If you’re a property investor and you’re looking to get into Section 8 properties, there are plenty of gurus online who will happily tell you to RUN! Section 8 tenants are too unreliable, too desperate, too disrespectful, too, well, poor to be good tenants. In the most respectful way possible, we’d like to tell those gurus to take... Continue Reading →
How to Find Multifamily Deals in a Tight Market
Multifamily property makes for a very attractive investment today. So, where do you find the deals? The multifamily sector is hot right now. Savvy real estate investors are hungry for the yields, cash flow, and efficiencies apartment buildings can offer. Big funds are still on the lookout for more real estate to add to their... Continue Reading →
8 Pros & Cons of Including Utilities With Rent for Your Investment Properties
One of the many factors that must be analyzed when considering an investment property is the cost of utilities. Usually with every investment property, there will be some utility costs associated with it. Sometimes these costs may be minimal, as they may be with a single family rental. Other times, they may be significant, such as... Continue Reading →
How to Successfully (& Legally) Raise the Rent as a Landlord
It is no secret that rents are now at all-time highs. Demand for rental housing has pushed rents up higher and higher over the last few years, and short of a huge building boom or crash, there is no end in sight. This is good news for us landlords, as higher rents equal more income and an increased... Continue Reading →
How Amazon Could Change the Condo and Apartment Market Forever
During my acting days in New York City, I lived in some, um, interestingapartments. At least half, unbeknownst to me, were illegal spaces. My favorite was a sublet of a sublet, where I had a bed, a shelf, and a suitcase in the hallway of a railroad-style apartment in Hell’s Kitchen. At night, the 100-year-old mortar... Continue Reading →