Reno Multifamily real estate investing

[Revathi Neelam]

Hi All,

  I am a newbie living in Bay Area, trying to explore some potential locations for investment in Multifamily units.I am doing some research on Reno/Sparks/Fernley, because of their proximity and possible potential. I have few questions based on my below analysis

Employment outlook

1) I see lot of companies opening their data centers (Switch, Apple, Rackspace). The kind of jobs that these projects would generate would be construction jobs.These are not long lived at most next 5 years and low paying jobs.

2) Fulfillment and distribution centers (jet.com, amazon.com, honest company) are mostly hourly jobs and low paying

3) Tesla Gigafactory around 6500 jobs by 2020. Looks like mostly these are again low paying hourly jobs.

The outlook is the economy project 50000 new jobs by 2020 and a requirement of around 5000 new housing units. 

Questions

1) Which type of rental units (studio, 2 bed/1 bath, 2 bed/ 2 bath. 3 bed/2  bath ) have most demand and are safe bet with good cash flow?

2) I read lot of articles about lot of construction going on in these areas.  Which would be few good areas that would have high demand and low supply of rental units taking into consideration the new future construction in foreseeable next 3/4/5 years ?

3) I still see that Fernley housing prices seems to be lagging behind sparks, considering the proximity to TRIC. Is there any specific reason for this?  How do you guys see the future Fernley Multi family real estate growth both from cash flow and appreciation perspective? Pros n Cons in investing in Sparks Vs Fernely

4) Thoughts on Silver Springs and Dayton

5) I see lot of new construction permits given by reno city for multifamily (apt style) construction within downtown/midtown areas.What boom are we seeing in this area from employment or any other perspective?

6) Thoughts on the sister city Las Vegas Multifamily real estate investment considering that it has some good  economic growth projects coming  up (AMAZON fulfillment centre , SWITCH supernaps, FARADAY, Strip projects such as Genting Berhad’s $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas, the $350 million MGM-AEG arena, and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $2.3 billion Las Vegas Global Business District.)

I am also looking for networking with other investors in this area including investor-friendly real estate agents.

[Laszlo Varga]

Hi Revathi,

Just wondering if you found answers to any of those very good questions outside of this thread.  I was thinking about Reno and its (touted?) boom along the same lines.  How real is it, and is there a good way to invest in it?

[Lane Kawaoka]

I am totally down with Reno. It's on my list for apartments. How is the search going for properties?

[Bill Schrimpf]

@Lane Kawaoka - Keep an eye on new construction if your thinking of apartments.  I can think of 3 large projects in progress and 2 more in the works off the top of my head.  Rents are rising and all indicators lean toward continued upward pressure, even with new supply coming on-line.  

I point out new construction because you may not want to buy a 20+ year old building a few blocks from the new projects...

[Revathi Neelam]

@Lane Kawaoka, @Laszlo Varga,  I have spoken to a real estate agent and looks like the market is in quite a bit of upswing.Finding deals that make financial sense might be a little difficult I guess. But we will have to just keep at it. 

@Bill Schrimpf, how do schools play a role in current Reno real estate and what do you think about the same in future? 

[Neil Evangelista]

My PM in Reno manages and sent me this one back in September $1.1m, 20 unit, I think about $500 per unit..I'll let you know Lane next time I get one, didn't know you're down with Reno, thought you're a 'Bama guy...

https://www.redfin.com/NV/Reno/460-E-Grove-St-8950...