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Multi-tenant industrial real estate provides a broad tenant base that creates revenue diversification and limits risk. There’s also very little tenant improvement costs, relatively short turnover time, and cap rates that are still more attractive than many other asset classes.  Kim Hopkins , Principal at Iron Peak Properties , has acquired 15 industrial properties and 350,000 sq feet since 20...

The cliché of the retail apocalypse is overstated. Retail is far from dead and thriving in the right locations. More than many other asset classes, there are operational inefficiencies in leasing and management that represent greater opportunities to add value. As a result, shopping centers can generate cap rates north of 10% for operators and investors not long after acquisition.  Phil Block...

A lot of multifamily investors talk about economies of scale one you get to 100+ units, but there’s a lot of money being made in buildings with fewer units. For example, there are many operators who are making great returns on buildings 50-100 units where there’s less competition to acquire them and the cap rates are generally higher.  Sterling Chapman , President and Managing Director of Cre...

It’s hard to find the right buy properties to buy these days but if you’re willing to do the heaving lifting with distressed assets, you can still find Class C properties for $45,000-$65,000 door with a lot of rental upside. You just need to be prepared to roll your sleeves up to deal with challenging tenants and properties.  Tate Siemer , CEO/Managing Partner of GreenLight Equity Group , had...

Although it’s getting increasingly difficult to get attractive returns in today’s investing world, it’s still possible to do incredibly well with Short-term Rentals. With Short-term Rentals you can also automate much of the process so you won’t have to spend more than an hour per week managing your property.  Daniel Rusteen , Author of Optimize YOUR Airbnb , is the world’s preeminent authorit...

There are many things to consider when determining which property to buy. If you could predict future appreciation and also know downside risks, you’d be well ahead of the game of maximizing profits and avoiding devastating downturns.  Stefan Tsvetkov , Financial Engineer turned Multifamily Investor and Founder at RealtyQuant , has developed solutions that predict appreciation and also downsi...

Online research tells you a lot, but nothing equals the value of spending time in a neighborhood. Being on the ground gives you a sense of what the reality is block-to-block that a computer just can’t.  Tim Vest , Founder of Harvest Properties Group , has confined his searches in the Multifamily space to a four-hour radius of where he lives and grew up in Charlotte, NC. This hyper-focus reduc...

One of the greatest risks to multifamily investing is financing. Many of today’s newer operators are using heavily leveraged bridge debt to finance deals. If things don’t go according to plan, they can get stuck unable to get extensions or refinance after an initial three-year term. When this happens, sponsors can lose their property.  Brian Burke , CEO of Praxis Capital , has been in multifa...

Real Estate investing is a team sport. You need people to find the deals, raise money, structure the financing, fund risk capital, guarantee the loans, and more.  Joel Fine of Lakeline Properties has been a limited partner in over 30 deals and is also a General Partner in several deals where he plays critical roles in the acquisition phase of multifamily. Joel is also involved in land and gro...

In today’s Real Estate investing world, you will most likely generate from 4%-10% on your money in the first year of an investment depending on the asset. Short Term Rentals, however, are an exception where you can generate 25% on your money.  Mike Sjogren , CEO of Occupied LLC , is routinely getting these returns on his Short-Term Rental investments. Mike also has his own Master Mind group w...

Buying real estate requires a lot of money, but you can buy parcels of land in growing areas for less than $500. There are millions of acres of land that you can buy for any reasonable offer as a result of tax liens, inheritances, or any number of reasons.  Mike Deaton , Co-Founder and President of Deaton Equity Partners , has been buying and selling land for the past five years and parlaying...

In the last couple years, recreational land has become incredibly popular and seen major appreciation. Land has gotten the attention of both bigger investors and also individuals in larger metros who are buying acreage they can use for hunting and second homes. Land also has numerous ways of producing income.  Jake Hofer , Real Estate broker at LandProz , works in Peoria, Ill and helps mostly...

Hiring the right sponsor is like hiring a CEO of a company. Everything rides on the decision and very few people are actually qualified to do the job.  Dovid Preil , Principal of YDLP Investments Group , has a formal process that helps him find the right sponsors with the right deals to mitigate risk and maximize returns. Some of his recent deals have generated over 40% returns for his pool o...

Location, location, location. The ultimate Real Estate cliché, but it stands the test of time. That’s why it’s a huge advantage to have boots on the ground in a market you’re investing in. It’s an enormous benefit if someone knows a market block-to-block. First-hand knowledge of a market reduces risk.  Keith Meyer , a Principal of Symphony Capital Group , identifies local operators in select...

The multifamily market has been so hot in recent years that pretty much everyone has prospered. These days, however, many newer operators are so hungry to get deals that they’re grossly overpaying and often times undercapitalized. If history repeats itself, a lot of these operators will be underwater and they’ll take their investors with them.  Today’s guest, Neil Bertrand , Executive VP of R...

Major metro markets like Atlanta, Phoenix and Dallas are seeing huge employment and population growth, but there are much smaller markets that are also growing. Some markets with fewer than 500,000 people have almost no supply of available apartments with near 100% occupancy and therefore represent great opportunities for investors.  Today’s guest, Nathan Clayberg is Assistant VP of MLG Capit...

Investing in hard Real Estate assets can be great for appreciation, but getting cash flow Is harder than ever and your investment is illiquid. Investing in notes, however, can be a way to generate great cash flow and super high returns without having to tie your money up for years.  Today’s guest, Jay Tenenbaum , Co-Founder & President Of Capital Development at Scottsdale Real Estate Inve...

Most real estate asset classes are efficiently priced. With raw land, however, you can buy lots at literally 30 cents on the dollar. With very few start-up costs you can launch a Direct Mail marketing program that gets you a deal in your first month.  Today’s guest, Dan Haberkost , Owner of Front Range Land LLC , is in his mid-twenties and buying and selling land quite profitably in the state...

Having a great niche results in making more money because of better operating margins, a competitive advantage, more efficient processes, and a more streamlined business development effort.  Today’s guest, Chris Winterhalter , CEO and Co-Founder of Hotel Rehabs , specializes in hotel rehabs all over the country. His clients are the world’s biggest hotel brands and his business is growing at a...

When it comes to investing in Real Estate, there’s more ways to do it than directly buying properties. One way is to invest in notes and not have to deal with renting out and maintaining properties and dealing with tenants.  Today’s guest, Scott Carson , Owner and Managing Member of WeCloseNotes.com , an Austin based, defaulted note buying company, has made a phenomenal career out of investin...

There’s an exodus of people escaping cities in search of more space, tranquility, lower taxes, and they want to own tangible assets. As a result, rural land is appreciating outside of major metros at all-time highs.   Today’s guest, Neil Hauger , of Whitetail Properties , is a high-performing land broker in the Upper Midwest who’s distilled land marketing down to an art form. Learn more...

Investing your hard-earned money is a risky business. There’s no such thing as an unattractive proforma, but a lot of things can go wrong. With interest rates rising and operational expenses on the rise, NOI’s may decrease and cap rates may increase.  Today's guest, Jeremy Roll , President of Roll Investment Group, has been a conservative investor for several years and continues to see cautio...

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of Real Estate syndicators you can invest with. But how do you know which ones you can trust and which deals to invest in? There’s a lot of risk in these deals so it’s good to have a system.  Today’s guest, Sam Giordano , a New Jersey physician and Co-Founder of PassiveAdvantage.com , has developed a system for evaluating Multi-family deals that...

If you’re looking for an asset class that is recession resistant and poised for huge growth, look no further than Assisted Living. Over 10,000 Baby boomers turn 75 every day.  Today’s guest, Loe Hornbuckle , CEO of Sage Oak Assisted Living and Memory Care , is passionate about helping seniors and started out by converting a single family home into an Assisted Living facility. Loe now has six,...

A lot of focus in Real Estate has been on Multifamily, Self-Storage, Mobile Home Parks, Industrial, and other like asset classes. But one asset class you don’t hear about very often is land. Yet the opportunities to buy and hold or to flip land are immense. There are 1.9 billion acres of land in the US and only 6% of it is developed. Billionaires like Ted Turner, the Ford family and Jeff Bezos are...