Taylor Avakian - CRE Broker

Taylor Avakian - CRE Broker The Group CRE and Taylor Avakian is an Investment Sales Broker for multifamily owners in SoCal

Most investors chase the upside. Smart money captures the cash flow.📍 711 E 6th St, Long Beach, CAThis 12-unit building ...
09/01/2026

Most investors chase the upside. Smart money captures the cash flow.

📍 711 E 6th St, Long Beach, CA

This 12-unit building is 83% occupied right now. Ten units are leased. Two are ready to lease at market rate. That's it. That's the entire investment story.

Current rents average $1,507.50/month. Market rents are $1,525. The gap? 1.17%. This isn't a value-add play disguised as stabilized. This is a stabilized asset that generates income on day one.

You're not waiting for tenant turnover to unlock value. You're not betting on rent growth in a rent-controlled market. You're buying an efficiently-run building in a supply-constrained submarket at an affordable basis—and it's already performing.

Two vacant studios positioned at $1,525/month represent $7.2K of additional annualized NOI. No capital required. No speculation. Just straightforward leasing ex*****on in a market where rental demand has consistently outpaced supply.

Current state: → $132,860 NOI → 6.64% cap → 4.41% cash-on-cash
Pro Forma state: → $135,488 NOI → 6.77% cap → Post-lease ex*****on

Same building. Same debt. Same lean 38.45% expense ratio. Just two leased units. 12 studios. $166,667/unit entry in Long Beach. This is what a cash-flowing asset looks like—no timeline, no contingencies, no narratives.

📩 Taylor Avakian | [email protected] | 916-996-4421 🌎 https://hubs.ly/Q04w4ZyJ0

Most investors chase value-add. Smart money knows: sometimes the best wealth-building asset is the one that pays you fro...
09/01/2026

Most investors chase value-add. Smart money knows: sometimes the best wealth-building asset is the one that pays you from day one.

📍 1940 Chestnut Ave, Long Beach, CA

This 14-unit building is 86% occupied. The two vacant units? Market-ready. No renovation. No waiting. Just lease and capture.

Current rents sit 5.3% below market. Not because the market won't support higher rents—because the building was held for stable, predictable income. Tenancies are protected under AB 1482, meaning rent increases are capped at 5% plus CPI. No aggressive rent pushes. No tenant turnover drama. Just systematic, predictable growth.

Here's the math:

Current state:
→ $220K NOI
→ 6.88% cap
→ 4.31% cash-on-cash

Stabilized state (two units to market rent):
→ $237K NOI
→ 7.41% cap
→ 7.53% cash-on-cash

Same building. Same operations. Same regulatory framework. Just two tenant placements at market rent.

Separate utilities. Lean expenses at 33% of gross income. A balanced unit mix (10 two-bed, 2 studios, 2 three-bed) that attracts reliable renters. Established Long Beach neighborhood with supply constraints and consistent demand.

This is current income + embedded upside. Day-one cash flow + predictable, regulatory-protected rent growth over time.

14 units. $228,571/unit entry. 14 parking spaces. Built for stabilized operators seeking income, not speculation.

📩 Taylor Avakian | [email protected]
Freddie Gershinson | [email protected]

09/01/2026

Call me Crazy but I think Commercial Real Estate is the closest thing we have left to the American Dream

08/30/2026

I’m an overpaid real estate broker huh?

08/27/2026

I sent a text message this morning and it built me a lead list.

“Hey, find me motivated sellers of multifamily properties in LA.”

That’s it. No filters. No exports. No spreadsheet.

30 seconds later:

✅ 1.3K+ motivated sellers
🏘️ High equity, long hold, shrinking portfolios, and 3+ more signals
📞 Ranked by who’s most likely to sell, with the best number to call first

The part that got me: it told me which one to call first to get my momentum going.

Not a list to sort through. One name, tap to dial.

I used to spend entire weekends doing this. Now I text it on my way to the office.

Comment “Prompts”

Terrakotta Ai will send you a prompt library they put together specifically for the iMessage agent

Most investors see a 6.26% cap and keep scrolling. Smart money sees what's underneath.📍 1069 N Oxford Ave, near Larchmon...
08/20/2026

Most investors see a 6.26% cap and keep scrolling. Smart money sees what's underneath.

📍 1069 N Oxford Ave, near Larchmont Village, CA

Every unit at this 10-unit building is occupied. Every unit is below market. One tenant is paying 66% below market rent. The average gap across the portfolio is 41%.

That's not a problem. That's the investment.

Under LA rent control, you can't force the upside — but you don't have to. Turnover does the work. Each vacant unit brought to market rent chips away at a ~$71K NOI gap sitting between where this asset performs today and where it performs at stabilization.

Current state:
→ $122K NOI
→ 6.26% cap
→ 4.19% cash-on-cash

Stabilized state:
→ $193K NOI
→ 9.90% cap
→ 14.48% cash-on-cash

Same building. Same debt. Same expenses. Just market rents.
100% occupied. 13 parking spaces. $195K/unit entry in Los Angeles.
This is what a long-term wealth-building asset looks like before everyone else figures it out.

📩 Taylor Avakian | [email protected] | 916-996-4421
🌎 https://hubs.ly/Q04tFnXS0

08/11/2026

anyone can ask what. be the person to ask why

08/11/2026

everybody asks what. be the guy to ask, why?

How to break into commercial real estate. 5 steps, from 8 years of learning them the hard way.Most people quit before ye...
08/08/2026

How to break into commercial real estate. 5 steps, from 8 years of learning them the hard way.

Most people quit before year three. These are the habits that keep you in the game.

1. Outwork the room. 12 to 15 hour days early on. You double everyone else’s experience in half the time.
2. Build a routine you can repeat. Wake early, train, get in first, make the calls before you feel ready. Discipline beats motivation.
3. Pick one niche and own it. Mine is LA multifamily. When somebody thinks of your niche, one name should come up.
4. Make relationships the job. Brokers, clients, peers. CRE is built on trust that compounds over years.
5. Stay patient, then adapt. My first deal took 12 months. Stay long enough to read the market and move before it does.

Outwork. Outlearn. Outlast.

Starting a CRE career in Los Angeles? Put your question in the comments and I will answer it.

08/07/2026

anyone can ask what. too few ask, why?

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