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2023 RV Industry Update
The recreational vehicle (RV) industry is like a giant on wheels, rolling steadily even when the road gets bumpy. In […]
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The Benefits of Bonus Depreciation for Passive Real Estate Investors
Are you an investor looking to maximize your potential returns? In the world of passive real estate investing, there is […]
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Car Wash Acquisitions Velocity
While our multifamily acquisitions have come almost to a complete halt this year, due to the volatile debt market, our […]
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Connecting Through Investor Dinners
It has been three and a half months since I joined PassiveInvesting.com, and I have been able to meet many […]
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Never Spend the Principal: Harnessing Compound Interest for Financial Success
“Never spend the principal.” These words, ingrained in me by my father during my upbringing in a suburb outside of […]
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Loan Originations for Commercial Real Estate Take a Big Drop in Q1 2023, Partly Due to Lack of Demand
In recent months, lenders have tightened their underwriting criteria. However, as many wait out the storm, investor demand has dropped. […]
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Profit Principles: Five Keys to Success in Real Estate Investing
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Investing in real estate is a marathon, not a sprint.” What they don’t tell you […]
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Triple Net Leases: Are They a Sound Investment?
When I was first getting started investing in real estate, I was looking for an investment that would produce consistent […]
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The Top Five Players You Need on Your Team for Successful Passive Investing
When I first started investing in buy-and-hold real estate, I scaled a portfolio of over 30 single-family homes. While I […]
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Loan Originations for Commercial Real Estate Take a Big Drop in Q1 2023, Partly Due to Lack of Demand
In recent months, lenders have tightened their underwriting criteria. However, as many wait out the storm, investor demand has dropped. […]
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The Aftermath of SVB’s Collapse: How it Impacts Commercial Real Estate
On March 10th, 2023, California regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the responsibility of overseeing $209B in asset […]
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Charleston, SC Major Market Update
My wife grew up in Charleston and she always reminds me how much things have changed since she was a […]
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Emerging Markets
A while back, I wrote in our newsletter about the ability to adapt to the ever-changing real estate and investment […]
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Did You Know? Southeast US Largest Employers
As you know, our group focuses primarily on acquiring multifamily, self-storage, and car wash assets in the Southeast US as […]
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Apartment Economic Trends and Forecasts
At the start of 2022, the U.S. national apartment occupancy average is just over 96% with an average monthly rental […]
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Lessons from U.S. Retailers
I always enjoy a good read about how other companies overcome challenges or find new ways to improve their business […]
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North Carolina Economic Performance
Over the past decade, North Carolina has experienced rapid population and job growth. This growth has made a tremendous impact […]
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How Money Walks – 2021 Update
About a year ago I shared an article regarding how the IRS tracks the migration pattern of household income across […]
Popular Questions
Investing in multifamily assets allows for better returns than any other real estate asset class. The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) presented the research on why multifamily investing returns can’t be beat.
One of the major benefits of investing in stabilized (above 90% occupancy) multifamily assets, is the ability to use permanent, low risk agency financing. Looking back at the crash in 2008, the single family market had a 4.0% default rate versus the multifamily market only have a 0.4% default rate.
The PassiveInvesting.com Team only acquires stabilized (above 90% occupancy) and cash flow positive apartment building investments. This allows our investors to make healthy returns while showing a loss at the end of every year.
Since its peak in the mid-2000s (see graph below), home ownership has been significantly dropping and it will continue to drop as millennials and the aging baby boomers want to stay mobile in the 21st century.