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At their best real estate brokers are true professionals.  50 to 80 hour weeks, always looking for additional  training, and a new way to provide clients better service.  Their quest for excellence often takes them away from their families more than it should...but nobody ever became the best in ...
04/20/2009
The two times when profitablity managing a property is important are when you want to keep, it and when you want to sell it.  Property managers need training to perform at their best.  This opportunity for FREE training should not be missed.  Grace Hill Property Management Training does a great j...
04/17/2009
One of the metrics to look at when picking an area for a long term investment is the affordability index.  And by that I don't mean looking soley at how much the median income is in an area...I mean: Average Rent/Median Household Income = Affordability Index.  (What portion of your pay goes to r...
04/15/2009
  This isn't even my listing...but I'm making good on my commitment to find great deals for my investors.  This NE duplex is a great value:  for under $165k you get two residences for less than the normal price for one. My faithful readers know that I eschew residential multifamily in favor of co...
04/10/2009
In the old days, bankers used to take commercial brokers out to lunch...we were customers.   They'd tell us how much we were valued, and they would tout their customer service.  Nowadays, we invite them to lunch and we're pretty delighted if they return our calls.Brokers differ on which used to b...
03/30/2009
Mr. David Moore, CCIM will be the featured speaker at the Portland CCIM's monthly luncheon on April 1st at the MAC Club.   He and brother/partner Tom founded Equity Advantage Incorporated in 1991.  Since then EAI has become the heavyweight of 1031 Exchange Accomodators.   They have leveraged the...
03/26/2009
SolarWorld Group not only reaffirmed their commitment to the Portland area, they're increasing their investment in a major way.  So reports Brian K. Miller in today's Globe Street:  HILLSBORO, OR-SolarWorld Group said Friday it plans to expand its five-month-old, 480,000-square-foot operation her...
03/23/2009
If you follow my blog, you know that I'm a strong advocate for training all multifamily employees, and that I hold Grace Hill as the creme d' la creme in that niche. Their newest online course, Property Management Financials, is now available!  Grace Hill's Apartment Management Learning Center, ...
03/05/2009
Look at current and future job growth as key factors when evaluating a market for multifamily purchases.  To research opportunities I have traveled to  Reno, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Seattle,  and Los Vegas.  Without exception job creation/population growth seemed to be the common fundamentals that ...
02/25/2009
  Simply expressed, LTV is the loan amount divided by the property's value, expressed as a percent.  The value used will be the lower of the sale amount and the appraisal.  Banking theory goes that the lower the LTV the more the investor goes from involved to committed.  Yogi Berra might explain ...
02/23/2009
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