Education
Informational content focusing on real estate investing.
Gray Capital vs REITs
A REIT is an easy way to get into investing in real estate, but it lacks some of the key benefits of commercial real estate ownership that have led Gray Capital to invest in multifamily real estate via the private syndication...
Raising Capital
Raising capital can seem like a daunting task, but working hard with a systematized approach can make the process much less intimidating.
Oh The Places You’ll Know: Secondary and Tertiary Real Estate Markets
There are clear reasons why many investors and institutions choose to only invest in the primary or gateway markets of L.A., Boston, Chicago, D.C., San Francisco, and New York City. There is steady demand, the infrastructure for development is readily available,...
Cash on Cash and Net Operating Income (NOI)
Net Operating Income (NOI) Net Operating Income (NOI) is one of the many figures used to evaluate a potential investment and measure the ongoing performance and value of an asset. Just like the other real estate metrics we have explained on this blog, NOI should not...
Emotions and Investing
I hope everyone is continuing to stay happy, healthy, and hopefully you’re making some awesome investments and some really smart decisions. You’re growing your net worth. You’re creating some passive income with real estate. You’re taking...
IRR and NPV: Demystified
Below is a mathematical formula for calculating the Internal Rate of Return: Much in the same way that “Fissure an oblong orb from a domestic fowl” is a long and complicated way of saying “Crack an egg,” the formula for IRR is a complicated way of writing a...
How to Co-GP Your First Multifamily Project and Accelerate Your Investment Career
Are you ready to co-gp your first real estate syndication? Are you interested in multi-family investment syndication and understand that doing the larger deals with larger apartment buildings is the more efficient investment vehicle and the smarter way to...
How Do Cap Rates Work?
Understanding how cap rates work is critical to evaluating real estate investments and the strategies that guide them. It’s not enough to just know that buying a high cap rate asset should produce more cash flow than a lower cap rate, which isn’t...
