What is the likelihood of a real estate investment being profitable? Many investors ponder this question and use metrics like the cap rate to determine their odds. Knowing the cap rate can help you ...

Investing in real estate can be a tricky prospect, so it makes sense to try to determine how profitable a given property is likely to be. That's where the capitalization rate comes into play. The ...

Cap rate and yield are both important metrics used in commercial real estate investing to assess the potential return on an investment property, but they serve slightly different purposes and provide ...

In the apartment investing industry, our return on investment, assuming we purchase the building in full with cash, is known as a capitalization rate, more commonly known as the cap rate. A cap rate ...

We’ve all heard the saying, “The number one rule in real estate investing is to never lose money.” So, as a real estate investor, how can you ensure you make the right investments? Well, it all starts ...

It would take a multifamily buyer roughly 26 years to make their money back on a property acquisition in San Francisco at today’s pricing. In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the breakeven time shrinks to 16 ...

Property tax levy growth for school districts will be capped at .12 percent above current levels for the 2016-17 fiscal year, according to data released by Thomas P. DiNapoli, state comptroller. The ...

Sure, if you choose the right place. By Michael Kolomatsky Owning a rental property at the beach can be a good investment — but how good, and to what extent does that depend on where it is? Vacasa, a ...