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Decisions that move the value of your property: who manages it, what you pay, where the upside is and how to check a deal before you close.
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A plain-spoken guide for apartment owners: what a good manager looks like, the red flags that cost you money, and how to compare proposals so the cheapest bid doesn't win by default.
NOI sets what your building is worth, so every dollar you add to it is worth far more than a dollar. Here is where the real gains hide, on both the income and expense sides.
A buyer's checklist for the meeting itself: twenty questions grouped by topic, plus what a good answer sounds like and what should make you pause.
Unhappy with your manager but dreading the change? Here are the real warning signs, what your agreement says about leaving, and a checklist for moving accounts, deposits and records cleanly.
A value-add plan lives or dies on the rent premium and on who runs the building while the work happens. Here is how to find the upside, test it honestly and carry it out.
The headline management fee is the least useful number in a proposal. Here's how apartment fee structures work, what should be bundled, and how to compare managers on what you keep.
The seller's numbers are a story. Due diligence is how you find out which parts are true. A practical checklist for syndicators and first-time buyers of 5+ unit buildings.
A cap rate tells you what you pay for today's income, and nothing about whether that income is real. Learn what multifamily cap rates hide and how to look past them.
Property managers run the building. Asset managers run the investment. Here's who owns which decisions, where the two overlap, and what goes wrong when nobody covers the gap.
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