Profit by Investing in Student Housing: Cash In on the Campus Housing Shortage » (New Edition)

Michael Zaransky is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana, as a James Scholar, as well as Northwestern University School of Law. He has been a licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois since 1979. He is the founder and CEO of Northbrook, Illinois, based Prime Property Investors, Ltd. His firm has received numerous awards and industry recognition for their real estate projects and was named as one of the 50 best companies in residential construction and development to work for by the national publication, Professional Builder. He has published numerous articles on the subject of real estate investment, including a March 2005 essay on the student housing market in the Illinois Real Estate Journal and has been quoted in the New York Times, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, Red Eye, and CLTV.

Zaransky has spoken before many professional groups regarding real estate investment and has moderated numerous panel discussions on the topic. He has been quoted in local and national publications regarding the real estate investment market and is recognized in his community as a leader in the field.

Zaransky is active in a large number of real estate trade organizations and has built an extensive network of real estate professionals as contacts. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Association of Realtors and was the 2004 Chairman of the Association’s Commercial and Investment Division. He raised the profile of the Commercial and Investment Division, as well as enhanced his own leadership position, by holding numerous well-attended real estate investment education programs. He authored a monthly column in The Chicago Realtor, and was the founder of the first ever citywide Commercial and Investment real estate awards dinner in Chicago.

Zaransky’s professional affiliations include:

· Chicagoland Apartment Association

· National Apartment Association

· Chicago Association of Realtors (on executive committee and board of directors)

· Northern Illinois Commercial Realtors Association

· Illinois Association of Realtors

· National Association of Realtors

· Multiple Listing Service (MLS) of Northern Illinois

· Urban Land Institute

· National Multi-Housing Council

· Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago

· Home Builders Association of Illinois

· National Association of Home Builders

· University of Illinois Alumni Association

· Northwestern University Alumni Association

· Young Presidents Organization (YPO)

Demographics are driving unprecedented opportunities in the student housing market. Enrollment at colleges and universities is booming. An estimated 75 million people will reach college age in the next decade. Add to that the growing shortage of on-campus, university-owned student housing. As a result, real estate investors are eyeing this specialized and highly profitable market niche.

Michael H. Zaransky, real estate veteran and author of Profit by Investing in Student Housing, shows readers precisely how to build wealth investing in student housing properties. While many other books discuss niche investment opportunities in real estate, this is the first to provide a complete, detailed approach to investing in student housing.

Profit by Investing in Student Housing covers all the critical components of this specialized area of real estate investing—from identifying prime college markets and choosing profitable properties, to obtaining debt financing, raising equity, and closing deals. Readers learn to assess their return on investment for all housing types from single-family homes and condos to multifamily apartment buildings and privately operated dorms. Real-life anecdotes make this book more than a hypothetical treatise on real estate investing.

Profit by Investing in Student Housing shows novices and veteran investors alike how to duplicate the extraordinary success of leaders in this market niche. No other real estate book today offers the same quality and breadth of information on this subject.

Highlights

Profit by Investing in Student Housing shows real estate investors:

•Why demographics will drive demand for student housing in years to come

•How to locate and analyze the best deals on student housing properties

•Unique methods of financing and raising equity

•Minimizing risk in acquiring and operating student housing investments