All Forum Posts by: Ellie Perlman

MF is one of he safest investments out there IMO. Welcome to the club!

@Susan O. - 7%-10% cap rates in Orlando, Jacksonville, Atlanta and Houston will most likely be in crime zones. i live in California (Santa Monica) and investing in Orlando, Dallas and Atlanta. Cap rates for B/C properties are 4.75%-5.5% at most (not sure about the other markets you mentioned. I'm focused on certain areas only). 

With high cap rates, usually comes higher risk and lower appreciation. You can double your investment in 5-7 years even with 5% cap. I won't focus on the cap rates, because if you improve the property and raise rents, you'll make a nice profit and a 5% cap investment can turn into a 7.5% investment in a few years, without the risk of buying a property with 7.5% cap.

My last piece of advice is not to put all your money in one place - why not spread it over 2, 3 or 4 investments, and mitigate your risk this way? 

Best of luck!

Ellie

If you are interested in larger deals, ty to look at the large brokerage firms' websites. Some also appear on CoStar.

Welcome to BP, Howard! What part of real estate investing are you interested in?

@Curtis Robbins - you're asking a VERY important question... Even with capital, you should be careful with your first steps in real estate. My advice is to partner with someone with more experience. For instance, help a syndicator find a deal or raise money. Go with someone who's doing big deals and have a track record. You can also invest passively with them and learn bout real estate this way. happy to chat and share my experience and my story (how I started) with you! Feel free to reach out to me.

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The most common way to invest in real estate in to write a check and buy a property with or without partners. But there are many more CREATIVE and UNIQUE ways to own real estate! During my career as a real estate investor, I came across multiple great ways to own real estate, that are mostly known to seasoned real estate investors, and I'd like to share them with you!

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@ Jarrod Gregory - to get a true passive income, invest with a syndicator who will find the deal, finance it and manage it. And i agree with Mike Krieg - go multifamily! It's safer and allows economies of scale. I wrote an article here on BP about how to find and vet syndicators. Good luck!

@Uzi Pablo - you can start by investing passively with other investors and learn the ropes this way. Flipping/rehabbing is a full time job, unless you partner up with someone who brings the "sweat equity". 

So the 1st question I'd ask if "what are my goals - passive or active income" after your answer this question, you can write all the different ways to go about it (passively - invest with a syndicator or with a friend; and that could be in SFH, MF, retail, medical, etc. If active - SFH, MF flipping, wholesaling, etc.

Then, start reading about it, talk with people, go to meetups, etc and feel what is better for you. There are a lot of free (and paid) events that will give you an intro to all those topics.

Good luck!

@Pat Noyes - some conferences are a great way to meet up investors, as well as local meetups. I've created some great business relationships and strong friendships from business and real estate meetups. Some of them are even posted here on BP. 

@Pat Noyes - educate yourself and start reading blogs, listen to podcasts and read books to find which direction to go. Reach out to investors and ask to speak with them, and start getting a feel of what you should do next.