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Selling an Apartment Building FAQ’s
Are you thinking of selling your multi-family property? Here are some of the most frequently [...]
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If You’re Hesitant To Hire A Broker For Your Multifamily Property Read This
The most important benefit of exclusively listing your property with a broker is representation.
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Should I Sell or Should I Hold? When is the best time for asset repositioning?
It doesn’t really matter what the current real estate market is like if you are [...]
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Why Should I Sell My Multifamily Property?
There are a number of reasons why people decide to sell their multifamily property, but [...]
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Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR): A Calculation Guide
The Debt Service Coverage Ratio, often abbreviated as “DSCR”, is an important concept in real [...]
How to Calculate The Debt Yield Ratio
The debt yield is becoming an increasingly important ratio in commercial real estate lending. Traditionally, [...]
How to Navigate the Real Estate Eviction Process
How do you feel about a criminal conviction on your record? Defending against a civil [...]
How Market Leasing Assumptions Work in Commercial Real Estate
Market leasing assumptions define what happens after a tenant lease expires in a commercial property. [...]
Essentials of Tenancy in Common (TIC)
What is a tenancy in common (TIC)? What are its characteristics? Its advantages and disadvantages?
The Essentials of Commercial Real Estate Sale and Purchase Agreements
A commercial real estate sales contract can be one page or one hundred pages. There [...]
The Definitive Guide to Understanding Section 8
Created to help low-income, elderly, and disabled households afford decent, safe and sanitary private housing, [...]
A Complete Guide to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
To a developer, affordable housing means lower rents than a market-rate project, lower net operating [...]
Why Is Real Estate Market Analysis So Important?
Many real estate investors fail to recognize the importance of the market analysis. Whether they [...]
Getting Started with Real Estate Market Analysis
A detailed market analysis is key to any real estate investment decision. Even though the [...]
How to Analyze Supply and Demand For Apartment Buildings
One of the most important ways to use all of the data gathered in a [...]
How to Calculate the Cap Rate
The cap rate is an important concept in commercial real estate, and it is widely [...]
How To Determine The Highest and Best Use of a Property
The concept of highest and best use is one of the fundamental principles that underlie [...]
The Income Approach to Real Estate Valuation
The income approach is one of three techniques commercial real estate appraisers use to value [...]
How The Loss to Lease Calculation Works
Loss to lease is a commonly used calculation in a commercial real estate analysis. However, [...]
Eleven Types of Risk in Commercial Real Estate
Every investment involves a certain amount of risk. There are certain general sources of risk [...]
Three Types of Commercial Real Estate Obsolescence
One of the unique challenges of commercial real estate investment is that markets, types of [...]
What is a Rent Roll?
When real estate investors are evaluating a potential rental property purchase or a bank is [...]
Understanding The Right of Offset
It is very common for a lender to require a borrower to open a checking [...]
Working with Corporate Occupiers: Corporate Real Estate Services Designation (CSD)
This course teaches commercial real estate professionals how to secure and service corporate clients and [...]
Weak Macro Data Can Obscure Local Opportunities
Weak Macro Data Can Obscure Local Opportunities Don't overlook opportunities just because macro-level numbers suggest [...]
3 reasons it can be smarter to rent, even if you can afford to buy
For generations, Americans have thought of homeownership as a hallmark of success. But there are [...]
Apartment rents in Chicago and Illinois are rising fast
Chicago apartment dwellers are seeing some of the fastest rental price increases in the nation [...]
SBA 504 Commercial Real Estate Loans
Compared to other loans, 504 loans offer savings that result in improved cash flow. The [...]
Here’s who qualifies for 0% capital gains taxes for 2023
With higher standard deductions and income thresholds for capital gains, it's more likely you'll fall [...]
What is an Estimated Net Proceeds Sheet and How is this Important to Estimate Capital Gains Tax Exposure
A seller's net proceeds sheet is a document that estimates the amount of money a [...]
The Complete Guide to Determining Tax Basis on Commercial Real Estate
Are you thinking of selling a commercial income property? If so, it is important to [...]
Midwest spotlight: A look at multifamily performance
The Midwest offers several advantages compared to other U.S. regions, including its diverse economy, growing [...]
Chicago’s Multifamily Sector Boasts Healthy Occupancy Rates, Strong Rent Growth
Chicago’s multifamily sector currently enjoys strong market fundamentals highlighted by healthy occupancy rates and continued [...]
Shortage of affordable houses real estate market hits some hardest
Even in a housing market that has slowed significantly due to rising mortgage rates, the [...]