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Fixed Rate vs. Floating Rate Loans – What Real Estate Investors Need To Know

If you’re financing a commercial real estate deal with debt, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is whether to go with a fixed-rate loan or a floating-rate loan. While this might seem like a relatively small decision in the grand scheme of things, this can have a huge impact on the performance […]

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3 Things New Multifamily Investors Miss [& Why They Matter]

Multifamily is one of the most popular asset classes in commercial real estate, in large part because it’s very understandable. While most people haven’t signed a 5-year restaurant lease or committed to an office space for their company, most people have rented an apartment and can wrap their heads around these properties. But even […]

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The 4-Part Formula To Succeed [Fast] in CRE

For people who want to succeed in commercial real estate as quickly as possible, there’s a pretty predictable formula you can follow to make that happen. And in this post, we’ll walk through four things you can do to drastically speed up your career progress, and how each of these things can help you […]

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Real Estate Private Equity Technical Interview Questions To Prepare For

Technical questions during the interview process are becoming more and more common in commercial real estate, and these can be extremely difficult to answer if you don’t come in prepared. And while these questions usually don’t require complex mental math, there are a few concepts and key terms you’ll want to make sure to […]

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How To Answer The “Walk Me Through Your Resume” Question in a Real Estate Interview

It’s extremely likely that you’ll be asked the “walk me through your resume” question at some point during the real estate interview process, and in my opinion, this is a really good thing. If you answer this question correctly, this can be a huge opportunity to shape the narrative around your background, your qualifications, […]

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The Good [& Bad] of Real Estate Acquisitions

Acquisitions is one of the most popular career paths in commercial real estate, and it’s pretty easy to see why that’s the case. The pay in this part of the industry can be really good, the day-to-day work experiences you’ll have are challenging and exciting, and for people who want to build their own […]

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4 Underrated Ways To Prepare For a Real Estate Interview

When preparing for a real estate interview, a lot of people focus most on being able to talk through their background and getting ready for potential technical questions, but there are a few things I find are very commonly overlooked when it comes to this process. These things can put you significantly ahead of […]

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The Top 3 Mistakes New Real Estate Investors Make (& How To Avoid Them)

When you’re first starting out in commercial real estate, avoiding big mistakes is a lot more important than trying to hit home runs, and the stakes are really high when you get to these price points. This is true if you’re starting as an analyst and working for a bigger company, but this is […]

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What REALLY Drives Real Estate Cap Rates [& Why]

There are a lot of different factors that play into real estate cap rates, and with changes to this metric directly impacting property values, knowing how these factors come into play is extremely important. So in this post, we’ll talk through two of the biggest drivers of cap rates in the commercial real estate […]

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Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) Explained [Real Estate]

The debt service coverage ratio is a very simple formula, but this one metric can have a very big impact on commercial real estate investors. While it’s pretty easy to look up the definition of this term online, there isn’t much information out there on how the DSCR is actually applied in a real […]

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