Dave Lindahl

Understanding Market Cycles in Real Estate Can Make You Rich.

In order to be successful in the real estate business, it is vital not only to research, but to learn and to become familiar with the current market trends. Knowing the market cycles, you as a potential buyer, can make a smart investment decision by devel... Read >

Remember the Age-Old Saying Location, Location, Location is Key to Gain Success in Real Estate.

In some areas real estate is in demand, in other areas this is not the case. The key to selling real estate is buying that real estate in a desirable location or one that will become desirable soon. If the location of a property is not desirable, selling ... Read >

Marketing Yourself in Real Estate

The first key to being successful in the area of marketing is to think positively about your abilities to buy and sell properties, and have confidence that you have the skills necessary to put successful strategies in to place to reach your goals. Remem... Read >

How to Effectively Sell a Property in a Buyers Market

Price the property to sell: When looking to sell a home or a property in today's buyers market, it is important to remember that it doesn't really matter how much you, or your realtor, think that your property is worth, it only matters how much a buyer is... Read >

Resident Portals

The proper use of resident portals combines old fashioned resident service with the latest technology. Resident portals are a fantastic way to facilitate communications with your customers. If you do not know about this innovation, it is a good time to ... Read >

Employee Training in Real Estate

Employee training is a subject that all property managers have to address. Without it, employees go their own way. Things tend towards chaos in the absence of the order that employee training lays down. Spend some time on the aspect of the business and... Read >

Hiring and Employee Retention in Real Estate

It is essential in the management of multi-family properties to hire and retain good employees. This makes the difference between an organization that stumbles through and one that really makes things work. If you pay attention to this facet of the busi... Read >

Amenities at your Multi-Family Properties

Having nice amenities at your multi-family properties brings customers. Amenities also make living at your property pleasant and a joy to come home to. They help with the original leasing and with resident retention. It makes sense to add amenities... Read >

How to maintain Resident Retention

Resident retention is an important consideration for managers of multi-family properties. It takes quite a bit of salesmanship and effort to bring in new customers. It is much easier to keep your residents happy and give them reason to stay. Your r... Read >

Make money in real estate without risking any of your own

One of the most common questions I have to field most days is how can you make money in real estate without having any money of your own and the answer I give is that if you know what you are doing that's the easiest thing in the world. That's right! ... Read >

Raising private money for real estate deals

The moment you realise you need to raise a large amount of money in order to close a real estate deal you also begin to realise the complexity of the deal itself. I have, over the years, bought houses and apartments, built a portfolio of more than 7,200 a... Read >

The making of a syndicated deal

To say these are turbulent times for real estate investors is an understatement. The major stock indices are seeing double-digit declines. Many mortgage lenders and loan institutions are now reassessing and restating their earnings and the corporate val... Read >

Syndicating Real Estate deals and making money

As a real estate investor who's come through the market I have learnt the hard way that when the market gets tough the opportunities can become more lucrative but you have to work hard to find them and even harder to make them happen. Syndicating real... Read >

Emerging markets still emerge even in tough years

True real estate gurus know that an emerging market is an area full of opportunity for big money even in bad years. This is the nature of the beast and those of us who are in the business to make money never lose sight of that fact. A recent Pricewate... Read >

Real Estate emerging markets: the fast way to instant wealth

When you need to make money fast in real estate you have to apply an old rule which says get in early, make your purchases and get out fast at the top of the wave. The ‘wave' in this case is the inevitable flood of bandwagon hoppers and supply and deman... Read >