This interesting article addresses some of the key issues regarding apartments. A careful reading of this material could make a big difference in how you think about apartments.

Selling real estate rentals isn’t like selling houses. You can paint a house, and get a little more because it looks nice. Rental properties, especially larger ones, are different, because they’re bought by investors, who look at income more than new paint. Raise the income, and you increase value to investors. Time to learn about capitalization rates. If investors in your area expect a capitalization rate of .08 it means they want a net return (before loan payments and taxes) of …

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