The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings
by Steve Berges
A thorough text on multifamily acquisition: valuation, financing, due diligence, value plays and exit. Detailed and somewhat dated; the fundamentals hold.
Read it if…
you are moving from houses to apartment buildings.
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Skip it if…
you want a modern, lighter treatment.
Try instead: Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate →
Three things you will actually use
- Value follows net operating income.
- Force appreciation through operations.
- Plan the exit at entry.
Do this first
Read the valuation chapters.
Our verdict
Multifamily, thoroughly.
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