The Successful Real Estate Investor

by Joseph T. Sinclair In order to be a successful real estate investor you have to have a broad background in basic real estate. Even single-family home homes when purchased or sold tend to be complex real estate transactions, and income property transactions are likely to be more complex. It’s attention to detail based on […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair Why would anyone invest in real estate unless they had a pretty good idea of what they would get returned for their investment? They wouldn’t. For that reason analyzing an investment property in a professional manner is essential to putting a real estate transaction together and closing it. Analyzing real estate […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair No buys or sells an income property without realizing certain benefits that they seek. Of course, the parties to a transaction have to be realistic. If the parties are unrealistic regarding the benefits they seeks from a real estate transaction, the potential transaction will seldom move to a closing. Consequently, the […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair A successful investment real estate depends on a foundation of four different sets of experience, skills, and expertise. Each of these is important and inseparable from the others, but it makes sense to treat them each separately to develop a good idea of what it takes for successful investing. I called […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair It will be very helpful for you to keep in mind exactly what the focus of real estate investment analysis is most of the time. You typically do analysis to assist in making an investment decision: whether to buy a specific income property or not. In other words, whether to invest […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair Different rates of return (ROI) are correlated with different degrees of risk. When you use the net operating income (NOI) to capitalize (to determine the value of) an income property, you use a real estate ROI (cap rate). Considering the world of all possible investments, a real estate investment is normally […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair Why use the standard investment real estate analysis format? For instance, suppose your investment is a duplex you will buy and rent. Does the standard income and expense statement make sense? Potential Rental Income – Vacancy and Credit Loss = Effective Rental Income + Other Income = Gross Operating Income – Operating […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair Houses are consumer items. People buy houses based not upon their commercial viability as businesses, but rather on personal preferences. Pleasantness of location, architectural style, interior decor, landscaping, neighborhood, school system, and dozens of other personal preferences figure into a person’s decision as to what residence they will purchase for their […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair What is a rent schedule? A rent schedule is simply a list of the units available in your multiunit residential building including their respective rents. Let’s look at a fourplex. In this particular fourplex the units are all the same, and they all rent for $815 a month. The rent schedule […]

by Joseph T. Sinclair There is a way to send email with attached documents securely and with proof of delivery. This particular system is better than registered snailmail, because it not only proves delivery but also proves the content that was delivered. (The proof of delivery and content is also legal evidence in court.) The […]