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New for 2012: Real Estate Investment Analysis, Version 16

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Frank Gallinelli

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 →

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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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The Flavor of the Month: Apartment Investing

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Frank Gallinelli

It comes as no surprise to those of us who are a bit long in the tooth: The recent economic environment has been bad for almost everything, but it’s good for multi-family investment property. When credit flows freely, almost anyone … 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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Six Rules of Thumb for Every Real Estate Investor

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Frank Gallinelli

Whether you’re scrutinizing a piece of property you already own, one you want to sell, or one you may choose to buy or develop, you need to master the metrics. The numbers always matter. Here are six basic rules to keep in mind. Continue reading →

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Real Estate Partnerships and Preferred Return

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Frank Gallinelli

Q. Can you explain more about how preferred return works in a real estate partnership? Does it always have to go only to the limited partner or non-managing partner? A. The first point to make about real estate partnerships – … Continue reading →

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Making the Case for Your Commercial Refinance, Part 2

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Frank Gallinelli

In Part 1 of this article, you learned what information you need to assemble to get started with the process of refinancing your commercial property — information about your property’s income, expenses and loan balance, and about the prevailing cap … Continue reading →

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Making the Case for Your Commercial Refinance, Part 1

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Frank Gallinelli

Since we released the original version of our Real Estate Investment Analysis software in 1982, our focus has been on pro forma financial analysis of real estate investments and of development properties – projecting the numbers out over time to … Continue reading →

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