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REITs or Syndications?

REITs and syndications immediately come to mind for passive real estate investors. But what’s the difference between the two? Here in this blog we explain 7 biggest differences between a REIT and a real estate syndication: Number of Assets, Ownership, Access to Invest, Investment Minimums, Liquidity, Tax Benefits and Returns.

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Risks of Multifamily Investing

I’d personally contribute Operational Risk and Debt & Financing Risk to be the main reasons for a multifamily property to default. And if we have an experienced syndicator who would be able to manage properties efficiently and forecast the market properly, and a deal that we could minimize the debt & financing risk, the likelihood of default is slim.

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Multifamily Investment updates (DFW)– Oct 2023

We are having a multifamily recession. MF values have declined 20% and remained below that level more than two quarters. In this blog post, we are discussing the latest market updates for DFW multifamily investing.

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SYNDICATION VS. JOINT VENTURE

Many property investors today, both new and experienced, choose to invest through either a joint venture or a syndicate. In this article we discuss these two primary structures for acquiring and managing multifamily properties.

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MULTIFAMILY UNDERWRITING IN 7 STEPS

Multifamily is one of the most popular asset classes in commercial real estate. In this article, we’ll break down multifamily underwriting into seven steps, so that you will see what the process of multifamily underwriting actually looks like in practice. Eventually through underwriting you can determine if it’s a good deal or not.

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WHY INVEST WITH US IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS

At White Pagoda Group, our MFHs deals usually exit in 3-5 years with cash on cash return at least 7%. We aim to achieve an internal rate of return of minimum 15% and double your time in 5 years.

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2023 FORECAST in DFW real estate!

We are exploring the economy forecast of year 2023 and how it will impact our regional economy in DFW area along with its impact on DFW real estate. We expect the economy to be somewhere between soft landing and 2.5% GDP growth. That translates into 0.19% – 3.61% home price increase in DFW area.

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