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Why You Should Buy an Apartment Complex

Why You Should Buy an Apartment Complex

Decide if Buying an Apartment Complex Is Right for You Before you start an apartment investing business, you want to make sure it’s the right investment strategy for you. Compared to purchasing single-family homes and small multifamily properties, an apartment building requires more research, more time, and oftentimes more capital and additional expenses. It’s important to weigh the pros and cons before buying apartment complexes. Pros of Buying Apartment Complexes There are many benefits to apartment investing. These include recurring income, spreading income across many units, lower per-unit maintenance costs, and the potential for extra income beyond collected rents. Lenders…
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What Is a Good Debt-to-Equity Ratio?

What Is a Good Debt-to-Equity Ratio?

A debt-to-equity ratio is one of the metrics you can use to evaluate a company’s health—specifically, whether or not the company is standing on stable financial ground. What is a good debt-to-equity ratio? And how can you use the debt-to-equity ratio to guide your investment choices? What is A Debt-to-Equity Ratio? The debt-to-equity ratio (also known as the “D/E ratio”) is the measurement between a company’s total debt and total equity. In other words, the debt-to-equity ratio tells you how much debt a company uses to finance its operations. For instance, if a company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.5,…
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What are Mixed Use Properties?

What are Mixed Use Properties?

Mixed-use commercial property is either a building or a land development that includes both residential and commercial space. For example, a structure that has office space on the ground floor and apartment units on the top floor would be considered mixed-use residential or mixed-use office space. As is familiar with most mixed-use properties, the residential portion takes up more square footage than the commercial share. For tenants, mixed-use space is commonly referred to as a live-work space. Mixed-use commercial real estate has also become a central piece of urban development planning. Developers may combine residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, and even…
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Why A 30-Year Loan Is Better Than A 15-Year Loan On Rental Properties

Why A 30-Year Loan Is Better Than A 15-Year Loan On Rental Properties

15-year loans may appear to save money over 30-year loans because they have a lower interest rate, but you may want to have the flexibility of a 30-year loan.  Buying rental properties is a great investment, especially when you are able to use a mortgage to buy the properties and still get great cash flow. Many investors will get a 15-year mortgage because the rates are a little lower and they can pay off the properties quicker.  However, a 30-year loan when buying rental properties can offer more cash flow. Plus, the flexibility of having greater cashflow to buy more…
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What Is a CMBS Loan? Your Guide to Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

What Is a CMBS Loan? Your Guide to Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

Those in the business of buying and selling commercial real estate have likely heard about CMBS loans. This is a guide to how CMBS loans work, the ways in which they are different from traditional commercial loans, and the advantages and disadvantages of choosing this type of financing. CMBS loans are also known as commercial mortgage-backed securities or conduit loans. These loans are used to purchase commercial real estate buildings like multifamily living communities, office buildings, or warehouses. They typically offer flexible underwriting standards and use the property as collateral. That said, a CMBS loan is different from a traditional…
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HUD Loans for Commercial Real Estate Properties?

HUD Loans for Commercial Real Estate Properties?

As investors, some may not know what a HUD loan is, but it is important to understand its impact on a select commercial real estate (CRE) investment. Having a HUD-insured loan can mitigate risk, provide attractive loan terms and overall help ensure the longevity of the project. In this article, we’ll dig into what a HUD loan is and its importance to a CRE investment. Understand this HUD doesn’t just insure loans for affordable housing developments; they also insure for market-rate multifamily development projects. These construction loans are officially referred to as 221(d)(4) loans and they provide some of the…
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Mixed Use Properties — Why They Are a Good Investment

Mixed Use Properties — Why They Are a Good Investment

Maybe you’ve never heard of the term mixed-use property, but we can guarantee you’ve been in one. Mixed-use properties exist all over the place – these properties are real estate developments that have different uses (retail, residential, offices, hotel, etc.). In a mixed-use property, the separate uses all compliment each other. Mixed-use properties come in all shapes and sizes: they can be a single building or take up an entire neighborhood. Right now, there is an increasing number of real estate investors looking to invest in this type of property, and you can be one of them! Investing in these…
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