Archive for Investing in multifamily

From High Returns to Moving Neighbors to a Lack of Properties.

The Phoenix real estate market seems, to many, to be a bargain basement store where the owners of the store have no sense or are giving things away.  It’s not.  And, that is what cover in the article, 15% Return Cash on Cash On Phoenix Real Estate.  High returns are possible, but [...]

A Review of Several Phoenix Real Estate Investment Related Articles

Some investment related articles we did at PhoenixMarketTrends.com

Case Study: A Central Phoenix Condo From Lender Owned To Long Term Investment:

This is a case study of a condo purchased by an out of town investor.  It was a lender owned property taken from a plain dirty place to a wonderful inviting home.

How To Search For Income [...]

Tough Times for Multifamily Income Property Owners.

It’s that cycle of the market where most multifamily property owners are having to adjust their modus operandi: even well cared for and superbly managed properties are seeing increased vacancy and pressures on rents.  This cycle seems to be of great girth, depth and resonance.
It’s a tough one, one that has and will continue to [...]

Research Crime Statistics Around The Potential Phoenix Real Estate Investment.

One of the most frequently asked questions by investors is about any area is about crime.  We, as agents, cannot give out our opinions about crime or crime rates, but we can show you how you can easily find out.
Crime statistics, while an imperfect measurement at best, nevertheless provide some indication of the level of [...]

Investing In Small Multifamily Cannot Be Done Well Long Distance Unless…

If you’re thinking or buying a duplex, triplex or fourplex in Greater Phoenix and you are out of state and you want to manage it long distance: stop now and forget about it, because your chances of success are very low.
It’s different with a single family home, but even this you need someone to run [...]

Where Are Your Tenants? Is This Where Your Property Is?

Investing in real estate is a business and as with any business you would carefully do research on where you customers are and how to reach them.  It’s no different in real estate.
Certain parts of the valley tend to be better for investment then others.  No matter how inexpensive some property may be if there [...]

Duplexes, Triplexes, Four-plexes: An Increasingly Attractive Investment Market.

The tenant pool is increasing for the smaller apartment building properties.  These buildings tend to be a bit older with less amenities and command a lower rent.  With a lower incomes and some uncertainty vacancy rates for well marketed small multifamily properties are lower then larger complexes with offer lots of amenities but higher rent. [...]

Investment Return On An Actual Multifamily Phoenix Property

Here is an example of what can be purchased now.  This is an actual purchase of a 4 plex in Phoenix.  Since the example below is an REO property it’s all vacant – though not all REO’s are vacant, expect it.  There are additional costs for a vacant property.  We don’t  take them into account [...]

Phoenix Income Property Investment Overview

If you do not visit Phoenix Market Trends you may not have seen that we have published a few articles that may be of interest to our readers here at Arizona Apartment Investor.

With a lot of lender owned and short sale multifamily properties selling we put together some steps to help lease them [...]

Buying REO Multifamily In Phoenix Is Just Like A Normal Sale

Foreclosed multi-family, REO, Lender Owned properties.   This used to be the domain of very savvy real estate investors, but no longer. 
At least until the market changes and the sentiment changes, REO | Lender’s are simply just like any other seller, just that they are more motivated then a regular seller and they have [...]