Episodes

What happens onsite on a daily basis at apartment complexes is what makes or breaks the deal. The relationship with management personnel largely determines whether or not a tenants renew. That’s why every interaction matters....

Despite the negative media coverage, both outdoor and enclosed shopping centers in vibrant markets are viable assets to invest in and are being offered at highly discounted prices. Although the proliferation of discount store...

Short term loan maturities are a death sentence in a down market, which is causing major pain for sponsors and Limited Partners. Since mid-2022, multifamily prices have plummeted as high as 40%, and transaction volume is down...

Finding investments with in-place double digit cash flow as a Limited Partner is rare, but one exception is Water Parks. Water Parks are a high margin business that generate lucrative returns once they achieve a certain reven...

When evaluating opportunities to invest in, it’s natural to trust the person you’re investing with, especially if you know the person, or were referred. It’s critical, however, to understand all the different components of wh...

Real Estate is a block-to-block business, especially multifamily. That’s why a highly targeted strategy is desirable when choosing an operator to invest in. Tight geographic and asset class focus mitigates a lot of risk. Mich...

The hardest part of being a passive, cash flow investor is knowing who you can trust with your hard-earned money and life savings. With so many operators and opportunities, it’s difficult to know what to invest in, especially...

The affordable housing issue persists in this country as homeownership becomes further out of reach for most people. One of the most viable solutions to this issue is Mobile Home Parks. Unlike common misperceptions of old, ru...

Although the competition to acquire most commercial real estate assets is fierce, there’s frequently less competition to acquire non-institutional Triple Net deals. Yet Triple Net deals are often offered at higher cap rates w...

Amongst the popularity of Commercial Real Estate, Public Equities, Oil and Gas, and other common alternative asset classes, one asset class remains underneath the institutional radar. That’s Strategic Special Metals. Strategi...

To invest in most multifamily projects, investors need to have accredited status. With Diversyfund, investors don’t need to be accredited to invest. For as little as $500, investors can invest in Multifamily funds. Since 2016...

The multifamily industry has made a lot of people a lot of money, but the tides have turned over the last couple years. The rise in interest rates and inexperienced operators drawn to potential riches including exorbitant acq...

Finding under the radar Real Estate niches is extremely difficult, especially with the amount of information readily available online. One exception in today’s market is RV Parks. There are 1.2 million people that live full-t...

Getting higher than 10% cash-on-cash returns is close to impossible with most real estate investments. One exception to this is short term rentals. Short term rentals are a hybrid between owning typical residential housing an...

As market rate apartments have become cost prohibitive to acquire over the past several years, ground up construction has become a more economically feasible option, especially with various federal, state, and local governmen...

Trade globalization has created immense prosperity for the U.S. and the global economy. It’s literally lifted millions of people out of poverty over the past several decades. The Chinese economy, in particular, has transforme...

The U.S. single family home market is worth $43.5 trillion. Much of the country's wealth is concentrated in homes, making it the biggest asset class in the world. Over the years, investors have compiled portfolios of homes in...

Despite the escalation of asset prices over the past several years, there’s still great value In Midwestern tertiary markets. In multifamily, you can still buy properties for under $100,000 per unit that generates strong cash...

Amongst the many benefits of owning real estate, the ability to depreciate the assets and show a loss for tax purposes, is unique. With depreciation, and the option to further defer taxes through tax-efficient exchanges, you ...

Operating in your own backyard creates operational scale, competitive local knowledge, and access to better deals. All of these significantly reduce risk for operators and investors. Long-term holds of well-located propertie...

Multifamily is an easy business to understand, but hard to run. It’s a low margin business, so efficiency is critical, and lack of efficiency can bury you. Just barely moving the needle in leasing, for example, can translate ...

When deciding who to invest with, experience is what matters most, starting with the number of deals someone has done. Forty percent of Multifamily operators have done fewer than five full cycle deals. Like anything else, Rea...

Although the market for multifamily has taken a big hit over the last two years as interest rates have risen, lenders are extending loans and sellers are still holding out. Over the next couple years, this will change as lend...

One of the little discussed sectors of multifamily investing is townhomes. Townhomes are easier to build than large apartment complexes, and they have strong appeal to certain segments of renters. Townhomes appeal more to fam...