Presented by Mara Poling

Multifamily Real Estate Investing

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Join new hosts The Laurens each week and learn the ins and outs of multifamily real estate investing. Episodes include everything from expert guest interviews to deep dives on trends shaping the multifamily real estate industry. Don’t forget to catch up on past seasons featuring Pat Poling of Mara Poling and be sure to check out The Learning Center on our website!  Questions? Have a hot topic you'd like us to discuss? Are you a multifamily real estate SME or investor and want to be guest on the pod?  Email us at podcast@marapoling.com  

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Presented by Mara Poling

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Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Best of 2019 presented by Mara Poling 31.12.2019

Send us Fan Mail Join Pat as we look back at our first episode of 2019 - How to Start in Multifamily Real Estate presented by Mara Poling. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Most Popular Episode of 2019 presented by Mara Poling 24.12.2019

Send us Fan Mail Join us today for a look back at our most popular episode of 2019 - The 30 Year Plan presented by Mara Poling. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Don't Get Sold presented by Mara Poling 17.12.2019

Send us Fan Mail How do you make a passive investment in multifamily real estate and avoid getting "sold"?Join Pat as he shares his tips for distilling investments down to their essentials so you can make the right decision for you. As always you can email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

5 Reasons to Say No presented by Mara Poling 10.12.2019

Send us Fan Mail Earn a cash return and equity growth with all the tax advantages real estate provides..sounds great! But what about risk? Join Pat to learn 5 reasons Mara Poling says no to deals, and thinks you should too. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Follow The Money presented by Mara Poling 03.12.2019

Send us Fan Mail What does your investment dollar do? Where does it go? Does it make a difference?  Join Pat for a different take on multifamily real estate investing. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Don't Do It For Taxes presented by Mara Poling 26.11.2019

Send us Fan Mail Multifamily real estate provides many unique tax advantages to the investor - losses that can shelter income, depreciation, 1031 deferrals....and they can be a trap that lead to bad decisions.  Learn how Mara Poling remains focused and doesn't get distracted by taxes. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

SFR Pitfalls presented by Mara Poling 19.11.2019

Send us Fan Mail 5 Pitfalls to avoid in your single family rental - and maybe a few reasons why investing in a commercial size multifamily asset might be a better fit.  Depreciation, inspections, routine and major maintenance, and .......  Join Pat to learn how. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Value Add Math presented by Mara Poling 12.11.2019

Send us Fan Mail How does a value add investment work? What returns can we realize?  Learn how Mara Poling generates equity multiples of 4 or 5 or more with 25% to 30%+ cash returns on simple value add investments. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Loan to Value presented by Mara Poling 05.11.2019

Send us Fan Mail How much debt is too much? Too little? and what about acquisition costs and capital improvements - finance them? Learn how Mara Poling utilizes Loan to Value, Loan to Purchase Price, and Loan to Cost to reduce risk and optimize asset performance. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Break Even Occupancy presented by Mara Poling 29.10.2019

Send us Fan Mail How can you "stress test" a multifamily real estate investment?  What would happen if vacancy hit an all time high for an asset?  Learn how Mara Poling uses BEO to reduce risk - and optimize performance. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Sleep Well At Night presented by Mara Poling 22.10.2019

Send us Fan Mail Do you worry about the security of your investments? Do you want to Sleep Well At Night? Learn how Mara Poling tailors multifamily investments to reduce risk and help everyone sleep well at night. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

To Borrow or Not To Borrow presented by Mara Poling 15.10.2019

Send us Fan Mail What's better in the long run, owning an asset outright or maintaining some amount of leverage...and how do I know how much is too much or too little?  Learn how Mara Poling strategically employs leverage to reduce risk and protect our capital investment - and optimize long term returns. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Key Metrics presented by Mara Poling 08.10.2019

Send us Fan Mail How can you measure the quality of a potential acquisition? What is acceptable performance for an asset? What objective tools are available to make these assessments? Learn how Mara Poling uses Key Metrics to improve stability and performance of multifamily real estate assets. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

The Passive Advantage presented by Mara Poling 01.10.2019

Send us Fan Mail Too busy to actively invest? Looking to build wealth for the future and maximize tax advantages?  Investigate the benefits of passive real estate investing. Join Pat to learn how best to structure your next real estate investment. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Fast Facts presented by Mara Poling 24.09.2019

Send us Fan Mail Do you know....how many renter households were created by the decrease in home ownership? How likely a 40 year old is to rent? What the average return of a AAA corporate bond is and was?  Listen to Pat as he shares some Fast Facts about multifamily real estate investing. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Acquisition Due Diligence presented by Mara Poling 17.09.2019

Send us Fan Mail Should we walk away from this acquisition? How do we know our underwrite is accurate?  What if we missed something? Join us as we explore acquisition due diligence on Mara Poling's latest multifamily property. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

The 30 Year Plan presented by Mara Poling 10.09.2019

Send us Fan Mail Grow a $100K investment in multifamily real estate into more than $1M.  Earn cash income of as much as $60K a year or more.  Sound too good to be true? Not if you're long on multifamily real estate.  Learn how a long-term investment in multifamily will help you achieve you and your family's financial goals. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

3 Qualities of ABC's presented by Mara Poling 03.09.2019

Send us Fan Mail How do As, Bs, and Cs distinguish themselves from one another? Price? Returns? Exits? Join Pat and learn once again why Mara Poling thinks B Class assets are the "Goldilocks" class of multifamily real estate.

What's the Right Renewal Rate presented by Mara Poling 27.08.2019

Send us Fan Mail What renewal rate maximizes revenue? 100%, 0%, somewhere in the middle?  And how do you get there?  Join Pat as he discusses the in's and out's of managing the renewal process to maximize revenue. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

The Argument Against a 1031 presented by Mara Poling 20.08.2019

Send us Fan Mail Everyone likes 1031's, we sure do.  But it's not always the best way to go.  Learn why Mara Poling thinks a 1031 may not always be the best for your real estate portfolio - and how they address those issues to make 1031's a successful part of their wealth creation effort. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

The Case for Passive Investing presented by Mara Poling 13.08.2019

Send us Fan Mail What's the best way to invest in multifamily real estate?  What's the difference between active and passive investing, and why should I absolutely have some passive real estate investments in my portfolio?  Join Pat as he makes the case for passive real estate investing. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Remaining Disciplined presented by Mara Poling 06.08.2019

Send us Fan Mail Reducing risk and optimizing returns requires discipline.  Remaining disciplined during the entirety of the investment, especially during the acquisition, is essential to the performance of your assets.  Learn how Mara Poling remains disciplined to provide secure stable investment to their members. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

THE Key Metric NOI presented by Mara Poling 30.07.2019

Send us Fan Mail THE key metric to asses the health of a multifamily real estate asset - Net Operating Income.  NOI drives operational cash flow, asset valuation, equity growth, and wealth creation.  Join Pat to learn the importance of NOI and how Mara Poling optimizes NOI performance for its multifamily assets. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

Death and Taxes presented by Mara Poling 23.07.2019

Send us Fan Mail Do you have a plan? Who's your estate attorney?  Does your estate plan help you minimize all of the taxes you may be subject to? Is your portfolio optimized to perform after you're gone?  Join Pat to learn how to build a plan that works for you and your family now and when the day comes that it's really needed. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

5 Points to Evaluate an Investment presented by Mara Poling 16.07.2019

Send us Fan Mail Understand these 5 simple points of any real estate syndication you are thinking about and you can greatly reduce your risk and improve your returns.  Join Pat to learn how...and stay tuned for the entire session for Bonus #6. You can always email Pat at Pat@MaraPoling.com

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