The Best Partner May Not Bring the Most Money
September 9, 2026
By Cynthia Trammell Imagine two people sitting across the table from you. The first can write a very large check. The second brings less money,
By Cynthia Trammell Imagine two people sitting across the table from you. The first can write a very large check. The second brings less money,
By Cynthia Trammell A property can make money and still be a bad investment for your life. That sentence would have bothered me earlier in
By Cynthia Trammell A newer investor can spend hours trying to figure out whether a property qualifies for a loan. What is the NOI? Will
By Cynthia Trammell There is something about real estate that makes people want to make it complicated. Maybe complexity feels more sophisticated. A bigger spreadsheet
By Cynthia Trammell There is a particular kind of discouragement that shows up when you spend enough time around real estate investors. Someone just closed
By Cynthia Trammel Before you own multifamily, a rent roll is mostly a document. You look at the units, rents, lease dates, deposits, occupancy, and
By Cynthia Trammell There is a strange moment in real estate when you realize the property you have spent hours studying is not going to
A beginner walks into a multifamily investing webinar expecting to leave with a clear framework. An hour and a half later, they’ve heard the words
Most investors who are stuck aren’t stuck because they don’t have enough information. They’re stuck because they’ve been in “learning mode” for six months —
By Cynthia Trammell One of the easiest mistakes to make in multifamily is handing over the keys and, without realizing it, handing over the thinking