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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.
3 Ways First Time Homeowners Benefit From Government-Backed Mortgages
Government-backed mortgages are essentially loan accounts guaranteed and maintained by the federal government. Applicants for loans serving the State or employed by the State are typically eligible to get it. Lenders look favorably upon this type of loan accommodation due to the certainty of its payback. There are many mortgage ...
What Does the New Normal Look Like?
It’s the question at the forefront of every real estate investor’s mind: When will the housing market stabilize? On any given week, you might answer that question very differently. Just a few short months ago, no one would have predicted the impact of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and its ...
5 Important Facts About Quitclaim Deeds for Real Property Transfers
If you are a real estate investor, you are always looking for properties that look attractive with an even more attractive price tag. Let’s say that a family member has offered you a quitclaim deed for their property. What should you do in this case? Should you take it or ...
Optimize Your Real Estate Portfolio with PlanOlabs
“Our mantra at PlanOmatic is to help our clients win. We help them think through challenging issues. We have data from our other clients and vendors, and with that, we can come up with some answers to their challenges,” said Tim Rose, data and integration manager at PlanOmatic. PlanOmatic recently ...
Insurance for Your Perfectly Designed Investment Property
You’ve decided on your first, third, or hundredth new investment property, and now the real work begins. Is the property turnkey ready for tenants? Does it need some cosmetic rehab, or maybe some more extensive work? Is it a ground-up construction project? The answer to those questions will help you ...
How to Write Compelling Rental Property Descriptions
In its most recent Rental Housing Finance Survey, the census bureau counted 48.2 million individual rental units in the United States. With new apartment buildings going up seemingly every month, that’s stiff competition for your clients’ rental units. Some real estate agents are going the extra mile to fill rental ...
PlanOmatic Increases 3D Virtual Tours for SFR Properties
PlanOmatic, a national provider of quality photos, floor plans, and 3D for the single-family rental (SFR) industry saw a 270% increase from 2020 to 2021 in its number of 3D virtual tours for SFR properties across the country. It also experienced a 187% increase in the number of SFR homes ...
Will Surges in Home Prices Last?
The surge in home prices that’s affected almost every market in the country won’t last forever—it probably has only another year. After that, will higher prices stay higher? In the long run, higher prices are dependent on income, which hasn’t surged anywhere. Or will they crash as they did in ...
Update from Think Realty Government Relations Committee
Think Realty believes real estate investors, as housing providers, play a vital role in improving and maintaining homes and communities nationwide. The goal of the Think Realty Government Relations Committee is to stay on top of key issues that have an impact on real estate investors such as yourself and ...
With REI Nation, Mitigate the Risks of Investing Remotely
REI Nation is all about empowering investors with practical tips for maximizing their passive income by profiting in markets beyond your backyard. That’s how they’ve become the premier turnkey real estate investing company in the nation, making it easy for investors from across the country to purchase the right property, ...
Surging Prices and Sales Drive the Market in Southwest Florida
Every year at the Market Trends conference, Southwest Florida real estate experts get together to share valuable insights and give their outlook on the current climate and future forecast when it comes to property acquisitions in one of the fastest growing areas in the country. This year the theme was ...
FREE WEBINAR! What’s ahead for the Multifamily Sector in Texas?
Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On June 15th at 2PM (CST), a panel of experts will be speaking about "What's Ahead for the Multifamily Sector in Texas." Panelists include: Robert Martinez with Rockstar Capital Chris Ragland with Ragland Realty Travis Watts with Ashcroft Capital After registering, ...
As city centers across the country become increasingly unaffordable, homeowners are looking further afield to find affordable housing options. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made this problem worse as the flight from city centers, combined with new migration patterns, continues to raise prices on homes that were previously accessible to ...
One of the best perks of being a real estate investor is you get to choose the specific niche and lifestyle you want. You can create a work and life balance that suits you, your family, your personality, your skillset, and your hobbies. Following are four questions you can ask ...
The Ins and Outs of Real Estate Investing Insurance
Real estate investing moves fast. Especially in today’s market with rising interest rates, and supply chain issues, you don’t have time to waste. If you find a deal, you need to close—yesterday. Understanding the ins and outs of investment real estate insurance is one way you can avoid delays and ...
How to Protect Yourself from the Housing Bubble
Just when you think housing prices couldn’t get any higher, they have. In January 2022, home prices skyrocketed again as home inventories reached record lows. The bottom line is this: When there isn’t enough housing, the price increases drastically. What you’re left with is what we call the housing bubble ...
Why Buying Into Access and Noise Can Lead to Poor Investments
If you’ve ever vacationed overseas, you know that the most interesting spots to visit and the best places to eat aren’t the tourist traps where the masses go. The best spots are usually the ones the locals recommend. They are off the beaten path and away from the crowds, offering ...
Is Wall Street Buying Up Main Street?
There has been a lot of talk in the last few years (and increasingly since the pandemic) that large institutions such as BlackRock and Zillow are buying up the housing stock in the United States. These purchases are driving prices up and making homeownership unaffordable for the regular Jack and ...
Design Your Asset Protection Plan With Diligence
You design a lot of things in your life—the layout of your house, the flow of your business, the requirements for your children. These and many more scenarios are all elements of conscious design. Asset protection is no different. There is an architecture—a cohesive structure—to your properly planned legal safeguards ...
The 7 Keys to a Successful Rehab
Flippers and would-be landlords want a magic tool that will estimate renovation costs and tell them exactly what to fix every time they find an opportunity. Unfortunately, such a tool doesn’t exist (yet). But there are steps you can include in your overall process to help you approach your projects ...
The Best Way to Achieve Consistent Returns in Rental Properties
Do you know the difference between a real estate investor and a portfolio manager? A portfolio manager understands how a diversified rental property portfolio leads to consistency of cash flow. The portfolio manager mindset will help you earn the best returns on investment and allow you to enjoy the experience ...
Best ROI Optimization Strategies for Single-Family Rental Property Owners
There’s no doubt that the real estate market has faced some unprecedented challenges in the last few years. For single-family rental property owners, those challenges have brought about many changes, as well. Volatile markets, economic concerns, and a societal shift in personal and professional priorities have all demanded resilience from ...
Designing the Best Rental Loan
Many real estate investors miss out on the tools available to help customize a rental loan and meet their investing objectives. Make sure you’re not one of them. The fundamentals of a long-term rental loan are similar to those of a conforming consumer mortgage. Most investment borrowers can receive a ...
How to Choose the Best Real Estate Agent
If you’re looking to move, you can look on the internet to research a new area you might be interested in, but that’s only the beginning of your investigative journey. Without having first-hand knowledge of an area, it’s difficult to really get a sense of what it’s like to live ...
Certified Asthma and Allergy Friendly Means Healthier Indoor Air for Everyone
If the global pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that good air quality, especially good indoor air quality, is paramount. In fact, a recent report in The Lancet predicted that climate change events like wildfires, rising pollen, ill health due to rising humidity, and the presence of harmful particulate matter ...
