Marco Santarelli
What is your MINIMUM required Capitalization (Cap) Rate?
Although I'm not a big fan of using the Capitalization (Cap) Rate to analyze a property, it is a number used by many investors as a quick one-dimensional metric. It is also one that is more commonly used in the comme...
Isacc Lightbourn
What is a cap rate and why are they important ?
I hear the words “Cap Rate “ a lot. What is a cap rate and why re they important? Is it something added onto a loan interest rate or maybe equity in a property? What is a good cap rate?
Sanjoy V.
At current CAP rates is it worth it?
With the current CAP rates, some places in Austin are at 4-5% at best, the question is how far can you compress the cap rate if you are buying at these low rates and sell 5 years later? are you really depending only o...
Dustin Costa
New member from Cape Cod, MA
Hello all!!! My name is Dustin and I am currently on Active Duty with the US Coast Guard stationed in Cape Cod, MA. I am very interested in starting my REI career since I will be retiring from the service in about 6 ...
Joshua Pfaff
House flipping income
I am a little new into REI, I have my first rental property and right now I am either looking for another good rental, or a good flip to get a good lump income. I was wondering if people recommend if you make a decent...
Jared Cox
Which gets you more excited?
I came across some properties yesterday that I was going to try and wholesale to a buy and hold investor. The comps in the area were close to the asking price, but the cap rate was huge.
When you are looking ...
Ben Hollingsworth
Cap rates in Lincoln, NE
I'm considering buying my first commercial-sized apartment building in Lincoln (a purpose-built 8-plex built in 1926). It doesn't need much work. What sort of cap rate should I expect to see on something like this? ...
Mike D.
$400k on Cape Cod. What would you do?
Looking to get into the Cape short term rental game. If you had $400k to spend on a house what town would you buy in? What are you looking for to maximize revenue to cover costs? I am thinking 3+ beds, less than half ...
Bryan Templin
How many ways are there to increase a cap rate?
Hey guys I'm under contract for my 1st 2 properties
1 condo in the nice side of town
And a 4 plex in an okay neighborhood
I want to know how could I increase the cap rates of the properties !
I'm doing selling fina...
Nadim Issa
South Florida scenario
Hello,I live in South Florida and have been looking at small apartment buildings or similar in my markets. I have found a 2.5MM property that has 10 units, renting at about 1,500 per unit. The cap rate is not so gre...