Should You Hire A Professional Property Manager?

Ketan Patel January 30, 2018

Hiring a property manager makes sense for real estate investors who don’t have the time for hands-on management of their multi-family rental units. Property managers can do everything from setting rent rates and finding good tenants to handling maintenance, repairs, and evictions. If you are new to real estate investing or if you live far away from your rental properties, hiring a property manager can be a good idea. If...

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3 Steps to Brand your Apartment Building

Ketan Patel January 25, 2018

Although not all apartment communities have a brand, branding can help your marketing efforts and provide the property with an identity. Strong branding can differentiate your building, position it in the marketplace and create an appealing image to make it desirable to renters. Value add and opportunistic investors who buy properties in need of improvement find that rebranding is a crucial step in developing a successful investment.   What is...

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4 Steps to Analyze a Real Estate Deal in 15 Minutes

Ketan Patel January 18, 2018

If you want to be a successful real estate investor, you have to find the right deals. You don't want to spend a lot of time analyzing every real estate deal presented to you. Instead, you can analyze a deal quickly with a high-level overview to see if it meets your investment criteria. If so, you can then move it to the second round of analysis. This way you can...

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4 Phases of a Real Estate Cycle

Ketan Patel January 16, 2018

Successful real estate investors keep their eye on the real estate cycle to identify investment opportunities. Like the broader economy, there are four phases to the real estate cycle - recovery, expansion, hyper supply, and recession. The cycle repeats in waves so that the recession of the last cycle leads to the recovery period of the next cycle. As an investor, you can use the real estate cycle to match...

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Why Tax Benefits make Real Estate Investment a Smart Move

Ketan Patel January 5, 2018

A main benefit of becoming a real estate investor is the substantial tax advantage that will put money back in your pocket. Here are some of the basic tax benefits, but keep in mind that tax laws are constantly changing– possibly to your advantage. The best thing to do is speak to a knowledgeable accountant to find out the specifics. 1. Long Term Capital Gains The IRS taxes your property...

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