Multifamily Real Estate Investing

Send us Fan Mail Which is better, a 1% increase in the average rent or a 1% increase in occupancy? Join Pat to discuss the relationship between and impact of rent growth and physical occupancy.   As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com.

Send us Fan Mail Where is the best place to invest in multifamily real estate? The answer depends on who you ask.  Mara Poling continues to like Texas - Join Pat and learn the 5 reasons Texas still is a great place to invest in multifamily. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Put your money in stocks to prosper.....bonds to sleep well. Is that it? Join Pat to discuss how multifamily real estate can deliver both prosperity and a good night's sleep. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail There are many ways to participate in the multifamily investment space.  Join Pat for a discussion of 3 ways to invest - Rehab - Value Add - Momentum. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail What if you don't want to 1031? Is there a way to get the same benefits without the hassle, expense, and timing issues of a 1031?  Join Pat to hear how he answered those questions for one of Mara Poling's clients, and you may be surprised by the answer. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail We love to hear from you and answer your questions.  Join Pat as he runs through 10 listener questions and answers in 10 minutes (we'll see). As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail We like value add.  Growing NOI drives cash return and equity growth - and it takes capital investment to add value.  When is it better NOT to do value add? Join Pat for a case study in high-return non-value add investing. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail What will 2022 look like in the multifamily real estate world? Join Pat for a first look at 5 key indicators for 2022 - and what Mara Poling is doing today based on that forecast. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail When is a 5 cap not a 5 cap? When it's a 3 cap in hiding.  Join Pat and learn how Mara Poling analyzes acquisition target financials to find the "wolf" hiding in the details. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Which is better, to invest in a major market or in a secondary?  Join Pat and learn 3 reasons to invest in a major market, and three other reasons to invest in a secondary market. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Why do tenants rent? Most of us have been renters at one point in time.  Why is renting the right housing solution for so many....and for some it is THE solution.  Join Pat and learn the 4 reasons Mara Poling has learned about why tenants rent. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Revenue growth drives NOI growth, but what about Operating Expenses?  Can they be reduced? or is it more about restricting growth? The answer is yes! Join Pat to learn how Mara Poling manages operating expense in the drive for increased NOI. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Renting apartments to tenants isn't like selling a product....it is more like selling a subscription.  Join Pat for a discussion of the purchasing decision tenants make and how its most like a subscription service. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Join Pat as he answers 7 questions from listeners - everything from 20 year forecasting to how SFR investing works.   As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail 200 - 300 - 400 units. More units provides more scale.  And more scale supports a fully staffed team.  Join Pat to learn how Mara Poling builds a full size team for large scale assets. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail What drives multifamily real estate investing performance? Join us as we share our version of the Multifamily DuPont Chart, detailing the 14 drivers of returns in multifamily investing, using actual financials from the Mara Poling portfolio as an example.  Understanding these drivers will enable you to better underwrite potential investments and evaluate the performance of current...

Send us Fan Mail Can you upgrade a class C multifamily apartment to class B? What makes a C a C? And how could you move an asset up a full grade?  Join Pat to learn what upgrades could be done, how that might be achieved, and how much it may cost. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Where is the multifamily market in 2021? Join Pat as he shares the mid-year review of multifamily real estate. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail What is full occupancy? Does that mean no vacancy? What do you do when you are fully occupied? Join Pat to learn Mara Poling's answers to these questions and more. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Keep. It. Simple. Join Pat to learn the 3 essentials to multifamily real estate investing. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Join Pat this week for three special announcements regarding Mara Poling and the Total Return Fund. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail Can there be too much of a good thing? Join Pat to learn  the signs of "over improving" a value add and how to avoid them. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail A secure stable investment - check. Cash yield and equity growth - check.  Tax advantages - check.  So what's the catch? Illiquidity.  Join Pat to learn how Mara Poling manages illiquidity in multifamily investing. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com  

Send us Fan Mail Realistic underwriting based on conservative inputs and data is essential to a successful acquisition.  But be careful - chasing the underwrite leads to trouble.  Join Pat and learn how Mara Poling avoids chasing the underwrite. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail How do you raise rents when rents are already at market??? Join Pat to learn where there is hidden value in the rent roll and how to turn it into NOI. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com