Stay Away From Myths of the HOA
by Craig Markhardt, NMLS #7026 President, CAM Companies, LLC Home Owner's Associations (HOA's) have become an increasingly common term heard by home buyers during the normal course of business of a real estate transaction. Most buyers tell me that they dislike HOA's,...
Gen Y Breaking Barriers to Urban Home Ownership in Sioux Falls
September 21, 2018 – Craig Markhardt, NMLS 7026 Downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota has been growing in popularity and population even before I first moved to a warehouse loft there almost ten years ago. Back then, opportunities to own single family residences did not...
Why Multifamily Investment Makes Sense
Multifamily Market Overview The demand for rental accommodation continues to significantly outpace supply. The current status quo is that rental housing supply is falling short by hundreds of thousands of units each year across the United States. This situation,...
Multi-Family Property Classifications and Your Investment Strategy
What is meant by the multi-family property classifications A, B, C, and D? In investment terms which of these property types are classified as core assets and which can be considered core-plus assets? If you are looking to pursue a conservative investment strategy or...
Investing in Real Estate vs. the Stock Market
Of the two types of investing, investing in stocks and shares seems on the surface to be more accessible to many than the world of property investment. So, why would you consider investing in real estate? Both types of investment have their pros and cons but the...