Justin Greenwood
Understanding IRR Calculations in Frank Gallinelli's book
Hello Everyone,I've learned a lot from Frank Gallinelli's "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow," however, the Internal Rate of Return concept is still a little confusing to me.In this book th...
Michael P. Lindekugel
A recession is coming and maybe as early as summer
Previously, the Federal Reserve indicated it would raise the federal funds rate four times this year. On March 16th the Federal Open Market Committee said it expects to raise the federal funds rate six times this year...
Paolo Garcia
Newbie from Brooklyn, NY
I'm a Graphic Designer from Sydney, Australia living in Brooklyn, NY. My wife and I have a place in the city and are starting to look at investing in single or multi-family homes in other states/cities around the U.S...
Steve Chan
Are you receiving distributions?
I'm curious to know which sponsors have been paying out distributions during this pandemic. If you’re a limited partner and your sponsor has not been paying distributions, what are your thoughts? If you are a limited ...
Chris Martin
BIg picture views of NC housing
If it seems to you like prices in NC just keep going up... then you are observant. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (St Louis FED) maintains vast quantities of economic data, including housing data. The Federal R...
Jeff B.
P/E ratios vs Cap Rates as metrics
Stocks are measured using a Price / Earnings ratio (ref: http://www.investopedia.com/university/peratio/peratio1.asp) Although a simple indicator to calculate, the P/E is actually quite difficult to interpret....
Andrew Hinton
First Land Use Hearing, How to convince city to Approve Variance?
I purchased a vacant property and planned to develop a certain number of units that requires a variance. However, the language in the Baltimore City Zoning Code says the following:In order to grant a variance, the cas...
Tracy Stein
Urbanization: Big City Real Estate Markets Boom!
Urbanization is the growth of cities into the surrounding suburbs and the transformation of once rural areas into cities. Urbanization is here and it’s here to stay. In fact, more than half of the people on Planet Ear...
Steve Chan
Is Oaklahoma City Recession Proof?
During the 2008 collapse, OKC was one of the least impacted markets for real estate. For those of you who are familiar with OKC, how do you think this pandemic will impact multi-family housing and the surrounding sub-...
Ashley Wilson
MF Case Study Update
A little over a year ago, I wrote a post that received over 10k views. Based on the popularity of the post, I thought it might be worth posting an update, especially because the outcome is quite ironic! Before, I get ...