Every apartment owner who decides to sell faces the same fork in the road. List the building publicly and let the market compete for it, or sell quietly off-market to a buyer your broker already knows.
Plenty of California investors dream about the same move: sell the LA apartment building, 1031 exchange into a property in Texas, Nevada, or Florida, and escape California’s 13.3% income tax for good.
In a normal 1031 exchange, you sell first and buy second. That works fine until the perfect replacement building shows up before your current one has sold, and you’re forced to either let it go or blow up your tax deferral.
These two submarkets sit about three miles apart in Central Los Angeles and get compared constantly, usually badly.
Third Street runs east to west across Central Los Angeles. It starts in Beverly Hills, passes through the Fairfax District beside The Grove, skirts Hancock Park and Koreatown, drops into Westlake, and ends downtown at Alameda.
Two buildings sit on the same South Los Angeles block. Same year built, same unit count, same square footage, same condition. One sells for meaningfully more than the other.
Inside a city of roughly five and a half square miles, you currently have 68 for-sale townhomes delivering to buyers, a fully affordable apartment building of more than 90 units working through financing, …
You’ve owned the building for fifteen years. It’s worth far more than you paid. The loan balance is low, the equity is substantial, and you’re tired of the 11pm plumbing calls.
You’ve owned the building for fifteen years. It’s worth far more than you paid. The loan balance is low, the equity is substantial, and you’re tired of the 11pm plumbing calls.
Most owners think about their sale price. Far fewer think carefully about their net proceeds, and the gap between those two numbers is bigger than almost anyone expects.
Selling an apartment building in Los Angeles works nothing like selling a house. The buyers are different, the valuation math is different, …
For most of 2024, few topics worried California apartment owners more than the “Justice for Renters Act.”
Few topics have made Los Angeles apartment owners more nervous over the past couple of years than the city’s so-called all-electric mandate.
If you own rental property in Los Angeles, the second half of 2025 brought two major policy shifts that deserve your full attention.
Selling an apartment building in Los Angeles is not a typical real estate transaction. It is a high-value commercial asset sale involving investors, underwriting, rent regulations, and complex negotiations.
In 2024, LA rents increased by 7%. This has significantly reshaped the multifamily property market, influencing both renters and property owners.
A 1031 exchange can be a smart way to save on taxes when you sell and reinvest in real estate. But many people make simple mistakes that can cost them time,…
Selling an apartment building in Los Angeles can be a big financial move. But before you list it, you need to know its true value.
Selling an apartment building in Los Angeles can feel confusing, especially if it’s your first time. Selling an apartment is also more like selling a business.
Los Angeles commercial real estate is changing. After a few years of ups and downs, the market is starting to stabilize. Some areas, like industrial warehouses and apartment buildings, are doing very well.
The student housing market around the University of Southern California (USC) is changing. For years, new apartments and dorms were built to keep up with growing student demand, especially from international students.
The student housing market around the University of Southern California (USC) is changing. For years, new apartments and dorms were built to keep up with growing student demand, especially from international students.
The 3rd Annual Women in Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Event is happening. And among other great female realtors attending, Evelyn Baez Nguyen is one too.
Evelyn Baez Nguyen, a leading real estate investment broker in California, has reached an exciting new milestone: she has been accepted into the Master of Real Estate Development…
VoyageLA interviewed Evelyn Baez Nguyen, talking about how she took over commercial real estate in LA. Here’s what she shared about her journey.