Archive for Investment Financing

From High Returns To Bad Leases: Recent Investment Articles.

Leasing is an important part of any real estate investment.  It that an understatement!  It is your business in the rental property sector.  The property is but a vehicle with it’s own benefits, but it is the tenants that provide the income, the cash flow so managing that part of the business, well, is crucial. [...]

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 [...]

Financing A Phoenix Multi-family Investment In Your Self-Directed IRA

One of the benefits of investing in real estate is leverage.  When used properly leverage will increase your return even in a low to non appreciating market. 

Obtaining financing for a self directed IRA real estate purchase is a bit different then a normal purchase.  First and foremost the loan [...]

Multifamily Financing: Positive Leverage

Positive leverage: use of borrowed funds that increases the return on an investment.

Leverage is like ice cream.  It’s good until your mouth freezes and you can’t sense the taste anymore at which point it’s just a filler.  Leverage is in part what gives real estate such wealth building potential.  You put in only a portion [...]

Financing Residential Multifamily Properties in Phoenix.

Financing multifamily properties has been and is difficult but it can be done. It’s hard enough to get people qualified for owner occupied home loans. Part of the reason for is multifamily or any investment real estate for that matter is riskier for the lender. If you have to make a choice on skipping payments [...]

Seller Financed Small Multifamily Properties in Phoenix

There are about 80 multifamily properties on the ARMLS but more in on the open market where the owner is willing to carry the not: these range from a $30,000 fix up to a larger $16,000,000 property and anything in-between.
In the current market where most lenders are overly cautious or with out funds sellers are [...]

The Basics: What Is A Short Sale? Should You Do It With Your Multifamily House?

A short sale is the term used when you sell your home but actually receive less for it than what you owe to your mortgage company. It is also called a pre-foreclosure sale, because this is generally the only time that this kind of sale is conducted or allowed. The ’short sale’ term fits well [...]

Residential Multifamily Sales Update 2-4 unit in Greater Phoenix

Residential multifamily refers to 2-4 units properties or multifamily properties financed by residential financing like Fannie Mae. 
In July 12 such properties, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes sold.  See an analysis just for fourplexes in Greater Phoenix. 
 

There are 44 pending properties or properties that have found a prospective buyer.  Since the buying process of a small income [...]

Phoenix Commercial Property Lending: A Primer.

When we plan to buy a commercial property we must keep in mind that there are significant differences between the most common transaction on the market – single family residence, and multi family building, or a commercial site.
Generally we can distinguish two kinds of commercial property.
First type is income producing, and the other is an [...]

Ten Commercial Phoenix Real Estate Terms You Should Know

Whether you own or rent your office space, property costs are one of the largest business overhead expenses. That’s why it’s important to comprehend the full ramifications of taking over the title to a property or entering into a lease agreement. Before you sign a lease, work with a commercial real estate broker with a [...]

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