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For more than 30 years, RealData software has helped real estate investors and developers navigate the road to success. Our mission is twofold: To supply the tools you need to evaluate commercial, residential and mixed-use income properties, projects and partnerships; and to provide you with the educational materials and resources to be an informed investor.Categories
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Investing in Real Estate: How Much Analysis Do You Really Need?
More than once – in my writing, my teaching, talking in my sleep – I have been known to say that real estate investing is all about the numbers. There is, of course, great truth in that pithy statement, or so I believe; but there is perhaps more to the story that you should be careful not to overlook. Continue reading
Real Estate, Healthcare, and Your 2013 Taxes – Some Surprises Waiting for You?
Champagne, funny hats, and the ball-drop in Times Square might not be the only significant events to mark the New Year in 2013. If you are a real estate investor or a home-seller, you could have a couple of surprises lurking in your federal taxes: The Medicare Tax and the Capital Gains Tax Continue reading
A book review with some insights for investors
Among the first rules you learn when you become an author are these: Don’t get upset when you get a bad review; Don’t get too excited or too full of yourself when you get a good review. I believe I … Continue reading
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“10 Commandments for Real Estate Investors” ebook is now free
Real estate investing is an excellent way to build wealth, but it can also be a snare for those who lack preparation, planning, and realistic expectations. In this brief series of essays called 10 Commandments for Real Estate Investors, I … Continue reading
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Ten Commandments for Real Estate Investors: Commandment #1
Ten Commandments for Real Estate Investors: Commandment #1 Thou shalt take nothing for granted. There is a witticism attributed to American humorist Finley Peter Dunne, “You trust your mother but you cut the cards.” In real estate, of course, the parallel concept is due diligence. If you assume that things are as they appear and if you fail to vet your potential deals independently, you’re setting yourself up for unwelcome and expensive surprises. Continue reading
New for 2012: Real Estate Investment Analysis, Version 16
Thirty years of development time, and of listening carefully to what to our customers want. All this comes together now in the latest version of our most popular and powerful software app for real estate investors: Real Estate Investment Analysis, … Continue reading
Frank Gallinelli to Speak at BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit and Expo, March 23-24, 2012
BiggerPockets — an 85,000-member community of real estate investors — is having its first Real Estate Investing Summit in Denver, March 2012, and has invited Frank Gallinelli as a featured speaker. Frank is the founder of RealData Software and the … Continue reading
For Real Estate Investors: A Lesson in Clarity
Recently, I was conducting the last class in my course on real estate investment analysis that I teach in Columbia’s MSRED program. I had assigned my 55 students a series of case studies (much like those in my book, Mastering Real Estate Investment) and told them to build financial pro forms and discuss the reasoning behind their analyses. After reading and commenting all those analyses, I felt there was one overarching theme on which I wanted to focus my final remarks to the troops: The theme was “clarity.” Continue reading
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