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Three Reasons Why We Invest in the Real Estate Debt Fund
In 2020, we launched our lending business (aka the real estate debt fund) after having decades of private lending experience […]
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Conquering the Imogene Pass Run: Five Lessons in Passive Real Estate Investing for Today’s Market
As I committed to running the daunting 17.1-mile Imogene Pass Run, a rugged mountain course connecting Ouray, CO, to Telluride, […]
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Next Conference
My team and I just returned from a conference in Los Angeles and had a great time. The speakers were […]
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Health: An Investment with Infinite Dividends
My dad, a retired Air Force Major, sat with me at the kitchen island and talked to me about airplanes. […]
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The Psychology of Money Takeaways
I’ve always been fascinated by figuring out how things work, why things function the way they do, and how things […]
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Tax Burden on Bonds and CDs vs. Real Estate
A lot of investors are asking me why they should invest in real estate right now when they can take […]
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Track Your Private Real Estate Portfolio Performance in Eight Simple Steps
You placed your investment. You have your first distribution. Success! You are now a passive real estate investor. But your […]
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Interest Rate Caps: The Positive and Negative Impact
What is an Interest Rate Cap? When acquiring an asset with a loan that has a floating rate, it is […]
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Capitalizing on RV Parking Demand
The promise of the open road, the allure of nature, and the freedom to roam are just a few reasons […]
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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.