During an economic downturn and pending recession, real estate investors are poised to do well if you take the right steps. In this week’s article, we provide a guide of how you can thrive during economic uncertainty. Real estate remains the most stable investment practice during any economic downturn—make sure you’re doing everything to take advantage of upcoming opportunities to grow your cash flow.

Rising interest rates, stricter lending criteria and a pending (if not already) recession, the US continues to struggle with its monetary policies. What do you do as an investor as securing funding for your first or next property becomes harder to come by? In this article, we cover the influences of current lending trends as well as providing alternative sources for securing financing for your next deal.

Taken from the July 13, 2022, EIC Club Conversations event, Jennifer de Jesus talked about “The New Market” and how the economic environment, Federal Reserve interest rate actions and the overall market softening is opening up ample opportunities for real estate investors.

This week’s article includes tips shared on the 7/13/22 Empire Investment Club event, “Club Conversations: Sourcing Deals and Finding Off-Market Opportunities with Ronald Bowser.” Learn ways to find those hot off-market deals, especially when the market is softening and foreclosures are on the rise. You, too, can source your own deals with a little patience and the right resources.

Here’s the latest snapshot of the buzz in real estate, investing, financing and the market in general from over the past few weeks.

As a real estate investor, an up-to-date and accurately compiled pro forma is your primary tool in evaluating the income potential of an investment property. In this article, we will provide an overview of what a pro forma needs, as well as some of the common mistakes and factors you should consider in your pro forma before making any investment decision.

Easton Yards project—part two of the two-part series. In this article, Jennifer shares what she and her team did as well as learned, so the next project will be an even greater success than Easton Yards, a project with a scope Jennifer and her team had never tackled until now.

Earlier this year, a large project for the Jennifer de Jesus and Empire Property Management teams came to a happy conclusion. In this part one article, we’ll share about the Easton Yards project and how we were involved in a very successful renovation and pre-leasing of this property.

Here’s the latest snapshot of the buzz in real estate, investing, financing and the market in general from over the past few weeks.

In this week’s article, you can review notes from the June 1, 2022 Club Conversations event with Kristina Travis and Jennifer de Jesus. Jennifer and Kristina discussed best practices for improving your underperforming assets and gave real-world examples of experiences with investors and their properties. Recording is available.

In this week’s article, we provide insight and tips on how investors can improve tenant relations. Even if you are working with a property management company, it’s important to foster good communication and proactive response to property requests from your tenants. Keep the higher-quality tenants longer and protect your property’s value and appearance by prioritizing the relationship between you, your property management company and/or your tenants.

This week’s article is excerpted from a recent Club Conversations event where Jennifer de Jesus shared her experiences working with two investors who made mistakes and what you can learn. She shares one story of an unfocused flipper with unrealistic expectations and what happened on a project using a hard-money loan. The second story is about investors who were purchasing value-add properties, but didn’t have enough cash reserves to cover unexpected situations that impacted their cash flow. From these two stories, you can learn a lot about best practices when investing in real estate whether you’re flipping or buy-and-hold value-add properties.

Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton—the Lehigh Valley has its fair share of older properties—many exceed the hundred-year-old mark. The market is highly competitive for tenants and you need every advantage you have to make your investment property the most desirable. In this article, we offer up some relatively inexpensive ideas to spruce up your property’s curb appeal so an older property looks like new and grabs the eye of your ideal tenant.

Here’s the latest snapshot of the buzz in real estate, investing, financing and the market in general from over the past few weeks.

Real estate investors have more options when it comes to getting cash to invest in a real estate investment fund like the Empire Capital Fund. In this article, we provide some insight into self-directed IRAs (SDIRAs) which empower the investor to direct their funds into alternative investments, providing more flexibility and options in addition to the stock and bond market.

Using a 1031 Exchange can be a great way to reduce your tax burden on your real estate investment sales, but there are a few important tips you need to know. Each state may also have its own like-kind regulations, so make sure you’re familiar with your state’s guidelines. We have provided links to several resources as well as a high-level overview of important aspects about your 1031 Exchange.

On March 29th, Jennifer de Jesus hosted a lively EIC Club Conversations entitled, “Rehabbing Properties: What You Need to Know.” She provide six important tips on how to approach renovations—whether cosmetic or capital investments—to save time and money (and not anger tenants!). Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions live about their rehab projects so they are better prepared moving forward. Join us at a future Club Conversations to ask your important questions!

This week’s EIC article includes key takeaways from the “Analyzing Properties for Cash Flow” Club Conversations event on March 9, 2022. It includes Jennifer’s very own spreadsheet with formulas for assessing a property’s potential for cash flow as well as key takeaways from the conversation.

Here’s the latest snapshot of the buzz in real estate, investing, financing and the market in general. From Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) to 1031 Exchanges and rising interest rates, check out these recent articles we curated just for you.