Rising rents without wage growth is bad news for landlords. One major metro is bucking the trend and staying affordable. This week we talk with Paul Hendershot, Director of Market Analytics for Costar, about how Dallas Fort Worth continues to be a very affordable place for renters and why that’s good for investors. CoStar is a recognized leader in market data for the apartment industry and Paul specializes in covering the DFW Metro. Watch this episode to learn: * What are the economic drivers making DFW so dynamic * Why major corporate relocations are a big part of the story * How supply and ..read more

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...want to know where the nation's best apartment investment markets are located? We analyzed the numbers from (3) of the top multifamily data analytics companies in the world - Yardi Matrix, RealPage and CoStar - to come up with our Top (5) Apartment Market Countdown. Watch this video to find out which markets made the cut. Get Smart and Invest Smarter with the Apartment Investor Show where JC Castillo and Paul Peebles interview top industry experts and discuss current market trends, investment strategies and fundamental concepts to help you make smart multifamily real estate ..read more

Getting debt quotes from commercial lenders can take days to weeks. Learning to ballpark your own loan sizing using simple lending guidelines will give you a headstart on the competition. As part of a two episode series from last week, we talk with Lane Beene, owner of Pilot Properties and Spencer Burton, creator of the popular commercial real estate financial modeling website - Adventures in CRE - about how to quickly size a loan on an apartment property using free downloadable analysis tools. Watch this episode to learn * How to quickly ballpark the financing terms your deal will qualify for ..read more

Is your multifamily property wasting money on advertising that doesn't convert? Your biggest source of prospective renters might be FREE. The PROBLEM is your management partner can't tell you where your converting traffic is coming from, forcing you to spend advertising dollars blindly. This week we talk with Nat Kunes and Stacy Holden of Appfolio about LISA, an artificial intelligence bot that responds to all leasing inquiries within 2 minutes or less, day or night and records source and conversion data on every incoming lead - so you know exactly where to focus your marketing spend. Velo ..read more

If you’re in a partnership that is selling a property and not all the partners want to 1031 Exchange, what can you do? Last week we talked with Yonah Weiss about how to eliminate your taxes when you buy a property. Visit our YouTube Channel at Apartment Investor Show to replay the episode. This week we talk with Craig Brown about how you can 1031 Exchange to defer your taxes when selling a property even when your partners want to cash out. Craig is the Senior Vice President of Investment Property Exchange Services (IPX1031) and has personally managed the facilitation of over 20,000 qualified ..read more

Get Smart and Invest Smarter with the Apartment Investor Show where JC Castillo and Paul Peebles interview top industry experts and discuss current market trends, investment strategies and fundamental concepts to help you make smart multifamily real estate investments. JC Castillo is an ex-techie turned real estate investor who’s profitably navigated through a full market cycle. In 2006 he founded Multifamily Property Group, a vertically integrated private equity firm focused on large scale value-add apartment properties in select US markets. Learn more about Multifamily Property Group. https ..read more

Trying to decide on the best financing strategy for your apartment property? The 10 Year Treasury briefly tested 2.00% last week, which is great news for multifamily buyers, but is causing major heartburn for owners with yield-maintenance based prepayment penalties (think Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac) looking to exit early. But with low rates, long runways and non-recourse terms, agency debt is still a great path to finance your property. So we talked to an expert on best strategies to minimize prepayment penalties so you can have your cake and eat it too. Joining the show today is Fritz Waldv ..read more

Thinking of making a passive investment in a multifamily syndication but not sure if it's a good deal? Determining a good deal from a bad one should always start with finding the one neck to choke in every syndication. In today's episode, we cover the (5) functions in every real estate syndication, (3) basic syndication models, what role your sponsor plays and how to quickly identify who is responsible for successful execution. Get Smart and Invest Smarter with the Apartment Investor Show where JC Castillo and Paul Peebles interview top industry experts and discuss current market trends, inves ..read more

Dallas Fort Worth and Atlanta are two of the hottest apartment markets in the nation. With regular appearances on many 'top 10' lists for job growth, population growth and renter affordability, both of these metros should be on your investment radar. But what if you could only choose one? Which market should you pick? Today we talk with David Kahn, Managing Analyst for Costar Market Analytics in a segment we call - Battle of the Major Metros: Dallas Fort Worth versus Atlanta. Who's on top on who's not. In this episode, David provides his expert analysis on both markets and we (finally) twist ..read more

National data suggests that workforce apartment owners are seeing a higher rate of rental collection loss early in this downturn. This week we talk with Andrew Reichert and Daniel Croce of Birgo Capital about how the COVID19 related slowdown is impacting their business and what steps they took early on to understand the economic makeup of their tenant base so they could better predict future performance. Birgo Capital is an owner-operator of B & C class multifamily properties in the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metro with 1500 units and $120M in Assets Under Management. Watch this epis ..read more