April, 2026
Our apartment investing industry has shaken a lot of people out. They couldn’t get started buying apartments, or they bought something and it lost money. Some extremely competent people have had these experiences. The market over the last three years has been brutal. Multifamily assets have declined more in this down cycle than in the […]
March, 2026
We’re never ready for Black Swan events, but here we are. We’ve finally recovered from Covid, don’t have to wear our masks everywhere, eviction moratoriums are gone, and finally got coffee bean grinders back at Costco (well, some of them). And now, another one. No one could have anticipated the start of the current Mideast […]
January, 2026
Podcasts have firmly arrived as their own genre. Even widely known TV newscasters, hosts, and commentators. It used to be they’re on TV for awhile, they get fired, then they’re on TV again at another network. Now they start their own podcast and make money off it. I focus in on real estate podcasts, and […]
December, 2025
The opportunities I see today are with large apartment complexes, over $10M in valuation, newer builds, 90’s or newer, class B and A, and in growing markets, and that includes places that would not have been on my list just a year ago. Most people think this is what everyone wanted a few short years […]
November, 2025
Is a 1031 exchange worth the effort and risk? I plan to sell a property that I bought as a 1031 exchange. It will be sold with a capital gain – if the market doesn’t collapse. Then I’ll invest the equity in another property, my replacement property. I won’t owe any taxes on those gains […]
October, 2025
I’ve had massive learnings from 15 years of owning multifamily assets, 10 years of syndicating. Anyone who sticks it out for more than a few years does. But the learnings that have brought me the best outcomes weren’t the how-to’s, they were the experiences with people. Will this person do what I need them to […]
September, 2025
Recoveries take a long time. Not like crises. A crisis may have been building up for a long time but very few of us have the insight to know it’s coming. It just happens – all of a sudden. The 2008 “great recession”? The Lehman Brothers collapse was the first indisputable indicator, but of course […]
August, 2025
Trying to buy your first multifamily property may seem like applying for a CEO position when you’re just out of school, but it’s not. Don’t underestimate your abilities but also don’t underestimate the time and commitment needed. If you don’t have the funds to straight up buy a property, you still have options. Here are […]
May, 2025
Always hunting! At Cardinal Oak Investments we have been searching for potential acquisitions. We have had Letters of Intent out to sellers, some even accepted, and a few under contract, but none got further than that. If you’re a qualified investor with us, you haven’t seen deals from us for that reason. The economic, social, […]
April, 2025
Tariffs on Canada mean higher lumber prices. Tariffs on Southeast Asia mean higher prices for fixtures, appliances, and cabinets. We won’t just start producing those things in the U.S. That takes years of expansion. It also takes a firm belief on the part of manufacturers that high tariffs are here to stay. And they aren’t. […]