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Real estate markets across the board are tightening. In Florida especially, investors are finding not only more competition in major asset types, but also increased demand for construction materials and labor.

If you’re a multifamily investor, you’ve probably been feeling some considerable pressure affecting your investment growth. If you’re finding that your current investment strategy is no longer working for you, it may be time to consider a change.

A Data-driven Investment Strategy

Now more than ever, it’s becoming essential to delve into the data and metrics of real estate investing if you want to find a good deal. While digging into numbers may not be everyone’s idea of a good time, a data-driven approach to your investment strategy can give you an edge over market conditions.

You don’t need to be a Poindexter to factor data metrics into your investment strategy either. It’s more about being aware of — and understanding — how these external factors directly affect real estate. Tailoring your investment strategy with these in mind

About Our Guest

Neal Bawa is a real estate investor and educator. His path to multifamily investing is unique in that he did not begin as a traditional investor. With a background in finance, Neal was working for a tech company when he was tasked with overseeing the build-out and development of a new corporate campus.

After converting another commercial development into office condos, Neal fell in love with multi-tenant real estate investing. Neal was able to apply his data-driven approach to multifamily investing and has since grown to be a considerable force in multifamily acquisitions and management.

Neal is the President and COO of Financial Attunement as well as the CEO and Founder of Multifamily U.

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The new year is a time for new resolutions. For real estate investors, that means setting investment goals. Like many New Year’s resolutions though, sometimes it can be hard to put investment goals into practice. If you’re a single family investor looking to make the transition to multifamily investing, the leap can seem like a big one. However, setting practical investment goals can help you organize and plan your strategy as you make the transition.

That’s why we’re so excited to have this week’s guest back on the show! In this special live event, Rod Khleif joins us for an inspirational multifamily investing discussion and Q&A session.

For a talk on putting your multifamily investing goals into perspective, we wouldn’t want anyone other than Rod. His wealth of experience as a multifamily investor and his enthusiasm for sharing that experience makes for an inspirational and motivational event; perfect for putting your investment goals into perspective.

This episode Rod discusses his real estate journey and how, by forming practical investment goals, he was able to focus his multifamily investing strategy.

About Rod

Investor, author and real estate investing mentor, Rod Khleif, believes in the power of actionable investment goals. Setting goals for himself not only inspired him to become a successful real estate investor, they also empowered him to forge his path with a focused strategy. Since then, he has devoted much of his time to helping others realize their investment dreams.

For more from Rod, visit:

• Lifetime CashFlow Through Real Estate
• Website

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As real estate investors, sometimes what we think is a good investment strategy does not turn out quite as expected. While a single family investor may be able to stick to a strategy and adopt minimal changes, this is not usually the case for the apartment investor.

Your investment strategy should suit the deal you are making. It may become necessary to change your strategy in order to make a deal work.

While this may mean an extra headache in the short-term, a change in strategy could mean the difference between a successful investment and a failure.

Just ask Apartment Investor Kurt Westfiled

Kurt Westfield is the founder of WC Companies, an umbrella brand for his multi-service real estate investment firms.Listeners will remember Kurt’s last episode with us when he discussed his transition from single family investor to apartment investor.

This episode, we catch up with Kurt following his transition to apartment investor. He discusses how he found out early on in his career the importance of finding a winning strategy.

Apartment Investor: Finding a New Strategy

The Deal

• 14 unit apartment building
• In foreclosure
• Expedited due diligence (7 days)
• Intended to be 12 month, light fix-and-flip with capital expenses at $80-100k

The Issues

• Tenants trashed complex
• Property had suffered from neglect

Changing Strategy

• Evicted all current tenants
• Rehabbed entire property, inside and out
• Structured leasing as condo-apartment type w/ one model unit completed while construction was ongoing
• Created brand identity
• Started community engagement activities

The Results

• 3 1/2 year project, cap expenses at $400k
• Property raised market rent 60% in area
• Identified potential of revitalizing fringe market properties
• Focused on developing branded communities rather than street addresses

Kurt is still an active apartment investor, looking for multifamily deals in Tampa and Jacksonville up to 50 units. To contact Kurt with a potential deal, email him at kurt@wccompanies.com.

For any other questions or to find out more about services offered by WC Companies, visit their website.

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Florida, the dream destination. A vacationer’s paradise; the land of perennial sun and fun.

Florida has long been a favorite of vacationers. It has also been a favorite of those investing in vacation properties. Investing in vacation properties is a major market for Florida real estate investors.

We have discussed investing in vacation properties before. In ep. 39, we discussed investing in vacation properties using Airbnb, with Greg Bugay. This episode, however, focuses on the hotel market in Florida.

Who better to discuss that than Andrew Cohan?

Andrew Cohan is Managing Director for Horwath HTL, serving mainly Florida and the Caribbean. He is an expert on health and wellness resort properties and lends his expertise to determining optimum market demand for these types of properties.

This episode, Andrew discusses investing in vacation properties through branded hotels.

Miami Hotel Market

• Stronger presence of foreign capital than other FL metro areas
• International hotel brands coming to Miami
  • Edition
  • East
  • Fasano
• Miami’s Leap to Global Gateway Status – Andrew Cohan
  • Hotel transaction values have risen nearly 300 percent since early-2000s

Investing in Vacation Properties through Branded Hotels

• REITs
• Condo-hotel units

Investing in Condo-hotel Units

• Not a conventional, cap rate-type of investment
• Unit investors typically earn about 40 percent back on investment
• Owner, manager and developer of resort may be 3 separate entities
  • Investors need to know that circumstances may change over the investment’s life-time

Condo-hotel Draw for Developers

• Quick exit, high return opportunity
• Don’t have to worry about property management
  • Brand managers or non-brand managers

If you are looking to find out more about investing in vacation properties through branded hotels, you have more questions about acquiring a condo-hotel unit or you are a developer looking to transition to hotel/hospitality, you can contact Andrew directly by phone or email:

(305) 606-2898

acohan@horwathhtl.com

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