3 Ways to Reposition Your Multifamily Property

<h1>3 Ways to Reposition Your Multifamily Property</h1>Author: <a title="Lance Edwards" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/lance-edwards/174018.htm">Lance Edwards</a> Are you trying to figure out a way to raise the rent on your multifamily apartment property? You can raise rents through a process called repositioning. Whenever you buy a property and make improvements or repairs or convert a property from a Class D to a Class C or a Class C to a Class B, you are repositioning. There are three ways you can reposition your multifamily apartment property.1. Cosmetic: You are likely to hear some vernacular in the industry like "putting lipstick on a pig". This refers to things like painting or landscaping and anything else that is non-structural in nature.2. Complete Rehab and facelift: This option is more involved. You can put in all new appliances and new carpet on the vacant units and completely rehab it so some of the stuff looks new. The rehab does not necessarily change the class that the property is in. For instance, if you have a Class C multifamily apartment property that was built in the 60's, it will still be a Class C after you rehab it.3. Put new management in place: If you buy a distressed property that has a 70% occupancy rate and has an existing manger, the first thing you want to do is fire the manager because he probably has bad habits. If you are serious about what you are doing, you want to put new guidelines in place. Clean house and replace the apartment property manager because that is the first step to raising rents and increasing the occupancy.There might be a contract in place with the apartment property manager but most have a 30- or 60- day out clause for both parties so you would have to give notice. Management contracts are usually pretty flexible.The first thing you want to do when repositioning is to remove the bad tenants because they are dragging down your property. Other tenants in the complex know who the bad tenants are. You want to get rid of the bad tenants so you can create a family-friendly environment. You want your tenants to feel safe and secure.Even if the bad tenant is paying his rent on time, you still want to remove him because he is bringing down the rest of the apartment property.Repositioning offers you a way to raise the rent on your apartment property. You can either go "all out" and completely rehab the property or go with the less intensive changes of cosmetic improvements or management restructuring. Be sure to carefully evaluate which option is best suited for your investing needs. About the Author: Think you need big cash and experience to do apartments? Well, Lance Edwards is living proof that you can start with multifamily investing - just like he did and using none of his own money. Utilizing the multifamily apartment strategies he now teaches and writes about, Lance retired from his job in July, 2005. For more information on how you can achieve financial freedom using other people's money, visit <A href="http://www.apartmentwealthmachine.com/"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ApartmentWealthMachine.com">http://www.ApartmentWealthMachine.com</a></A>
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Are you trying to figure out a way to raise the rent on your multifamily apartment property? You can raise rents through a process called repositioning. Whenever you buy a property and make improvements or repairs or convert a property from a Class D to a Class C or a Class C to a Class B, you are repositioning. There are three ways you can reposition your multifamily apartment property.

1. Cosmetic: You are likely to hear some vernacular in the industry like "putting lipstick on a pig". This refers to things like painting or landscaping and anything else that is non-structural in nature.

2. Complete Rehab and facelift: This option is more involved. You can put in all new appliances and new carpet on the vacant units and completely rehab it so some of the stuff looks new. The rehab does not necessarily change the class that the property is in. For instance, if you have a Class C multifamily apartment property that was built in the 60's, it will still be a Class C after you rehab it.

3. Put new management in place: If you buy a distressed property that has a 70% occupancy rate and has an existing manger, the first thing you want to do is fire the manager because he probably has bad habits. If you are serious about what you are doing, you want to put new guidelines in place. Clean house and replace the apartment property manager because that is the first step to raising rents and increasing the occupancy.

There might be a contract in place with the apartment property manager but most have a 30- or 60- day out clause for both parties so you would have to give notice. Management contracts are usually pretty flexible.

The first thing you want to do when repositioning is to remove the bad tenants because they are dragging down your property. Other tenants in the complex know who the bad tenants are. You want to get rid of the bad tenants so you can create a family-friendly environment. You want your tenants to feel safe and secure.

Even if the bad tenant is paying his rent on time, you still want to remove him because he is bringing down the rest of the apartment property.

Repositioning offers you a way to raise the rent on your apartment property. You can either go "all out" and completely rehab the property or go with the less intensive changes of cosmetic improvements or management restructuring. Be sure to carefully evaluate which option is best suited for your investing needs.

Think you need big cash and experience to do apartments? Well, Lance Edwards is living proof that you can start with multifamily investing - just like he did and using none of his own money. Utilizing the multifamily apartment strategies he now teaches and writes about, Lance retired from his job in July, 2005. For more information on how you can achieve financial freedom using other people's money, visit http://www.ApartmentWealthMachine.com

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