Increase equity and improve the property's cash flow.Commercial Real Estate Exit Strategies: Refinancing, selling, or transitioning to a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) for commercial properties.

Biggest concern is how to gain cash flow in the current economy with high house prices, increasing interest rates and flat rental rates.

A great place to start in real estate investing is with house hacking, as it may help you save money on living expenses and increase your equity.To help you get started with home hacking in Chicago, here are some steps and advice:Make sure you understand your financial objectives and your real estate investing ambitions.

I have never seen it change the cost of the policy and it is a very simple request for both parties. 

Instead, just write a simple letter saying you’re interested in buying their property in a way that provides them with truly passive income without tenants, toilets, and trash.

The extra exposure leads to increased occupancy and can offset the fees.In the end it is a personal decision but do your homework and avoid the big companies. 

Make a simple spreadsheet or written list with the features of each and see which ones appeal to you most.

YES as simple as that.   

I currently use New Direction Trust Company, but their fee structures have been increasing.

And in order to make those projected returns pencil-out they used very aggressive/nonconservative underwriting including very high leverage (above 65%), floating rate loans (higher projected return but increased the risk of catastrophic default if interest rates rose), financially engineered capital stacks (which increase the risk of a problem for the normal equity investors in ways that are similar to taking on more debt), very high sponsor split compsensation that financially incentivize them to push the risk-envolope etc.On the other hand, all the conservatively underwritten multi-family deals (low leverage, fixed rate loans, simple capital stacks, average sponsor split compensation) are almost universally fine.Another area having problems is in the riskiest strategies like ground-up construction (opportunistic)...because everything is more expensive than projected.