January 09
We've addd new content to my course, "Introduction to Real Estate Investment Analysis:" a new module with six videos on real estate partnerships, one video on equity multiples, and later this month a new module on real estate development. Check out the syllabus at learn.realdata.comhttps://youtu....
For Commercial Investors: Lease Rollover Assumptions
Friday, October 21
For those of you who are seriously into investing in commercial property, you'll want to know about a major enhancement we've just made to the RealData Real Estate Investment Analysis software, Pro Edition: Lease Rollover Assumptions.LRA is a way for you to store sets of parameters about differ...
Reserves for Replacement and Income-Property Investing
Monday, March 28
It may sound like a nit-picking detail: Where and how do you account for “reserves for replacement” when you try to value – and evaluate – a potential income-property investment? Isn’t this something your accountant sorts out when it’s time to do your tax return? Not really, and how you choose to...
What is Your Marginal Tax Rate, and Why is It Important to You?
Wednesday, February 10
Unless you make your living by helping people complete their returns, you probably prefer to spend as little time as possible thinking about income taxes. The rules and forms are generally opaque and the process is often stressful. However, there is at least one concept in the U.S. tax system...
Cap Rates: What are They, How Do You Use Them?
Tuesday, February 09
Capitalization rate, aka "cap rate," is an important metric to understand when you want to estimate the current market value of a real estate investment property. I discuss cap rates frequently in my course at learn.realdata.com and invite you to view this brief excerpt from one of the lesson...