Podcast appearances and mentions of mara poling

Send us a textMost if not all of us are happy to pay our fair share of taxes for the benefits we all receive from our cities, counties, states, and the federal government - and I can't recall meeting anyone who wants to pay more than they should. Adding real estate, specifically multifamily real estate, to your investment portfolio has significant tax advantages you will not see with more traditional investments like stocks and bonds. Join Pat to learn how multifamily real estate may lower your tax exposure - and in some instances make it completely disappear.

Send us a textGrowing demand is accelerating the imbalance in multifamily housing. Conservative estimates are for 4.3M units required over the next 10 years, with a more likely number being 5.4M. Join Pat to learn what is driving demand, and a peak at the inability for supply to respond.

Send us a textWe sincerely appreciate all the kind feedback we receive. Often it leads to a simple question, why do it? Join Pat and take a walk through the origin of The Learning Center and why Mara Poling is committed to multifamily real estate education.

Send us a textGoldilocks taught us about "fitness." The value of an item is relative to its "fit" with our purposes. Join Pat for a discussion of scale in multifamily real estate investing - just what is too big, too small, and just right.

Send us a textWhat goes into searching for and selecting a property for acquisition? Mara Poling is currently working on acquisitions - what are we looking for? Join Pat for a review of the characteristics that Mara Poling targets when searching for acquisitions.

Send us a textWhat is going on with the economy? Are we up? Down? What happens next? There are lots of questions in the minds of investors these days. Join Pat to see why Mara Poling isn't worried and the role underwriting plays in the security and stability of multifamily real estate investing.

Send us a textThe 10-year Treasury dropped again this week. Why? How does the market set that rate? And why do we care? Join Pat for some bond math and a bit of economics behind bonds, interest rates, and multifamily real estate investing.

Send us a textRents are up, across our portfolio, 4% 5% 6% or more. Why? Join Pat for a review of 3 of the reasons rents are up and what that may mean for 2025 and beyond.

Send us a textTenants think rent is not only too high but that landlords get all of it. Investors see a 6% or 8% or 10% cash return and wonder why it isn't higher. The question is, where does the rent go? Join Pat for a look at one of the assets in the Mara Poling portfolio for an analysis of all the cash items rent covers, what is left, and how to make it grow.

Send us a textTenants chose to rent for a variety of reasons. Flexibility, little to no maintenance responsibility, the ability to "test drive" a neighborhood, and economics. Just what are the economics of the rent v own decision. Join Pat for a look at two rent v own scenarios and see just what the math says.

Send us a textWhy do we believe multifamily real estate is among the most stable and secure long term investments? Join Pat for Mara Poling's answer with some data and a bit of insight from Abraham Maslow.

Send us a textWe get questions on a regular basis about Mara Poling and today we thought we would answer a few. Who is Mara? Where did Mara Poling come from? Why the 200 family limit? What happens 10, 15, 20 years from now? All these and more this week on Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling.

Send us a textWe use an underwriting tool that we have developed over decades and tens of thousands of transactions. It is powerful and large (over 18,000 lines of code). Sometimes it can feel like we are hunting flies with a howitzer. Is there a more simple way to do this? Yes. Join Pat for a discussion of a simple underwrite, based just on the essentials.

Send us a textWe spend a fair amount of time discussing the profit and loss statement, looking at vacancy, NRI and NOI and other key metrics. What about the balance sheet? Join Pat and Lauren for a discussion of four key elements of the balance sheet that Mara Poling and you may want to focus on.

Send us a textAllocating your investment portfolio across a range of asset types is a common and generally accepted practice among investors. Investments in stocks have grown dramatically over the last 5 years...as have P/E ratios. Is now a good time to rebalance? Join Pat for a look at the value of including multifamily real estate in your investment portfolio...and why now may be the time to do so.

Send us a textEver wonder where we find properties to acquire? What markets do we "hunt" in? What size asset? Age? Type? Join John and Pat for a discussion of their latest acquisition, what the targets are and why.

Send us a textYou can buy/invest in good deals during downturns and in bad deals during market highs, so why buy now? Join Pat for a review of Mara Poling's acquisition strategy and why current market and economic conditions make now the right time to buy/invest.

Send us a textWhat is ahead for multifamily in 2025? Join Pat for an overview of Mara Poling's most recent webinar - "2025 Multifamily Real Estate Outlook presented by Mara Poling" available now on The Multifamily Real Estate Channel at The Learning Center at MaraPoling.com.

Send us a textData drives our actions. Where does it come from? The Resources section of the Learning Center includes some of the inputs to our decision making process.Join the team as they walk you through some of the most valuable data sources that drive Mara Poling's investment decisions.

Send us a textWelcome to the inaugural episode of season 9 of Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling. We begin season 9 by introducing two of Mara Poling's principals, John Jones COO, and Lauren Torres CFO. Join Pat and Lauren and John for a "get to know you" chat.Future episodes this year will feature John, Lauren, and other members of the more than 70 person strong Mara Poling teamHere's to a great 2025!

Send us a textWe finish the year with a complete look at taxes for multifamily real estate investors. This episode is a companion to our recent webinar - recorded and available for viewing on the Multifamily Real Estate Channel at The Learning Center at MaraPoling.com

The second in our three part series on taxes is fair market value. What is it? Do I care? and how might it lower my tax exposure by 50% 60% 80% or more.

It's getting to be that time of year - TAXES! Join Pat for a three part series on Taxes, beginning with understanding your K1 and where it comes from.

We just returned from a week of asset tours. What were we looking at? Join Pat for a review of the two reasons to tour a property, three areas to focus on during the visit, and the big question we ask each time we tour.

Net Operating Income is the key to investing success! You've heard us say that a million times. Then why don't lenders care about it? Join Pat for a look at what lenders really care about when it comes to NOI.

How are multifamily properties insured? Tenant coverage? Limits? Deductibles? Claims? Service? Premiums? Enough to make your head spin. Join Pat for a discussion of multifamily real estate insurance and how Mara Poling optimizes coverage and costs.

A dollar isn't always a dollar. What does that mean? The purchasing power of a dollar today is more than that of a future dollar. Join Pat for a discussion of why future dollars are worth less than today dollars and how you, as a multifamily real estate investor, can use that to your benefit.

The Federal Reserve sets interest rates in the United States, right? Well, some, but overall the answer is No. Well if the Fed doesn't, then where do interest rates come from? Join Pat for a brief (people earn PhD's on this topic) discussion of Treasury Notes, the bond market, money supply, investor confidence, and the inverse relationship between bond prices to interest rates.

We are proud to provide the investing community with quality, free multifamily real estate education. Our weekly podcast, Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling, The Learning Center at MaraPoling.com where you will find the Mulitfamily Real Estate Channel and our webinar registration page.Today we announce our webinar schedule for 2025, addressing a broad range of multifamily real estate topics that we hope you find valuable. Visit the webinar page at The Learning Center at MaraPoling.com to register. Please register, even if you aren't sure you can make this particular session.  We will send all registrants an email with a link to the recording of this session, so even if you do miss the live session, you will still be able to benefit from this great topic.

Millions of investors purchase annuities every year looking for secure income over a period of time. Do you know what insurance companies do with the premiums? Join Pat for a discussion of annuities and why investors should think multifamily real estate when they hear the word annuity.

Not everyone attended our recent webinar on multifamily real estate depreciation. Join Pat this week for a quick run through 5 benefits to depreciation and how you can learn more.

Rent growth can come from a variety of sources. Value-add improvements, increases to match the market, searching to find the "true market".  A sometimes forgotten path to rent growth is mining the rent role. Join Pat and learn how Mara Poling finds value in the rent roll.

We believe if you listen carefully, the market will guide you - rent movement is a great example. What do multifamily real estate investors care about? Join Pat as he "listens to the market" and shares the top 10 topics you have all voted on with your ears (most popular podcast and webinar topics).

You've built a successful investment portfolio. Equities, fixed income, commodities and a modest real estate portfolio.....and I'm done with the real estate. Too much work at this time in my life....so, how do I get out? Join Pat for a look at three potential paths to take when the time comes to step away from active management.

Join Pat for a look at multifamily construction and supply over the last 50 years, with a special emphasis on supply by vintage (decade) and some solid data on deconstruction volumes.

There is and has been a significant shortage of housing in the US for years....or has there? One of the underpinnings of investing in multifamily real estate is the lack of new supply, especially in Class B, relative to ever increasing demand. Join Pat for a look at some of the facts around housing in the US and the answer to the question, is there really a housing shortage?

Ok, I've listened to lots of podcasts, attended some webinars, read a couple books - I am ready. How do I start? Where do I go? Join Pat as he lays out 5 ways to get started in multifamily real estate investing.

NOI, NRI, Cap Rate, IRR.....so many terms to learn.  What on earth is ARPU? Join Pat as he shares how Mara Poling uses Average Revenue Per Unit to optimize rent growth strategies.

Sorry to disappoint - this week's episode didn't survive post production. We will be back next week with a new episode. Thank you so much for your support.

Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling is all about equity investment in multifamily real estate. Cash flow, equity growth, and tax advantages. from secure stable assets - but what about debt. Join Pat for a discussion of investing in debt and when that may make sense in your portfolio.

We sincerely appreciate all the questions we receive each week about multifamily real estate. Join Pat as he walks through a few of the most recent questions, what our answers were, and how you might think about the same topics.

Data centric decision making, the foundation of underwriting, is key to making asset decisions - but........Join Pat for a "thought experiment" around the decision to buy, sell, or hold an asset.

Visiting an asset is a typical part of the acquisition process. Periodic visits also make sense as part of ongoing operations. What do you do at a visit? Join Pat as he shares the 4 key objectives he has for visits to assets in the Mara Poling portfolio.

When you invest in multifamily real estate yes you are buying a building, but really you are buying a business. Join Pat for a discussion of how this "business" mindset makes a difference in the acquisition, operations, and long term performance of your multifamily real estate investment.

Join us July 25th for our annual mid-year outlook. Register at the Learning Center at MaraPoling.com - webinars. Today Pat will take us through a sneak peek at the session and tee up some of your questions for the webinar.

We've advocated for the addition of multifamily real estate to everyone's portfolio for many years. Join Pat for an updated look at the latest performance metrics from a broad range of investments including equities (stocks), fixed income (bonds, mortgages, annuities), commodities (gold), cash, and commercial real estate - specifically multifamily real estate. We think you will agree - a well diversified portfolio contains some of all of the above - including multifamily real estate.Watch the recording of our recent webinar on Diversification on the Multifamily Real Estate Channel at the Learning Center at MaraPoling.com 

We have the three building blocks for a successful multifamily real estate investment - now what? Join Pat for a discussion of the real world application of NRI, NOI, and Cash as used by Mara Poling every day in the management of their portfolio.

The third building block to successful multifamily investing is cash. What do we mean by cash? Where does it come from? How do you calculate it? Join Pat as we answer all these questions and more about cash and multifamily real estate investing. 

Why do we do a podcast? Where did Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling come from? Where does the content come from? Why no guests? When will it end? Join Pat for the answers to these and other questions about Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling.

NOI is the second of the three building blocks to successful multifamily investing. NOI is the driver of both cash and equity growth. Join Pat for a discussion of how NRI, Other Income, and Op Ex create this financial powerhouse.