MULTIFAMILY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT VEHICLES AND STRUCTURES
Learn about different strategies for investing in multifamily real estate without the responsibilities of direct property ownership.
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The Case for Multifamily Real Estate in Your Self-Directed IRA
Self-directed IRAs (SDIRAs) are powerful retirement tools that allow you to invest in a broader range of assets than traditional stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, such as real estate, private equity, and precious metals. Unlike regular IRAs, SDIRAs offer greater investment flexibility and control. Investing in commercial real estate, and more specifically multifamily real estate, through an SDIRA can be a beneficial way to diversify your retirement portfolio and potentially enhance returns. This approach combines the tax advantages of an IRA with the income and appreciation potential of real estate investments.
10 Questions to Ask Your Multifamily Sponsor
The past year has seen news reports detailing the challenges facing various commercial real estate sectors. Office, Retail, Hotels, and other asset classes, including multifamily, have been affected. This includes reports that have detailed the struggles facing some multifamily sponsors. While industry insiders can quickly identify the missteps these firms made that led to foreclosure, those reasons might not be readily apparent to passive investors that trust a sponsor to protect their capital and deliver solid returns.
A Guide to Real Estate Investment Funds
Funds are standard investment vehicles in the United States and around the world. Mutual funds, money market funds, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and real estate investment funds are just a few. CNBC reports that in 2020 alone, an estimated 120 million American investors held almost $24 trillion in mutual funds.
Our Guide to Syndication & Real Estate Wholesaling
All across the nation, individuals have real estate holdings they own and manage themselves. Some succeed, some fail, and others tread water. What separates these people is experience and expertise.
37th Parallel Investing Guide: Real Estate Investment Allocation
There may be a million ways to invest your money, but there are a handful of bedrock investing principles that you shouldn’t ignore. One is diversification, and another is asset allocation or portfolio construction. Understanding how to create a balanced portfolio is essential to get ahead.
The European Waterfall – Profits & Protection
Hearing the words European waterfall might evoke recollections of Langfoss, Stuibenfall, or Mardalsfossen. But that’s not what this article is about. Instead of diving into a plunge pool, we will dive into how profits from private equity are distributed. And more specifically, we will compare and contrast the American Waterfall with the European Waterfall. But first, let’s define some terms.
Long Distance Real Estate Investing Guide
Mention long distance real estate investing in your local investor’s club and you’re likely to get some very strange looks. Keep it up and it won’t be long until you’re branded as someone who likes to buck conventional wisdom.
Real Estate Equity and Ownership Guide
Regarding equity and ownership in real estate, knowing how investors make money is essential. If you’ve followed our articles, you know real estate investors can make money in four ways: Cash Flow, Appreciation, Tax Benefits, and Principal Paydown / Amortization. Of the four, appreciation and amortization are sources of equity growth. This article will focus on how to get the most out of real estate ownership by increasing your equity and putting that equity to work for you.
How to Use 1031 Exchange When Investing in Commercial Multifamily Properties
When T.J. Starker took on the IRS in the late 1970’s and won, he re-defined how investors could manage their portfolios and permanently changed the core strategies of commercial real estate investors.
The resulting tax code modifications, commonly referred to as the 1031 Starker Exchange, allow commercial real estate investors to defer capital gains tax from the sale of a real estate investment if they apply those profits to the purchase of another real estate investment within a specific time period.