Part 2 – “Once Starbucks enters the neighborhood, it’s already too late.” Differentiating between lagging and leading indicators of neighborhood transition.
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Anticipating Gentrification: Are You Already Too Late?
Part 1 – Of all places, lessons from Chicago? Believe it or not, the city of Chicago is an excellent subject for the study of gentrification. Gentrification doesn’t require population growth . . .
Navigating Denver’s RiNo District
Denver’s River North Art District, RiNo for short, offers lessons for real estate investors across the country about the importance of street art and eclectic design in attracting new residents into a formerly blighted neighborhood.
Valuing Apartments Using Projected Rents …
With apartment rents experiencing strong growth over the past five years, a sometimes-controversial method is being used to value many of the properties that are currently being sold. Are you foolishly buying the future, or deftly profiting from hidden value?
Navigating Colorado’s Front Range Urban Corridor
Colorado’s Front Range Urban Corridor has the ability to become one of America’s most successful regions in the first half of this 21st Century. Why is the region thriving? Will it fulfill this potential?
The Missing Middle
Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is a moderately dense missing-middle Mecca which pre-dates modern parking requirements and is anti-fragile to traffic congestion
Solving A Valuation Puzzle
Part 2 – Not All That Glitters Is Gold. Although quite an unusual transaction, the sale of the Luther View Apartments in Pacific Beach, CA offers multiple lessons for apartment investors. Adding value with a properly executed multi-party bidding process. The importance of selecting the right buyer. How broker-client brainstorming over tactical options added value.
Solving A Valuation Puzzle
Part 1 – “Well, I guess it’s a bummer to be you today!” The sale of the Luther View Apartments, while unique, provides multiple lessons for apartment investors about valuation and marketing strategies. Against the odds, the hard truth snatches success from the jaws of failure. Adding value through financial modelling.
Prosperity’s Path: Information for Successful Real Estate Investing
Part 4 – Here are the final selections from the Prosperity’s Path reading list, created for real estate investors who want to build wealth, and avoid losing it all during ever-recurring market corrections.
Prosperity’s Path: Information for Successful Real Estate Investing
Part 3 – Human Behavior & Market Cycles Are we really rational about our investments? Really? Understand the basis of your success so you repeat the right behaviors and avoid costly traps. How to prepare yourself for opportunity by studying past speculative bubbles