A plan that starts with you.
Work through your personal audit, define your buy box, and compare markets before your roadmap conversation.
Explore Portfolio RoadmapMULTIFAMILY EDUCATION · 5–50 UNITS
LEARN TO BUY
MULTIFAMILY.
Real Estate 101 teaches you to find, analyze, and buy apartment buildings with 5–50 units. Get practical tools, deal breakdowns, and support from other investors.
BIG PICTURE.
BETTER QUESTIONS.
BETTER QUESTIONS.
A clearer path
into multifamily.
into multifamily.
Find your direction.
Build a plan around your situation.
Work through the deal.
Ask better questions. Check the numbers.
Get in the room.
Learn alongside other investors.
START WHERE YOU ARE
YOUR NEXT
GOOD QUESTION.
Understand the basics. Explore a strategy. Then work through the numbers on a real property.
Beginner investing
Explore the full learning library ↗Real Estate Investing for Beginners: How to Start
Learn how to start investing in real estate, compare ownership options, prepare a budget, and analyze a rental property before making an offer.
Investment strategiesReal Estate Investment Strategies: Compare Your Options
Compare buy-and-hold, house hacking, BRRRR, multifamily, and passive real estate investing by capital needs, control, work, and risk.
Multifamily investingMultifamily Investing: Learn to Evaluate 5–50 Units
A practical introduction to multifamily investing in 5–50-unit apartment buildings, including rent rolls, financing, operations, and due diligence.
Commercial investingCommercial Real Estate Investing: A Beginner's Guide
Understand commercial property types, leases, valuation, financing, and due diligence before analyzing an investment property.
Deal analysisReal Estate Deal Analysis: From Rent to Cash Flow
Learn a repeatable real estate deal analysis process using NOI, cap rate, cash flow, DSCR, debt yield, and verified source documents.
BIG QUESTIONS.
A WHOLE COMMUNITY
IN YOUR CORNER.
That deal you’re unsure about. The term you keep hearing. The offer you’re working through.
Bring it to a room full of people learning the same craft.
Join the community
YOU DON’T HAVE
TO FIGURE IT
OUT ALONE.
- Weekly live Q&A
- A-to-Z starter course
- Investor conversations
- Shared deal learning
The free community is a starting point. Coaching, specialist tools, and paid programs have separate access.
REAL CONVERSATIONS.
BETTER QUESTIONS.
BUILT BY AN INVESTOR. FOR INVESTORS.
OPEN UP
THE DEAL.
A property is the starting point.
The plan and the numbers help you decide what comes next.
One property. More ways to think.
Explore commercial offer structures and work through property numbers before preparing a letter of intent.
Explore Triple Play ProPlanning and analysis tools support education. Calculations depend on your inputs and assumptions; they do not predict or guarantee investment returns. Tool access is separate from free community membership.
REAL PROPERTIES.
REAL LEARNING.
Go beyond the highlight reel. Explore the property, the process, and the questions behind a multifamily deal.
MULTIFAMILY · DAYTON, OHIO
One property. A team effort.
A 24-unit apartment case study from the RE101 collection, featuring Pamela, Vera, and Oliver.
Inside this case study
The member story describes Pamela finding and putting a Dayton property under contract, with other members involved in the transaction.
What to study: how roles were shared, how a contract was evaluated, and what each party needed to understand before proceeding.
Historical member-reported example. Transaction documents and financial outcomes are not independently verified here. No typical result or earnings projection is implied.
20 UNITS · DALLAS, TEXAS
20 apartments. One property.
A 20-unit Dallas project from our property collection. Study the building, its operations, and its location to understand what matters in a multifamily deal.
ANOTHER ASSET CLASS
Room to think differently.
Explore how the questions change when you move from apartments to RV parks.
MEET THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
IN THEIR
OWN WORDS.
Real members sharing their experiences with Real Estate 101. Press play and hear from them directly.
Wade Baskin
Member perspectiveKC Sneed
Member perspectiveGeorge Rentz
Member perspectiveAbout these testimonials: These are individual experiences, not promises of income, profit, or investment performance. They are not presented as typical outcomes. Past results do not guarantee future results. Investing involves risk and you may lose money.
Paul ThompsonYOUR GUIDE.
IN THE GAME, TOO.
I’m Paul Thompson. I went from an engineering career to commercial real estate. Along the way, I learned how much better the questions get when you have the right people around you.
Real Estate 101 brings that learning together: practical education, tools I’ve built, and a community where you can talk through the work.
Meet Paul and the RE101 story ↗
Join the communityA FEW GOOD
QUESTIONS.
How do I start learning real estate investing as a beginner?
Start by defining your goals, the time you can commit, and the resources you have available. Learn one property type and one market before trying to study everything. Practice reading listings, asking questions, and reviewing basic income and expenses. RE101 focuses on helping you understand the process before making a commitment.
What does multifamily investing with 5–50 units mean?
It means investing in an apartment property with between 5 and 50 separate rental homes. You evaluate both the building and the business it operates: rent, vacancy, operating costs, maintenance, financing, and management. RE101 uses this property range to make the learning focus specific.
Which documents should I request when analyzing an apartment property?
Begin with the current rent roll, leases, a trailing-12-month income and expense statement, and the supporting operating records. Ask about taxes, insurance, utilities, repairs, capital projects, and existing financing. Compare the records with each other and with what you observe at the property. A seller's summary is a starting point for investigation.
Can I use a standard expense percentage to analyze a deal?
A rough percentage can help you screen a property, but it cannot replace the property's actual records. Costs differ by building, location, condition, and management needs. Review each expense category, check costs that may change after a purchase, and consider what happens if rent is lower or expenses are higher than expected.
Your next step doesn’t have to be a leap.
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THE ROOM.
Find your people. Ask your questions.
Start learning the work.