By Vena jones-Cox Let’s face it: making deals complicates our lives.   When we first become involved in real estate, buying a property can be very anxiety-provoking: I mean, really, even though we’ve done all our due diligence and run the numbers 15 different ways and talked to our favorite mentor about it and it STILL...

By Anthony Chara There are 3 figures that go hand-in-hand when trying to determine a commercial/apartment property's value. They are; Net Operating Income (NOI), Cap Rate (CR) and Asking Price or Purchase Price (PP). If you know 2 of the figures you can always figure out the third. Here I'll be talking about the Cap...

By David Richter We all love control. I have a six-year-old daughter who constantly pushes the boundaries of her world. Whether it’s brushing her teeth or buckling her car seat, she loves to feel in control.

By Linda Baumgarten Whether you are a brand-new investor or have been buying real estate for decades, it’s important to stay flexible while focusing on your overall goals. Why flexible? Because the market is constantly changing. When the market changes, new strategies/opportunities come to the forefront. Of course, if you have been in this game...

By Scott Meyers There are so many questions about investing in the current self-storage market.  Should I surge forward with all the deals that are being presented to me right now while the interest rates are low? Should I sit on my cash and wait for the looming recession to get worse? Will there be better deals as we get to the deepest parts of the recession? Or, should I invest in a new development project because of the great opportunities there are to get cheap money?