Portfolio Realty Investment Property Group

Experts in Investment Property
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Ryan Heddleston: 214-766-4126


Buying Investment Property to
Maximize Your Return

Step One: Understanding investment objectives

A wise man once said: "If you don't know where you want to go, any road will take you there." At the Portfolio Realty Investment Property Group, we help buyers pinpoint their exact investment objectives and goals, before looking at property and making offers. Whether you are looking for immediate profits, long term appreciation, or changing a property to a higher and better use, our experts can help you clarify which investment approach will work best to accomplish your investment goals.

Step Two: Gathering property information

Once investment objectives have been clearly articulated, our team goes to work searching through multiple databases to access all of the possible properties that can help you meet your objectives. Properties may be sourced through the North Texas MLS, commercial listing aggregators, subscription-only web sites, or through the Portfolio Realty Investment Property Group's own proprietary database of 1,000s of DFW area investment properties. Many times we are able to find properties that are not even on the market through our extensive databases and network of contacts. All of the potential properties are then summarized for your consideration.

Step Three: Focusing on only the high probability properties

After a preliminary evaluation of the all of the possibilities gathered in step two, it becomes possible to narrow the field to only those properties that have a high probability of being superior investments. Working collaboratively with our buyer clients, we usually focus on 5 to 10 properties, out of the hundreds that are available, to actually do site visits, and request detailed financial information for further analysis. Our goal is to put you in front of the only best properties, without wasting your valuable time.

Step Four: Detailed financial modeling of investment alternatives

Ultimately, it all boils down to the numbers. Portfolio Realty Investment Property Group has developed custom spreadsheets for analyzing alterative investment opportunities which we freely share with our investor clients. These copyrighted spreadsheets have been taught to MBA students studying real estate, and have been described as the "best real estate analysis tools I've seen in 30 years" by Peter Allen, a professor of real estate at the University of Michigan. Developed and refined over a period of 9 years, these spreadsheets reduce complicated investment return on any type of property into a single number that can be compared across alternative investments.

Step Five: Maximizing the negotiations

Once the target property has been identified, the key to maximizing returns is a successful negotiation. The members of Portfolio Realty Investment Property Group have over 10 years experience negotiating scores of deals valued from $50,000 to $50,000,000. With that many transactions under our belts, we have seen more negotiating scenarios than most individual investors will see in a lifetime, allowing us to give our clients a real leg up where it truly counts.

Step Six: Exercising caution in due diligence

Once a property goes under contract, Portfolio Realty Investment Property Group stands ready to help our clients carry out appropriate due diligence to help make sure they get what they are paying for. With extensive access to a range of licensed property inspectors, attorneys, 1031 Exchange Intermediaries, CPAs and other professionals, we can help you get the expert opinions you need to make a confident buying decision.

Step Seven: Smooth closings

The devil is often in the details.  The Portfolio Realty Investment Property Group prides itself on following the details of a transaction from start to finish. We work collaboratively with all local title companies tracking down documents and solving issues right up to the closing table. If a deal can be closed, we will make sure it does, on time and with a minimum of hassle to our buyer clients.


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Portfolio Realty Group, LLC
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Dallas, Texas
Direct: 214-766-4126 ryan@portfoliorealtydfw.com