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NOI: A Guide to the Most Important Metric Commercial Real Estate
April 10, 2025
Introduction to NOI in Real Estate In commercial real estate, clarity beats complexity. Net Operating Income (NOI) is one of the most reliable ways to measure how well an asset is performing. NOI in real estate strips down top-line revenue to its operational core. Still, “What is NOI in real estate?” is a question asked…
How In-House Property Management Boosts Our Private Investment Results
There Is No “Secret Sauce” After nearly two decades of experience, one thing is clear: there’s no secret sauce to successful multifamily property management. Since 2006, we’ve managed heartland housing assets through economic cycles, construction delays, and literal fires. The formula isn’t magic—it’s execution. Here’s how we eventually decided to use in-house property management to…
Multifamily Deferred Maintenance: Watch Out, The Devastating Scary Mistakes That Taught a Profitable Lesson
One defining characteristic of Midwest multifamily housing stock is its age. The long decline in manufacturing employment that began in the 1970s resulted in almost no new multifamily housing construction for nearly 30 years. Decades of development have left the Midwest multifamily housing stock heavily skewed toward 1960s and 1970s vintage construction—making multifamily deferred maintenance…