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The Value-Add Playbook: How Pros Force a Property to Be Worth More

Martin Maxwell Season 1 Episode 72

You buy a property and hope the market makes you rich. But what if you didn't have to hope?

What if you could take a tired, underperforming building and systematically force it to be worth millions more? This isn't speculation; it's the art of value-add real estate.

On this final episode of our 5-Minute PRIME Podcast, host Martin Maxwell reveals the 'Value-Add Playbook'—the specific, actionable strategies sponsors use to manufacture appreciation and deliver impressive returns to investors.

Tune in to learn:

  • The Investor's Mindset: Why the pros don't wait for appreciation—they create it by finding "diamonds in the rough."
  • The Renovation Money-Makers: From strategic kitchen upgrades that command higher rents to the powerful ROI of adding in-unit laundry.
  • The Invisible Profit Engine: How operational fixes, like professional management and utility bill-back systems (RUBS), can dramatically increase a property's income.
  • The Value Creation Formula: A simple breakdown of the math (NOI / Cap Rate = Value) that turns $100,000 in new income into millions in new equity.

Ready to stop speculating and start creating real value? Subscribe now for the final chapter in our insider's guide to private real estate.


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