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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.
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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.
What Does the Cooling Real Estate Market Mean for BRRRR Investors?
Investors looking to build value beyond simply purchasing turnkey properties (i.e., those already rehabbed, tenant occupied, and generating positive cash flow) can be rewarded with significantly higher cash-on-cash returns. And, as a renovated property becomes a seasoned rental, investors repeat the process with a cash-out refinance, building a high-return residential ...
Extreme Makeover: Creativity Is a Must!
Almost all extreme makeovers require one thing: creativity. How creative you can ultimately be determines whether you can pull off a project as large and as complex as an extreme makeover! Getting creative means more than coming up with great designs, however. It also means being able to work outside ...
The Effects of the Inflation Reduction Act on Real Estate Investment Strategy
Wall Street and lenders should be on high alert since the passage of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), with an earmark of $46.5 billion for enforcement activity. The question on everyone’s mind given the allocation of funds to the Internal Revenue Service is: “Will IRS audit rates increase?” The ...
In recent years, vacation rentals have become the go-to for tourists and people visiting states, countries, towns, or even rural locations for short-term visits. Vacation rentals are furnished apartments, homes, or professionally managed luxury villas that are rented out to visitors or tourists temporarily as an alternative to booking a ...
Sizing and Timing the Pandemic Backlog of Foreclosures
Foreclosure prevention efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic helped prevent a tsunami of distressed sales during the thick of the crisis, but it also created a backlog of distress that is beginning to clear as the world slowly returns to normal. Sizing that backlog and when it will hit the housing ...
Short-Term Rentals on the Ballot: The Long-Term Considerations of Short-Term Rental Regulations
Across the country, cities large and small will be deciding the future of local short-term rental operations and compliance via ballot measures on Tuesday, November 8. The topic of short-term rental regulations has been moving to front-and-center over the years and has proven to be incredibly nuanced with pros and ...
Easy Street Capital Reaches $1 Billion
Easy Street Capital, a hard money lender based out of Austin, TX, has surpassed $1 billion in 2022 year-to-date bridge loan originations. Despite recent market changes, Easy Street has consistently grown at a rapid pace boosted by innovative product offerings and an unmatched commitment to meeting the needs of real ...
Competition at distressed property auctions is starting to slip after hitting record highs in the first quarter of 2022. This trend foreshadows a continued slowdown in the larger retail market while also signaling emerging opportunities for real estate investors willing to swim against the current. Proprietary buyer bidding data from ...
Apartments.com’s Step-By-Step Guide to Advertising a Rental Property
Your primary objective as a landlord or property owner should be to fill your rental vacancies and maximize your financial gains. In an endless sea of apartment hunters looking for a place to call home, you’ll need to present your property as the best option on the market. Advertise your ...
5 Expected 2023 Rental Property Investing Trends
The last few years have witnes-sed a series of crises in the real estate market in general, but specifically in rental property. The COVID-19 pandemic, the hottest residential market in decades, and the recent rise in mortgage interest rates have all impacted the industry and affected the ways in which ...
Are Your Rental Properties Ready for Winter?
The changing seasons and the cooling weather remind us that winter is coming. Before it arrives, there are some important maintenance tasks to perform to protect your rental properties from winter weather. One way to prepare your rental properties for winter is to drain and shut off your sprinkler system ...
Anyone watching the real estate market during the last year knows bidding wars and above-listing sale prices have defined this tumultuous time. Homes have gone under contract for the asking price or higher on the same day they were listed. This buying frenzy has kept many investors on the sidelines, ...
Real estate investing lost a visionary, thought leader, and philanthropist this summer. Aaron Norris, vice president of The Norris Group, succumbed to stage 4 intimal sarcoma, a rare cancer, on July 1, 2022. He was 45. Despite his life being cut short, he made an outsized impact on the industry ...
13 Best ROI Updates for Flippers
A good house flipper typically takes a subpar property and turns it into a highly desirable one, essentially turning a frog into a prince. Still, house flippers must walk a fine line between improving a property enough to attract buyers and keeping costs low enough to preserve their profits. The ...
Don’t Believe the Negative Headlines!
Lots of investors are active in today’s real estate market, despite mixed messages you may see in the headlines. So, do they know something you don’t? Chris Clothier, partner at REI Nation, is pulling back the curtain, sharing insights you should have as an investor navigating flips, dips, and more ...
September Update from Government Relations Committee
California Legislation Update During the past couple of years, we have accomplished many important things that have protected real estate investors throughout the country. Most recently, a flip tax proposed in California would have been absolutely devastating for real estate investors in the state. The proposed tax essentially would have ...
9 Factors To Check When Searching For A New Home
Moving into a new home can be exciting as it opens you up to the chance of a fresh start. It’ll be a place where you can start a new with yourself or with your family and finally be able to enjoy what new adventure awaits. While there are plenty ...
Time management for businessmen: 3 hacks that will gift you more hours in a day
Busy people know how hard it might be to find some more hours in a day to do more – thanks to neuroscience and psychology we now know many interesting hacks and tips that you can use to expand your possibilities and give yourself some more time on important things ...
Home Ownership: An American Pipe Dream?
Home ownership is a pillar of American culture. It represents independence, status, and upward mobility. One could even say it’s one of the first steps in achieving the coveted “American dream.” Frighteningly, that is just what it has become for many Americans: a dream. Home ownership across America is becoming ...
3 Things to Remember in a Volatile Market
Real estate investing has always felt a little risky to people on the outside of the industry. Even occasional industry insiders get in over their heads or invest in a market that doesn’t meet projections. The reality is, however, real estate investing is one of the best ways to create ...
Know When to Shift to a Property Manager for Your Short-Term Rental
When you first started renting out your home away from home, you may have thought it would be a fun way to create a new income stream while helping others enjoy their stay and managing a vacation rental in a destination you love. However, you may now own and manage ...
The Evolution of the American Dream: From Buying to Renting
The past couple of years have changed us. Americans have reprioritized their lives, and the traditional lifestyle no longer fits. We don’t want to be rooted in one place. Companies have evolved, offering many people a work-from-anywhere option. So, more people are choosing to rent rather than to purchase a ...
Is It Time to Switch from Home Investing to Commercial?
Investing in property—land, hotels, office buildings, apartments, private homes—has long been a moneymaking proposition. Of course, a major investment company or builder, solidly financed and determined to produce only the very top of the line condominiums in Monaco will have different challenges and resources than the average investor. However, for ...
Real Estate Investing Versus 401(k)
The most commonly accepted retirement plan in the United States today is the 401(k) plan. But have you considered real estate investment as a retirement vehicle? Let’s take a look at the two options. 401(k) Plans Interestingly, the 401(k) wasn’t even intended for use as a retirement vehicle when it ...
What You Need to Know About the “Value-Add” Buzz
The problem with buzzwords in the world of investing is they replace sound decision-making with decisions based on hype. Remember the buzzwords that dominated last year? Crypto and meme stocks were generating a lot of investor attention—along with their money. Flush with stimulus money, newbie investors flooded the markets, snatching ...
