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Frank Gallinelli to Speak at BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit and Expo, March 23-24, 2012

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Frank Gallinelli

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 →

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Refi Existing Investment Property to Purchase Another?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Frank Gallinelli

One of our Facebook fans, Tony Margiotta, posed this question, which I’m happy to try my hand at answering here: “Could you talk about refinancing an income property in order to purchase a second income property? I’m trying to understand … Continue reading →

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5 Mistakes Every Real Estate Investor Should Avoid

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Frank Gallinelli

In my nearly 30 years of providing analysis software to real estate investors, and almost a decade of writing books and teaching real estate finance at Columbia University, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with thousands of people who were … Continue reading →

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For Real Estate Investors: A Lesson in Clarity

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Frank Gallinelli

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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You’re Invited: Value Hound Academy’s Webcast Interview with RealData Founder, Frank Gallinelli

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Frank Gallinelli

I want to invite you to a webcast interview that will be broadcast Wednesday Sept. 14, 2011 at 11AM PST (2 PM EST). The folks at Value Hound Academy asked me to discuss my insights into analyzing real estate deals: … Continue reading →

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New videos

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Frank Gallinelli

We have just added some new videos to our home page, realdata.com Each video presents a brief overview of one of our main software products: Real Estate Investment Analysis Pro Edition, Commercial / Industrial Development, and On Schedule. Hope you’ll … Continue reading →

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Social Media is Everywhere — Now RealData is in the Game

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Frank Gallinelli

Finally!  RealData’s on Facebook. Our goal is to make this a hub for networking with our customers and colleagues, and with readers of my books — and for them to network with each other. Find us at facebook.com/realdata You can … Continue reading →

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Help Us to Help Toys for Tots

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Frank Gallinelli

The bad economy — and particularly the unemployment crisis — have taken a real toll on many American families. During the holidays, it’s especially tough on families with children. Recently I was delivering a toy to a local charity, thinking … Continue reading →

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MIRR — How It Works

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Frank Gallinelli

From our experience, it appears that Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is the metric of choice for many, if not most, real estate investors. However, you may be aware that there are a few issues with IRR that can cause you some vexation. That’s where MIRR comes in. Continue reading →

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Making the best seller list at realtor.org

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Frank Gallinelli

To my surprise and delight, when I opened my Twitter account this morning (twitter.com/fgallinelli) I found news of one of my books making the 12/31/09 best seller list at Realtor® Magazine.  There will be no living with me today! What Every … Continue reading →

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