8 Steps to Getting Started with Apartment Building Investing
In this video, I talk about 8 steps a newbie investor can take in the next three to six months to get started with apartment building investing.
MB 018: Unlocking Unlimited Investor Capital with IRA Money
Listen in as national speaker and educator John Bowens teaches how to use your investors’ IRA accounts to invest in your multifamily apartment deals. Learn what to do and what not to do and how to explain it in simple terms so that your investors say YES to investing in your deals!
MB 016: How to be Taken Seriously by Commercial Real Estate Brokers
Experienced commercial real estate broker Charles Wentworth gives all of us investors priceless advice regarding how to be taken seriously by brokers (and how to avoid being tagged a “newbie”).
MB 012: Crowdfunding to Raise Capital for your Commercial Real Estate Deals – Part 1
http://www.TheMichaelBlank/session12: In part 1 of this series Dan Miller of Fundrise gives us an overview of how equity crowdfunding works and why it’s great for commercial real estate. We also talk about what it’s like to invest in a crowdfunding project.
Top 89 Real Estate Blogs To Follow
Jacob Grant with Idaho Falls Property Management spent 20 hours compiling this one-stop guide to the most valuable real estate resources on the web today. The list contains 89 real estate blogs that every investor, property manager and landlord should read. These blogs are authored by notable brands and industry experts, and will teach you key investment […]
5 Reasons to Fire Your Property Manager
I don’t like firing people. My initial approach is to try to make it work and bring out the full potential of a person. Sometimes, however, I hold on to a person for too long. I’ve found over the years that if I’m micro-managing someone then I have the wrong person. Micro-managing means you’re […]
How to Get Started with Apartment Building Investing
Hey everyone! In this article and Youtube video, I want to talk about what steps a newbie investor can take in the next three to six months to get started with apartment building investing. While the task can seem overwhelming, there are some well-defined and easy-to-do things you start doing today. Do a little bit […]
MB 003: How to Analyze Apartment Building Deals
In this episode, my good friend Jonathan Mickles asks me a 101 questions about analyzing apartment building investing deals, and how to do so as quickly as possible. We talk about investment criteria, returns, the 50% rule, how to value commercial real estate, and how to determine the most you should pay for an apartment […]
MB 001: Introduction | About Michael | What to Expect
Hi everyone, and welcome to my first Podcast! You can download the podcast to your computer or listen to it here on the blog. It’ll also be available on iTunes soon. In this first episode, I introduce myself and talk about some of my entrepreneurial ventures that have led me to today. I also talk […]
How to Project Investor Returns When Analyzing Apartment Building Deals
Because I syndicate most of my apartment building deals with investors, my primary investment criteria are the returns for the investors. Even if you don’t use investors, your desired returns should drive your analysis. In this video, I use the Syndicated Deal Analyzer to project the returns for both the investors as well as yourself.