Multifamily Real Estate Investing

Send us Fan Mail The 10-year Treasury dropped again this week. Why? How does the market set that rate? And why do we care? Join Pat for some bond math and a bit of economics behind bonds, interest rates, and multifamily real estate investing.

Send us Fan Mail Rents are up, across our portfolio, 4% 5% 6% or more. Why? Join Pat for a review of 3 of the reasons rents are up and what that may mean for 2025 and beyond.

Send us Fan Mail Tenants think rent is not only too high but that landlords get all of it. Investors see a 6% or 8% or 10% cash return and wonder why it isn't higher. The question is, where does the rent go? Join Pat for a look at one of the assets in the Mara Poling portfolio for an analysis of all the cash items rent covers, what is left, and how to make it grow.

Send us Fan Mail Tenants chose to rent for a variety of reasons. Flexibility, little to no maintenance responsibility, the ability to "test drive" a neighborhood, and economics. Just what are the economics of the rent v own decision. Join Pat for a look at two rent v own scenarios and see just what the math says.

Send us Fan Mail Why do we believe multifamily real estate is among the most stable and secure long term investments? Join Pat for Mara Poling's answer with some data and a bit of insight from Abraham Maslow.

Send us Fan Mail We get questions on a regular basis about Mara Poling and today we thought we would answer a few. Who is Mara? Where did Mara Poling come from? Why the 200 family limit? What happens 10, 15, 20 years from now? All these and more this week on Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling.

Send us Fan Mail We use an underwriting tool that we have developed over decades and tens of thousands of transactions. It is powerful and large (over 18,000 lines of code). Sometimes it can feel like we are hunting flies with a howitzer. Is there a more simple way to do this? Yes. Join Pat for a discussion of a simple underwrite, based just on the essentials.

Send us Fan Mail We spend a fair amount of time discussing the profit and loss statement, looking at vacancy, NRI and NOI and other key metrics. What about the balance sheet? Join Pat and Lauren for a discussion of four key elements of the balance sheet that Mara Poling and you may want to focus on.

Send us Fan Mail Allocating your investment portfolio across a range of asset types is a common and generally accepted practice among investors. Investments in stocks have grown dramatically over the last 5 years...as have P/E ratios. Is now a good time to rebalance? Join Pat for a look at the value of including multifamily real estate in your investment portfolio...and why now may be the time to...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder where we find properties to acquire? What markets do we "hunt" in? What size asset? Age? Type? Join John and Pat for a discussion of their latest acquisition, what the targets are and why.

Send us Fan Mail You can buy/invest in good deals during downturns and in bad deals during market highs, so why buy now? Join Pat for a review of Mara Poling's acquisition strategy and why current market and economic conditions make now the right time to buy/invest.

Send us Fan Mail What is ahead for multifamily in 2025? Join Pat for an overview of Mara Poling's most recent webinar - "2025 Multifamily Real Estate Outlook presented by Mara Poling" available now on The Multifamily Real Estate Channel at The Learning Center at MaraPoling.com.

Send us Fan Mail Data drives our actions. Where does it come from? The Resources section of the Learning Center includes some of the inputs to our decision making process. Join the team as they walk you through some of the most valuable data sources that drive Mara Poling's investment decisions.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the inaugural episode of season 9 of Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling. We begin season 9 by introducing two of Mara Poling's principals, John Jones COO, and Lauren Torres CFO. Join Pat and Lauren and John for a "get to know you" chat. Future episodes this year will feature John, Lauren, and other members of the more than 70 perso...

Send us Fan Mail We finish the year with a complete look at taxes for multifamily real estate investors. This episode is a companion to our recent webinar - recorded and available for viewing on the Multifamily Real Estate Channel at The Learning Center at MaraPoling.com

Send us Fan Mail The second in our three part series on taxes is fair market value. What is it? Do I care? and how might it lower my tax exposure by 50% 60% 80% or more.

Send us Fan Mail It's getting to be that time of year - TAXES! Join Pat for a three part series on Taxes, beginning with understanding your K1 and where it comes from.

Send us Fan Mail We just returned from a week of asset tours. What were we looking at? Join Pat for a review of the two reasons to tour a property, three areas to focus on during the visit, and the big question we ask each time we tour.

Send us Fan Mail Net Operating Income is the key to investing success! You've heard us say that a million times. Then why don't lenders care about it? Join Pat for a look at what lenders really care about when it comes to NOI.

Send us Fan Mail How are multifamily properties insured? Tenant coverage? Limits? Deductibles? Claims? Service? Premiums? Enough to make your head spin. Join Pat for a discussion of multifamily real estate insurance and how Mara Poling optimizes coverage and costs.

Send us Fan Mail A dollar isn't always a dollar. What does that mean? The purchasing power of a dollar today is more than that of a future dollar. Join Pat for a discussion of why future dollars are worth less than today dollars and how you, as a multifamily real estate investor, can use that to your benefit.

Send us Fan Mail The Federal Reserve sets interest rates in the United States, right? Well, some, but overall the answer is No. Well if the Fed doesn't, then where do interest rates come from? Join Pat for a brief (people earn PhD's on this topic) discussion of Treasury Notes, the bond market, money supply, investor confidence, and the inverse relationship between bond prices to interest...

Send us Fan Mail We are proud to provide the investing community with quality, free multifamily real estate education. Our weekly podcast, Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling, The Learning Center at MaraPoling.com where you will find the Mulitfamily Real Estate Channel and our webinar registration page. Today we announce our webinar schedule for 2025, addressing a broad rang...

Send us Fan Mail Millions of investors purchase annuities every year looking for secure income over a period of time. Do you know what insurance companies do with the premiums? Join Pat for a discussion of annuities and why investors should think multifamily real estate when they hear the word annuity.

Send us Fan Mail Not everyone attended our recent webinar on multifamily real estate depreciation. Join Pat this week for a quick run through 5 benefits to depreciation and how you can learn more.