What is IRR in Apartment Investing and Why Should You Care?
Monday, October 05
A common metric used to evaluate investment performance in multifamily real estate and often compare various investment opportunities is the Internal Rate of Return (IRR). When reviewing investment opportunities from multifamily sponsors, IRR is one of the projected returns that should be shown...
General Partners & Limited Partners: What are They?
Monday, September 21
When acquiring large apartment communities with multimillion-dollar price tags and hundreds of units to manage, investors often pool their resources together to form what’s called an apartment syndication. When structured as partnerships, there are two primary types of investors in an apartment s...
The Importance of Investing Principles
Thursday, May 14
Markets go up and go down. It doesn’t matter what assets we’re investing in – stocks, bonds, real estate, gold, currencies, fine art, or exotic automobiles. There are times when the market will boom and times when it will bust. In a booming market, it can be relatively easy to invest and make m...
How Passive Do You Want to Be? Two Scenarios for Multifamily Investing
Thursday, January 23
When I first started investing in multifamily real estate, I was a completely passive investor. After several investments, learning and gaining experience, I became more and more active in my investments. One of the great things about real estate investing overall, and particularly multifamily r...
Cash on Cash Return: A Bottom Line ROI
Monday, January 20
In the world of investing there are all kinds of metrics used to indicate how much money we’re making. We sometimes use “return on investment” or “ROI” as a catch-all in this regard. However, in the technical details, there are a myriad of numbers, factors, and percentages that provide informat...
4 Qualities to Look for in a Good Property Management Company
Wednesday, January 15
Experienced real estate investors know that the quality of the property management can make or break an investment. But when it comes to property managers, there are those who have our utmost interests as owners in mind, and unfortunately, there are those who do not. For this reason, its importa...