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Ready to get your read on? Dive into the article archive to help you build wealth through real estate investing. We feature top subject matter experts exploring every facet of the industry.

Ready to Not Go Solo?

Ready to Not Go Solo?

As your business grows, you talk business with the right person, or opportunities present themselves, every business owner contemplates bringing on a partner to take them to the next level. There are so many advantages to partnerships that can be formed in the business and real estate world, but before ...
Contractual Unity in a Volatile Market

Contractual Unity in a Volatile Market

In today’s market, unity amongst construction personnel has never been more important. Construction projects have always been susceptible to shifting parameters like weather delays, shortage of skilled workers, and supply chain issues. In the current market, construction personnel also must factor in certain safety requirements ushered in by the pandemic ...
A Different Partnership

A Different Partnership

Think about partnerships a little differently. Instead of thinking about a partnership between you and someone else I want you to think about a partnership between you and your future you. The work and sacrifice you do today will be felt and appreciated by your future self. This partnership can’t ...
Clearing Skies

Clearing Skies

During this year, it has been difficult to figure out which local markets have the best potential for real estate investors. The pandemic not only cut growth in all markets but also changed how the economy is structured. Some sectors, like healthcare, government, and restaurants, seem to have lost jobs ...
Considerations for Selling or Renting Your Commercial Property Investment

Considerations for Selling or Renting Your Commercial Property Investment

If you’ve invested in commercial real estate, you might be experiencing a tough time renting or selling your property while getting the full return on your investment.  Namely, the current pandemic had a drastic impact on the commercial real estate (CRE) market, and real estate forecasters predict the pandemic-centric concerns ...
6 Real Estate Closing Gifts That Clients Will Actually Use

6 Real Estate Closing Gifts That Clients Will Actually Use

Being a real estate agent is a rewarding and exciting career. You get to help people make life changing purchases, upgrade or downgrade their homes, buy commercial properties, and sell their existing ones. Part of building those relationships so that people will keep coming to you and send their friends ...
How to Pay Yourself Now and Pay Yourself Later with Partnering

How to Pay Yourself Now and Pay Yourself Later with Partnering

When you think about creating wealth, you’re often thinking about your future. Questions like “how can I retire comfortably?” and “what investments will help me reach my goals?” may float around in your head. A common thought would be to shovel a bunch of money away in a savings account ...
Ditch the Spreadsheets

Ditch the Spreadsheets

No matter how much time you’ve spent in real estate, chances are you have logged some serious hours staring at a computer screen, trying to make numbers work on a spreadsheet and making sure you haven’t made any mistakes. If you have a team, you’re only as good as your ...
Why is the Southwest Florida Real Estate Market So Hot?

Why is the Southwest Florida Real Estate Market So Hot?

The real estate market nationwide is seeing unprecedented surges. One of the hottest markets in the US is Southwest Florida. As of November 2021, Southwest Florida is showing 0.3 months of inventory in Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties, which is down 80% of where we should be for a balanced ...
Sustaining Partnerships

Sustaining Partnerships

Real estate investing is very rewarding. But the last thing you want to happen is to have all that success and lose one of the most valuable assets you have—your relationship with your spouse. Throughout the last five years, my husband Chris and I have worked together in different real ...
Things to Check Before Investing in New Property

Things to Check Before Investing in New Property

Investing in real estate is a smart way to acquire one or more assets whose value will more than likely continue to increase in the coming years. Rather than leaving your money sitting in a bank account, you can instead invest in real estate that you can then use to ...
The New Houston

The New Houston

I have lived in every major city in Texas. It’s all great! But there’s just something about Houston that draws me in. After living in Austin and other cities, we finally moved back to the Houston area in December 2011, and in the short amount of time that we were ...
A Partnership Close to Home

A Partnership Close to Home

Have you ever worked with or thought about working with your spouse in your business? There are a lot of benefits to doing this. When you are both on the same page striving for the same goals, you can accomplish those goals much quicker. You have someone you know that ...
Hot Market: Cincinnati

Hot Market: Cincinnati

Driving through the mountain, over the Ohio river with houses all around and the skyline of Cincinnati ahead, the view can be quite breathtaking. I remember driving through the city as a kid with my parents and being mesmerized by its beauty. My mom was born in Cincinnati and grew ...
Lead Generation

Lead Generation

For many new and experienced investors alike, sorting through and deciding on which Lead Generation source is the best option can be a daunting task. For the savvy investor, there are a few ways to simplify the process and bypass unnecessary headaches, beginning with a clear understanding of the following ...
A Demographic Shift Prime for Investment

A Demographic Shift Prime for Investment

With inflation on the rise and uncertainty growing, investors look to the horizon, watching for patterns and identifying changes that point to opportunity. The desire to diversify amid growing market concerns is nothing new. For years, investors have looked for the best methods to increase return on investment while ensuring ...
Reigning Real Estate

Reigning Real Estate

| Think Realty | Article | Profiles
Often, the path to success starts with asking questions. Kaylee McMahon, known as The Apartment Queen, started her journey in multifamily real estate investing by asking the right questions. And although she relied on curiosity in the beginning, she soon realized the person giving the answers is just as important ...
A Woman to Watch

A Woman to Watch

| Think Realty | Article | Profiles
Meet Eboni Killian In 2017, Eboni Killian attended a Real Estate Investing Bootcamp. After the bootcamp ended, she hit the ground running and decided wholesaling would be her investment niche. She found her first deal on a FSBO list she purchased from a local list company. The seller had purchased ...
The Power of Partnerships

The Power of Partnerships

I have been running businesses and investing in real estate for over 30 years and I have learned that partnerships are the most efficient ways to scale any venture. I haven’t always felt that way. In the beginning of my career, I was worried about keeping my market share, my ...
Rent to Retirement

Rent to Retirement

Does 15% to 20% ROI investing in Turnkey Rental Real Estate sound attractive? What if I told you that you could invest in the hottest markets in the country and have the support from teams that have been helping investors accomplish this goal for two decades? What if I also told ...
Local Real Estate Investors Improve Communities One House at a Time

Local Real Estate Investors Improve Communities One House at a Time

Local real estate investors across the country are uniquely positioned to help alleviate the significant shortage of homes available to low- to mid-income families. They work closely with private lenders and capital providers who enable and encourage the delivery of updated affordable housing. The severe lack of quality affordable housing ...
2022’s New Legal Requirement: The Corporate Transparency Act

2022’s New Legal Requirement: The Corporate Transparency Act

The U.S. Government wants to know who owns your business. The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) requires, as of January 2022, entities defined as reporting companies to report key information about their beneficial owners. The information will be held in a ‘secure’ database maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s ...
How Landlords Can Support Tenant Wellbeing

How Landlords Can Support Tenant Wellbeing

All landlords have legal relationships with their tenants. On paper, the nature of the tenant-landlord relationship is purely transactional - the tenant pays a monthly fee, the landlord makes sure the dwelling is habitable. However, in many cases, landlord-tenant relationships also have a human element.  Tenants may stay in the ...
Setting Up Commercial Office Space? These Are the Features It Has to Have

Setting Up Commercial Office Space? These Are the Features It Has to Have

There are some excellent opportunities in commercial real estate despite the crash of 2020. A lot of real estate holders took a rather unpleasant bath as they were left holding property that no one wanted. Retail made a mad dash toward the nearest eCommerce portal they could find. Restaurants discovered ...
5 Tips for Growing Your Real Estate Business

5 Tips for Growing Your Real Estate Business

One of the most appealing aspects of the real estate business is that there are no limits to your performance or earnings potential, as there will always be clients who really need your services. Whether you need to purchase or sell a property, new people who come to the region, or perhaps ...