Investing in Apartment Buildings Interview with Matthew Martinez

Patrick Riddle — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:46:02 +0000

My focus as a real estate investor and niche for my company has always been single family homes . . . but, I do have to say that there’s definitely some very appealing characteristics to investing in apartment buildings.

For instance, when you own a single family home and it’s vacant, how much income are you receiving? Zero, not one penny. Nothing! When you own an apartment building (or just a multifamily property in general), when you have a vacant unit, you still have income from all the other units. And if you’ve been in the landlording business for very long, you quickly realize that vacancy is one of the biggest profit destroyers you have to continually combat.

Even though my niche has been single family homes, I did purchase a couple small apartment buildings years ago. I bought a 4 unit and 6 unit apartment building in Clemson, South Carolina my first year as an investor. The seller lived in Charleston (right down the road from me) and actually called one of my “We Buy Houses” Bandit signs. He just wanted out, and I wound up structuring a 100% owner financed deal to buy the properties . . . how about that!

Anyway, I’m no expert in buying apartment buildings but get tons of questions on the subject. Sooooo, I decided to go find an expert to interview so that we could learn more about investing in apartment buildings.

His name is Matthew Martinez. He is the author of 2 Years to a Million in Real Estate and Investing in Apartment Buildings. This guy is the real deal!

Matthew founded one of the largest real estate investment groups in the country, Landlord and Investor Group, is an AOL money/real estate coach, and CNN called him a “tycoon in the making!”

We are fortunate that he made himself available to share some of his extensive knowledge and experience with us. So Matthew, a Big Thank You goes out from myself and all the readers here at Must Know Investing!

OK, let’s get down to business.

Here are a few of the things Matthew covers . . .

= > 3 Biggest Challenges to Getting Started

= > What to do About the Plight of the Middle Class

= > Is the Time Right to Start Investing in Apartments?

= > The Best Way to Get Educated and Lock Up Your First Deal

= > How to Buy Apartments Even Without an Abundance of Cash or Credit

= > And Much More!! . . .

Below is the download link for the interview. It’s about 45 minutes long. Set aside time right now!! to download and listen to the valuable insights Matthew has shared with us!

**Click Here to Download Investing in Apartment Buildings Interview**

Now, if you are serious about wanting to invest in apartment buildings, go check out his website, and sign up for his free newsletter. He gives out some awesome free content that you won’t want to miss.

Thanks again Matthew! We appreciate it!

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Investing in Apartment Buildings Interview with Matthew Martinez