Our Fundamental Laws of Real Estate Investing

September 4, 2017

West Group has a series of 50 real estate investment principles that are derived from successful value investors in the equity markets. We call these the Thrifty Fifty. Most of these principles are well known, open and in plain sight. We have applied these principles to real estate investing as we believe the value-oriented, buy and hold model consistently provides the highest risk-adjusted, after-tax return for investors.

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ERA Commercial | Metro Atlanta

Commercial Real Estate Group affiliated with ERA Sunrise Realty, a family of licensed Realtors with locations in Duluth, Alpharetta, Canton, Smyrna, Athens, Kennesaw & Ellijay serving Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. ​ Our professional services include hold or sell analysis, ​​​acquisition or divestiture strategy, marketing and sales, due diligence & closing, and financial strategies like sales-leaseback for cash infusion or IRC 1031 Exchanges for tax deferred sale transactions.

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The second wave of COVID-19, which has been extremely severe, has taken people and the establishment by surprise. Although the real estate sector was profoundly impacted during the COVID-19 outbreak, the nature of challenges in the first wave was different. As a result of the strict nationwide lockdown, construction activities were brought to a standstill, leading to mass exodus of labour migrants. Post the first wave of COVID-19, the sector witnessed an unprecedented recovery led by a significant increase in sales of residential spaces across the country.

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whitePaper | June 12, 2022

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Commercial Real Estate Group affiliated with ERA Sunrise Realty, a family of licensed Realtors with locations in Duluth, Alpharetta, Canton, Smyrna, Athens, Kennesaw & Ellijay serving Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. ​ Our professional services include hold or sell analysis, ​​​acquisition or divestiture strategy, marketing and sales, due diligence & closing, and financial strategies like sales-leaseback for cash infusion or IRC 1031 Exchanges for tax deferred sale transactions.

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