In an inflationary environment, many investors flounder as pulling the trigger on investments of any kind can feel like higher stakes. The questions are endless. With rising interest rates, falling returns and concerns about recession, where are our dollars best placed to serve our long-term financial goals? Will I need to keep this cash more liquid in case inflation gets out of hand? Or what...
We began 2022 in a much different place than we are completing it. At the end of 2021, assets were riding high and the Federal Reserve believed that inflation was transitory. Now, two weeks from the end of 2022, we’ve seen inflation hit a 40-year high and multiple interest rate increases pummel the lending environment. What does that mean for multifamily in 2023? There are a lot of unknowns coming in...
Today’s rental homes are more than luxury high-rises, urban mid-rises and sprawling suburban garden apartments. Now they include one product barely recognizable as a multifamily property: build-for-rent (BFR) townhomes and single-family homes. While BFR homes vary widely in size, style, features, amenities and settings, these new single-family rentals share some powerful similarities. They are cheaper to...
In multifamily investing, it’s good to be a landlord. Interest rates and apartment vacancies have remained low over the past several years and are projected to remain this way for years to come. Further, investors can shield some of the cash flows generated by income-producing property on their tax returns due to depreciation and private equity real estate investors are able to access an expanding pool...