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Tag Archives: real estate investors
MIRR — How It Works
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
Five More Rules of Thumb for Real Estate Investors
In a previous article – Six Rules of Thumb for Every Real Estate Investor – I offered some guidance that might reasonably be held dear by every income-property investor. Woe to him or to her who doesn’t take a property’s vital … Continue reading
Six Rules of Thumb for Every Real Estate Investor
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
Real Estate Partnerships and Preferred Return
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
CCIM magazine cites Frank Gallinelli’s latest book
I was pleased to see that Commercial Investment Real Estate, the magazine of the CCIM Institute, featured my latest book, Mastering Real Estate Investment in their May/June 2009 issue Buyers Guide (p. 45). The piece is entitled “Beyond the Basics,” … Continue reading
Cash Flow Analysis — Annual or Monthly?
A reader of one of my books wrote to me recently with a very worthwhile question. When we build a pro-forma analysis of future cash flows from a real estate investment, why do we annualize those cash flows instead dealing … Continue reading
Making the Case for Your Commercial Refinance
Many of you surely have commercial property loans that are coming up for refinance during 2009. We have a new article (actually, the first installment of a two-part piece) on realdata.com that we think you’ll find helpful. In Part One … Continue reading
New investment analysis service — and data form
If you subscribe to our e-newsletter, the RealData Dispatch, then you know that we just launched a new service where we will run a property analysis for you, using your data and our software. All you do is download a … Continue reading