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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.
Think Realty Webinar – Buying Rental Properties in 2023: Update on the Latest Market Trends
Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On January 17th at 6:30PM (CST), Matthew Bowles from Maverick Investor Group will be speaking about buying rental properties in 2023 and will have an update on the latest market trends. Will there be a housing crash soon? Is it a ...
6 Reasons To Use a VPN for Your Real Estate Agency
As a real estate agent, you know that your livelihood depends on your ability to keep your data and communications secure. Whether you're communicating with buyers and sellers or working with other agents, using a VPN is the best way to ensure that your information is safe and protected. A ...
How Risk Shapes Your Investment Thesis
The past few years have thrown a few curveballs to commercials real estate investors, to say the least. If you’ve kept your eye on the ball, however, you likely have seized the opportunity to buy cash-flowing assets at a decent price and been able to benefit from inflationary rents and ...
For some, money is a means to an end. For others, it is the end. Everyone wants to be wealthy, and many want the ability to pass that wealth on to their children. Yet, so few are actually able to do so. Why? For those who didn’t grow up with ...
Gone are the days of unwieldy key rings and locksmiths on speed dial. Unified access control is an all-in-one solution for property owners and managers to control every point of access throughout a building from one integrated platform. With unified access control, owners and operators can easily manage everyday access ...
What’s in Store for Commercial Real Estate
Real estate investors have experienced meteoric returns in their favorite asset class since real property began its recovery from the devastating global shutdowns mandated in 2020. Whether you’re a buy-and-hold investor, a fix-and-flip professional, or even a private lender, there have been enormous and widespread real estate opportunities in 2021-2022 ...
9 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Commercial Property
After looking at the commercial properties in your area, you’ve finally found one that seems to meet your investment criteria. It’s in a great location, the price is right, and you’re already thinking about putting in an offer. But before you take the plunge, you should ask some tough questions ...
The Holiday Short-Term Rental “Host with the Most”
From big cities to small towns and rural destinations, short-term rentals have continued to rise in popularity post-pandemic. This demand looks poised to continue into the 2022 holiday season. With bookings on the line, how can owners be the “Host with the Most” and attract guests to stay with them ...
7 Things To Look At When Buying Luxury Real Estate
Buyers consider different parameters when qualifying high-end real estate properties. Some associate luxury properties with a higher price tag, while some think of smart technologies and other advanced amenities as indicators. Whether buying your next dream home or investing in a rental property, it's important to look beyond these elements ...
The exact answer to what your loan amount will be usually is not determined until the lender issues a final loan commitment. Multiple variables can impact the loan amount during the due diligence process. Variables Impacting Loan Amount At a property level, positive or negative fluctuations in cash flow may ...
6 Must-Haves for First Time Home Owners
One of the most exciting times in your life is when you finally buy your first home. It’s a huge financial investment, but well worth it for many people. Not only does it alleviate the burden of finding places to rent that will accept your pets, but you can also ...
What the Heck Is Lead Generation, Anyway?
For many investors, new and experienced alike, deciding which lead generation source is the best option can be a daunting task. There are a few ways to simplify the process and bypass unnecessary headaches. The process begins with a clear understanding of the following: Exactly what lead generation is (and ...
Property Manager Due Diligence
Property managers (PM) are not typically considered an essential piece of your real estate investment team—unless you live out of state. Honestly, if you buy a local property there are a lot of compelling reasons you shouldn’t have a PM. The biggest reason people opt out of having a PM ...
Quarterly Rent Trends in 10 Major U.S. Metros
In this rent report, we analyze how rent prices for three-bedroom single-family rentals (SFRs) in 10 major U.S. metros have changed between Q1 and Q2 of 2022. Methodology Here’s how we conducted the report: Geography: The scope of this report is 10 major metros across the U.S. Property type: It ...
With the U.S. population stagnating (for the first time ever, it didn’t grow last year), real estate investment is becoming a zero-sum game. For each good market, there’s a bad market. You can’t just buy property anywhere and expect success. That’s always been true to some extent, but the prospect ...
9 Things to Consider Before Buying a Two-Family House
Owning a home in which you live with others is an excellent way to save money, build equity, and enjoy the companionship of other people. But there are some downsides to living in a multi-unit building. Buying a home is a huge investment, especially when you're buying a two-family house, ...
How to Leverage Social Media to Promote Rental Properties
The best business advice you’ll ever get is to market where your audience is. With 70% of American adults on social media, according to the Pew Research Center, it’s a prime channel for advertising many products and services. To get your rental properties in front of your target audience, take ...
Local Connections Aid Successful Development
As any developer knows, one of the most difficult hurdles to overcome in the pre-job phase is gaining the approval and support of local governing organizations. Whether you are planning to develop a new commercial facility or build a new subdivision, your project will hinge on the approval of local ...
Empathy seems like an overused term lately. It conjures up visions of corporate mission statements that use the word empathy but in practice no one who works at the company or does business with it feels anything but empathy, compassion, or customer service. Some corporations have even adopted slogans like ...
Investing Strategies In Real Estate During Inflation
As with any investment, there are risks associated with any strategy, but there are steps that can be taken to limit those liabilities. In real estate, investors' best advantage is the ability to leverage money from a lender into a profit. The way it works is this; an investor seeks ...
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 ...
