by JT Dhoot | Dec 17, 2018 | News
The term cap rate or multiple (or some variation thereof) will sound familiar to anyone who’s tried to value a commercial property or a private business. Stakeholders such as investors, brokers, lenders and appraisers often use these seemingly simple metrics to...
by Chris Seepe | Feb 26, 2018 | News
“Landlording” author and instructor Chris Seepe is teaming with REM to publish a series of articles covering a broad spectrum of residential rental landlording topics that may not be common knowledge to the average landlord. Cap rate (CR) is arguably the most often...
by Ramona Ursu | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured
Cap rate is the short form for capitalization rate. In real estate investing you will quickly learn that cap rate is one of the most commonly referenced metrics for investment consideration. It is a simple way to assess the financial performance of an investment, but...
by Chris Seepe | Mar 6, 2015 | Featured
Real estate investors must be very careful about purchasing an investment property under a five-per-cent cap rate, at which many retail plazas and multifamily properties are currently trading, with a down payment of 25 per cent or less. Companies with deep pockets...