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Renovations: One Strategy Does Not Fit All
As an asset manager at huge Salt Lake City-based CRE investment firm our credo coming from on high was ‘curb appeal is everything.’ The former CEO used to say, when the firm’s strong focus was on multifamily …
No Condo
Building Salt Lake is a tremendous online publication focused on CRE not only in Salt Lake City but in Utah generally (strong focus on the Wasatch Front). The attached article references a recent conference that included Utah-based professionals engaged in …
Investment Opportunities in Today’s Market
Derrick Barker, CEO and Co-Founder of Nectar, an Atlanta-based startup company providing alternative financing solutions to real estate entrepreneurs, has written a tremendous primer in describing the market …
Multifamily Prices Falling
As I’ve said previously in theses blogs, I love MSCI because of its incredibly thorough, objective, comprehensive and detailed approach in providing CRE data. The article from Yield Pro cites information coming from MSCI wherein MSCI has tracked changes …
Rent Reporting Benefits Your Residents
The article states that approximately 50% of renters are unaware that paying rent on time can build credit, many residents (87%) believe their on-time rental payments should help to build their credit score. But according to …
Multifamily Rent Growth: March-2024
While the February-to-March gain seems nominal (up $8.00 to $1,721…a .47% gain), it is the first gain in 20 months and signals a return to traditional rent increases which usually occur in the spring. Not since the pandemic …
Rent Growth: A > B
New apartment supply is currently at its highest level since 1986 when 550,000 units were delivered. While not provided in the article, RealPage reports, “…2023 logged a big increase in deliveries, with nearly 440,000 apartment units completed throughout …
Risk
There’s nothing like a hard-boiled, stringent, specific, detailed, robust and comprehensive SOP (standard operating procedure), says K. David Melt, Expert Witness | Principal of Oculus Expert Witness, Oculus Realty & Oculus Development & Advisory Services …
Bottomed Out?
John Chang is the Senior Vice President – National Research and Investor Relations – Marcus and Millichap and is a great economic analyst. He’s measured, thorough, disciplined and personable. I respect him greatly and pay attention to his observations …