Funding Archives

How to Select the Best Home Improvements to Increase Resale Value

26 May 2016 | Tali Wee | Article | Funding, Operations

It’s tough to know which home improvement projects are worth your time when the ultimate goal is to increase your return on the investment (ROI). Many home upgrades cost more to complete with supplies and labor than they recoup. According to Remodeling Magazine, on average, only 64.4 percent of home ...

Benefits of Bank Workout Professionals

4 May 2016 | Michael Ciaburri | Article | Funding

A 'Frothy' Market is Signaling the Need for More Bank-Loan Workouts. Luckily, the Options for Real Estate Developer- and Investor-Borrowers are Increasing, As Well In the past, real estate developers and investors negotiating a workout on an outstanding bank loan would seek the assistance of an attorney. In cases where ...

Efficient Lending for Property Rehab Investors

4 May 2016 | Lawrence Fassler | Article | Funding

Finding Efficient Lending for Real Estate Investing Rehab Loans Many investors have developed lucrative careers by investing in less-than-perfect residential or commercial properties, renovating them and reselling (or renting) them for a profit. The real estate market has now turned around, and although foreclosures are on the decline, good fix-and-flip ...

Shifting into Reverse

21 Apr 2016 | Steven Hickox | Article | Funding, Operations

A 'Reverse' 1031 Exchange Requires Financial Strength, No Matter Which Route You Choose In a forward 1031 Exchange, the relinquished property is sold first, followed by the purchase of the replacement property. The proceeds from the sale of the relinquished property go toward the down payment or purchase price of ...

What’s It Going to Cost?

21 Apr 2016 | Carter Froelich | Article | Funding, Operations

Understand the Costs Involved in Maintaining a Rental Property When Evaluating Whether to Make That Deal In recent articles, I have discussed the need for “financial literacy” and an understanding of the terms, concepts and fundamentals of cash-flow analysis. We have looked at estimating effective gross income. Now we turn ...

5 ways to find the value of investment property

24 Aug 2015 | Richard Montgomery | Article | Funding, Operations

Reader Question: We want to make our first real estate investment purchase. We have decided on investing in older two- to four-family apartments. It appears there are different ways to decide what a property is worth. How do you evaluate an old three-family property? — Julie and Rob P. Monty’s ...

4 Reasons Investors use Debt to Finance Real Estate

31 Jul 2015 | Lawrence Fassler | Article | Funding, Operations, Topics

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be…” How could Shakespeare be wrong? Why should anyone take out debt, or other financing, on their real estate investments? Well, the quote from Hamlet is that of a father warning his son about the dangers of lending to friends, since hitching debt onto personal ...

How one couple chose to invest $1 million in cash

22 Jun 2015 | Larry Arth | Article | Funding, Operations

The couple was a farming family from just outside the city limits and had received an offer to purchase their land from a single-family-home developer. They had called ahead and wanted to sit down with me to discuss how to best invest their million-dollar windfall. As a real estate investment ...

5 Tips On Communicating With Your Contractor On Your Rental Property Renovation

11 Sep 2014 | Engelo Rumora | Article | Funding, Operations

At any given time, I have multiple projects running that place me at the service of someone else. It puts me in both a vulnerable and sometimes frustrating position because I know that I can’t do everything and they know that I really need them. So, for this blog I ...