How to Analyze Multifamily the Right Way: Avoid These Three Rookie Mistakes
Summary: Great multifamily underwriting starts with realistic assumptions. This blog reveals three rookie errors investors must avoid in 2026. Multifamily investing has become increasingly attractive as cap rates rise, pricing softens, and long-term financing remains favorable. But even as more investors transition from single-family into multifamily, many approach underwriting with assumptions that simply don’t hold […]
Institutional Ownership in Single-Family Housing: What Real Estate Investors Should Know
Summary: This blog explains the true scope of institutional ownership in single-family housing, separating media hype from data and investor impact. Institutional ownership in the single-family and small multifamily housing market has become an increasingly visible topic in public discourse. Headlines often suggest that large Wall Street-backed firms are rapidly acquiring housing stock and crowding […]
How Appraisal Transfers Help Real Estate Investors Save Time, Money, and Deals
Summary: Stuck with a slow lender? This blog shows how an appraisal transfer can rescue your timeline and save your deal. If you’re an investor trying to close a DSCR Rental loan, time is everything. The market moves fast, but traditional lenders? Not always. Maybe you’ve already paid for an appraisal, but your lender is […]
$200B Agency MBS Injection Creates Temporary Shift in Mortgage Market Dynamics
Summary: A surprise policy-driven development just altered mortgage rate trends. Learn how this temporary shift impacts investor strategy in 2026. As the year began, expectations across the housing industry were largely aligned. Mortgage rates remained elevated, affordability pressures persisted, and many analysts anticipated a slower spring buying season driven by cautious consumer sentiment and economic […]
The Rise of Manufactured Home Investing as a 2026 Strategy
Summary: This blog explores why manufactured home investing is gaining momentum in 2026, driven by affordability, low supply, and stable cash flow. Manufactured home communities have long lived in the shadows of more mainstream asset classes. But in a market defined by affordability challenges, shifting demographics, and constrained housing supply, that’s starting to change. More […]
What’s a Good Cap Rate? It Depends – Here’s Why
Summary: Wondering what’s a good cap rate? This blog breaks down how to evaluate cap rates in context across markets and asset classes. Cap rates are one of the most commonly referenced metrics in real estate investing, and one of the most misunderstood. Investors often ask, “What’s a good cap rate?” expecting a quick, one-size-fits-all […]
When Is the Best Time to Buy a Rental Property?
Summary: Wondering if now is the right time to buy? This blog breaks down buyer vs. seller markets, rental demand, and funding strategies. Rental properties have long been a vehicle for building lasting wealth, but timing matters. If you’re asking, “Is now a good time to buy investment property?” the real answer depends on a […]
Is the Single-Family vs. Multifamily Debate Finally Flipping?
Summary: This blog explores why multifamily cap rates have now surpassed single-family in many markets, reshaping investor strategy heading into 2026. For more than two decades, multifamily properties consistently traded at lower cap rates than single-family rentals. Investors paid a premium for multifamily because it came with better debt, greater scale, and perceived stability. Single-family […]
What the Fed’s $29 Billion Liquidity Move Means for Real Estate Investors
Summary: Federal Reserve liquidity moves are reshaping real estate finance; this blog breaks down what tighter capital means for leveraged investors. On October 31, 2025, the Federal Reserve injected $29.4 billion into the banking system. It’s the largest single-day repo operation in more than 20 years. This wasn’t quantitative easing. It was an emergency liquidity […]
The New Multifamily Sweet Spot: Why 5–50 Units May Be the Best Play in 2026
Summary: This blog explores why small multifamily investing (specifically 5–50 unit properties) offers better returns, scale, and financing opportunities in 2026. For years, large multifamily properties were treated as the pinnacle of real estate investing. Institutions favored them because they could deploy large sums of capital quickly, even if that meant accepting lower yields. Meanwhile, […]
