Finding Multifamily Deals in a Tight Market

Sang Mclaurin
3 min readApr 3, 2018

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There is a bigger business going on in the multifamily sector. Real estate investors look for multifamily deals because of the fact that income generated by these properties is quite bigger than other properties. The perks seem to be inviting a lot of real estate investors to consider multifamily investment as the preferred way. Even the single family investors look to move a level up here. But, the major problem now is that multifamily has become too hot market, which means that it is now offering competition more than opportunities.

Having that said, there are a few options that you can consider in order to find better multifamily deals.

On-Market Multifamily Properties

These are the properties which get purchased or sold with the help of middlemen, usually the agents or brokers. These properties usually lie in highly competitive market and are proven to have quality which the buyers or sellers would prefer the most.

And since there are a lot of people trying every possible option to acquire such property, you may not be able to get the acquisition of such properties with ease. So, the best way to acquire multifamily properties in this scenario is to look for the brokers or agents instead of looking for the properties. While this is also a tough ask, it is relatively easier than finding properties because if you end being successful in having good terms with a broker or agent, you can certainly get a number of deals closed successfully under your supervision. For this very purpose, you may have to follow up with the brokers. It may irritate you a lot but the success in having good terms is going to be beneficial in the most ideal way.

Off-market properties

Another way to start and continue well in the multifamily property investment business, you can consider looking for off-market property deals. In this scenario, you wouldn’t need services from brokers or agents but you will have to be proactive in finding the properties which would match your criteria. You may be able to find some off-market properties in this regard. If you find such properties, you can extract information about their owners from public records available at platforms like Manta.com, BBB.org, and Bizapedia.com. You can also view social profiles to find contact details of those property owners.

Remember, multifamily business these days is quite competitive. And this competition has left this department in real estate running short of opportunities. But this is also the fact that this competition has done the refinement work in order to bring skillful people on top. So, you need to make sure that you work to improve your skills in order to be successful in real estate.

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