Multifamily Real Estate Investing
Learn the keys to multifamily real estate investing success from our veteran asset managers and real estate experts. Join Pat, John, and Lauren each week and learn how to earn cash income and create wealth with a secure, stable multifamily real estate investment. Don’t forget to catch up on past seasons of Multifamily Real Estate Investing presented by Mara Poling. Check out The Learning Center at MaraPoling.com to register for live webinars taking a deeper dive into all these great subjects.
Episodes
364 episodes
Goldilocks and the Three Classes of Multifamily Real Estate presented by Mara Poling
Reaching back into our archives we visit one of our most popular episodes - Goldilocks and the Three Classes of Multifamily Real Estate. Every wonder what an A is ? or a C? and why we invest in B? Then join Pat for a look back at one of our mos...
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Season 9
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Episode 25
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32:01
Earnings for Both You and Your Estate presented by Mara Poling
As an investor, do I focus on earnings, cash flow for my retirement? or growth for my estate? Join Pat for a discussion of how multifamily real estate can provide income for your retirement and serve as a cornerstone of your estate plan.
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Season 9
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Episode 24
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24:39
ARPU Growth - Vacancy v Rent presented by Mara Poling
As multifamily real estate investors we want to grow average revenue per unit (ARPU). Lower vacancy rates with stable rents generate higher revenue...and...higher rents with stable vacancy also generate higher revenues. Which is better? Join Pa...
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Season 9
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Episode 23
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30:16
The Highest Return Investment Ever - Education presented by Mara Poling
Fortunes have been made, and some lost, investing in stocks, bonds, gold, even real estate. But never has anyone lost money improving their knowledge and experience as an investor. No where is this more true than Multifamily Real Estate. Join P...
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Season 9
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Episode 22
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27:38
Stats, What Do the Numbers Say About Multifamily Real Estate presented by Mara Poling
How many households rent? Who rents? How much do they spend on rent? Join Pat for a discussion of the most current multifamily rental data for 2025.
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Season 9
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Episode 21
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29:08
Taxes, One More Reason to Add Multifamily Real Estate to Your Investment Portfolio presented by Mara Poling
Most 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...
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Season 9
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Episode 20
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28:24
Growing Demand for Apartment Units presented by Mara Poling
Growing 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 in...
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Season 9
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Episode 19
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30:40
Why All the Free Education presented by Mara Poling
We 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.
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Season 9
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Episode 18
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30:32
What is the "Right" Scale presented by Mara Poling
Goldilocks 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.
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Season 9
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Episode 17
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28:37
Target Characteristics and Why presented by Mara Poling
What 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 acquisit...
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Season 9
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Episode 16
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30:51
What, Me Worry? I Have Underwriting presented by Mara Poling
What 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...
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Season 9
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Episode 15
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32:24
Bond Rates and Why We Care presented by Mara Poling
The 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.
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Season 9
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Episode 14
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30:32
Rents Are Up presented by Mara Poling
Rents 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.
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Season 9
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Episode 13
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32:39
Where Does The Rent Go presented by Mara Poling
Tenants 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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 12
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34:28
The Economics of Renting presented by Mara Poling
Tenants 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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 11
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29:40
Food and Shelter presented by Mara Poling
Why 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.
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Season 9
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Episode 10
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23:52
Who Is Bill and Other Questions presented by Mara Poling
We 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 Mu...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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20:48
Simple Underwriting presented by Mara Poling
We 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...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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32:55
Four Key Elements of the Balance Sheet presented by Mara Poling
We 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 Ma...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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31:50
Time to Rebalance presented by Mara Poling
Allocating 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 reba...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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25:24
Acquisition Targets presented by Mara Poling
Ever 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.
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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30:48
Why Buy Now presented by Mara Poling
You 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/in...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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29:24
2025 Multifamily Outlook presented by Mara Poling
What 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 a...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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15:21
Multifamily Data Resources presented by Mara Poling
Data 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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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27:58
Introducing Lauren and John presented by Mara Poling
Welcome 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 fo...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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33:17