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I’m curious as to how an investor would know how to be aware of “up and coming” areas within a specific market? What are some things to on the lookout for? Who are the people to talk to?
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Dear all,Feeling blessed and very happy to have found this great community. I am based in Zurich, Switzerland and work in the financial industry. I have been investing in real estate for a couple of years and currentl...
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Savvy apartment Real Estate Investors know that the most common benchmark for measuring returns and gauging pricing for commercial real estate is the cap rate. The cap rate is the annual return that investors receive ...
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I was recently looking at some news articles about Biloxi MS, ever since the hurricanes last year it appears as though the casinos are now able to build on land. According to the Biloxi website there are numerous con...
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So I'm a condo owner in UTC. I bought my property back in 2012 just before the "Property Value Moon Launch" and I have noticed a few things going on that I wanted to discuss.Observation 1. Rentals in the area are ch...
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Several people asked this question of how to invest a $1million to get a safe return of 10%. Many of advice given were buy 10 SFRs for $100,000 each, 5 SFRs for $200,000 or a $1,000,000 apartment and collect $100,000 ...
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Howdy folks,I don't see any recent post about this topic so thought would start one since AirBnB rental is hot these days in many markets. I am trying to venture out as an investor as well management and doing my ini...
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I know this has been discussed before sometime back. I'm Curious to what other are running into. I keep looking at apartment building for sale, run the numbers, earthier I'm doing something wrong or sellers is way of...
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We hear a lot about apartment BRRRR/Value Add projects but not much about the picture after that initial cash out refinance. What strategy are people taking who intend to hold them and not sell them? Continually refin...
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Any smaller apartment building owners offer this amenity? Is there even demand for this for apartments in Chicago in non-high or mid rise buildings? I would think when renting a SFH in the suburbs or even the city, ...