The Six Ways a Property Actually Makes You Money Here’s something worth thinking about before you make your next move. Most investors have built their whole strategy around one lever: appreciation. The market goes up, the property goes up with it, and that gets called a strategy. For a long stretch of the last cycle, …
Why buying commercial real estate now beats buying at the last decade’s peak The 2022–2024 reset did something markets rarely do: it cleared the field. Institutions paused. Bridge lenders tightened. Retail investors froze. What’s left is the best entry point for private capital in the $1M–$20M CRE market in over a decade — and it’s …
PART III — WHAT SANTA ANA’S OWNERS LEARNED THE HARD WAY The Warning from Next Door Santa Ana’s rent control ordinance has been in force since November 2021 — long enough to produce a documented record of what ownership looks like on the other side of passage. That record is not composed of projections. It is institutional …
A realistic assessment of what is possible in 2026, what is probable by 2030, and what Santa Ana’s experience tells every Anaheim property owner right now. Yesterday in part 1 of our 4 part series, we went over the legislation currently being discussed in Anaheim – and its similiarity to initiatives passed in Santa Ana. …
A realistic assessment of what is possible in 2026, what is probable by 2030, and what Santa Ana’s experience tells every Anaheim property owner right now. (Part 1 of a 4 Part Series) Anaheim is not Santa Ana. Not yet. But the machinery that delivered rent control to Orange County’s second-largest city is now running …
Why rising operating costs—not interest rates—are quietly reshaping California portfolios Centennial Advisers Operating expenses on California multifamily assets are rising faster than rental income—and for many owners, the gap is now large enough to materially compress returns. For a $20M portfolio, even a 10–15% increase in operating costs can translate into a six-figure reduction in …