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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.

Building a Wholesale Business

Building a Wholesale Business

We all know that wholesaling real estate is a hustle and such a transactional business. You can have the best month ever, but once that calendar turns you are right back to zero and have to do it all over again. Your business is built off of going after that ...
Design Elements in Rental Homes

Design Elements in Rental Homes

When it comes to real estate, most people swear by the axiom “Location, location, location.” But, there’s one other element I think is equally important. The kitchen, the kitchen, the kitchen. The kitchen has long been a centerpiece of family gatherings, whether it’s a nightly family dinner, leisurely Sunday breakfast ...
Connecting Past and Present Through Design

Connecting Past and Present Through Design

Every state, every city, and every small town has a past or a history in which a potential home buyer may perhaps be in love with enough that they are considering moving there. Why not capture that history in the design of your next investment? Designing a beach-themed home at ...
Turning a Nightmare Home into a Dream Home

Turning a Nightmare Home into a Dream Home

It may not look like it now but this house was as scary as they come. When acquiring a property you’ll often hear the saying, “It needs some work, but it has good bones.” We ended up finding out that not only did this house “need some work,” but the ...
Custom Furniture Printed for Your Home

Custom Furniture Printed for Your Home

On February I wrote about 3D printed houses and how they can help to address the affordable housing crisis while also being unique and beautiful works of art. But the technology has widespread applications beyond houses. Already today there are companies creating stylish furnishings that are 3D printed. And many ...
How to Design an Effective Online Marketing Campaign

How to Design an Effective Online Marketing Campaign

Let’s face it, online leads are better leads. Online ads and social media promotion are becoming favorite business generators for realtors and investors. If you still think internet marketing is not that important for real estate firms, it’s time to divert your attention to the digital age. Undoubtedly, you can ...
Rewarding Good Tenants

Rewarding Good Tenants

Real estate investing is a wonderful way to improve your financial future and earn financial freedom. Unfortunately, there is a lot of bias and uninformed thinking that goes into real estate education. For example, how investors choose to focus on “good” tenants verses “bad” tenants can have a significant impact ...
Tarkett: Durable Flooring Solutions

Tarkett: Durable Flooring Solutions

Tarkett creates people-friendly flooring solutions for any property. In your investment properties or your own home(s), you know how important quality flooring is. And with industry trends changing rapidly, there are so many new products to freshen floors and make them last. Gone are the days of replacing carpet with ...
PPG: Color Expertise and Advice

PPG: Color Expertise and Advice

If you are a painting contractor, new home builder, or real estate investor working on your first (or 50th) flip, you can save money with PPG paints. And you can save time by simply submitting your order and managing your account online. From product information at your fingertips to pro ...
The New Think Realty Paint and Flooring Program

The New Think Realty Paint and Flooring Program

Nationwide brands Benjamin Moore and PPG and flooring supplier Tarkett have partnered with Think Realty to provide its members—real estate investors like you—savings on quality supplies and services to help you keep up your investment properties while keeping more money in your bank account. Benjamin Moore: Home Color Inspiration Benjamin ...
Material Prices Soar

Material Prices Soar

What do the following percentages have in common? 50%  208%  323% At one time or another this past year, these numbers reflect how much lumber prices have increased. Although, it’s hard to determine just how high lumber prices have climbed because the numbers seem to increase daily, and they drastically ...
How to Develop a Strong Investor-Lender Relationship

How to Develop a Strong Investor-Lender Relationship

Like in any other industry, a successful real estate investor is only as good as their network of well-versed, experienced professionals, and that begins with the relationship they develop with their lender. Having a strong relationship with your lender that’s built on mutual understanding and trust can be vital to ...
Fix-Flip-Funding

Real Estate Financing: A Guide to Funding Options

As a new real estate investor, funding and finding real estate go hand in hand. Unfortunately, an absence of knowledge of finance options keeps on thwarting most novel real estate investors in the present market.  However, there are multiple common financing options to choose from. The below options have been ...
Asset-Based Loans for Beginners

Asset-Based Loans for Beginners

Are you interested in getting started in real estate investment? Or are you an experienced investor looking for alternative loan options? Then asset-based loans might be right for you! An asset-based line of credit uses your real estate as collateral, making them a great option for investors who might not ...
Springtime-Staging

5 Reasons Why You Should Virtually Stage Your House to Sell

Selling your house is always a big deal. If you own property this is a great time to sell your home and upgrade to a better property. Even though 2020 was a slow year for real estate, things are changing quickly, and the real estate market has a lot to ...
The Ultimate Guide to Selling Farmland

The Ultimate Guide to Selling Farmland

At Tillable, our mission is to simplify owning and managing farmland. But when it comes to changes in ownership, we know the process can feel anything but simple. We’ve put together this guide to help lay out some considerations and best practices, from the right documentation to gather all the ...
How to Get a Soft Money Loan with a Private Lender

How to Get a Soft Money Loan with a Private Lender

Stratton Equities has created a simple and easy process to receive a Soft Money Loan for your Real Estate Investment needs. We have an array of Soft Money, Hard Money, and NON-QM loan programs that are designed for any type of Real Estate Investor to meet all your mortgage needs ...
Wholesaling-Negotiation

Tips for Buying from Wholesalers

Wholesaling real estate has a mixed reputation among real estate professionals with some seeing it as a good way to get started in real estate and flip houses with little risk while others see it as something close to acting as a real estate agent without a license and doing ...
Tech That Makes It Easy to Track Marketing ROI

Tech That Makes It Easy to Track Marketing ROI

“You can’t manage what isn’t measured.” My business coach was attempting to convince me it was worth the time and effort to track KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) for my marketing to motivated sellers. How is Your Marketing Performing Right Now? Can you answer this question in a factual way? Or ...
4 Ways to Liquidate Real Estate Property Fast

4 Ways to Liquidate Real Estate Property Fast

| Think Realty | Article | Operations
Real estate is a great way to make long-term investments. However, if you have plenty of money tied up in property investments and are in need of urgent cash, liquidation is the easiest option. In very basic terms, liquidation refers to selling an asset off or converting it to cash ...
A Quick Guide to Lease Renewals  |  Property Management

Lease Renewals 101

| Andrew Syrios | Article | Operations
Leases are nice. Lease renewals are even nicer. Indeed, we have found that the biggest expense a property has tends to be turnover. In higher tax states, it might be property taxes. But where we are and for most, I expect, the biggest expense is the combination of fixing up ...
Tips for Flipping Multiple Properties at Once

Tips for Flipping Multiple Properties at Once

| Think Realty | Article | Operations
Although you may have experience in fixing and flipping properties, flipping multiple properties at once is a whole different ball game. When flipping one property, you likely do most — if not all of — the work yourself, but when flipping multiple properties, you’ll need to rely on managing others ...
8 Majors to Consider When Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts

8 Majors to Consider When Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts

| Think Realty | Article | Operations
Is obtaining a bachelor’s degree in arts worth it? This question bothers many modern-day students since there are several myths associated with college education nowadays. People believe that most job opportunities are reserved for science graduates, making arts education less important. However, that is not true. Today, students with a ...
RealtyTrac Enhances Online Offerings and Resources for Real Estate Investors and Agents

RealtyTrac Enhances Online Offerings and Resources for Real Estate Investors and Agents

RealtyTrac, the largest online marketplace for foreclosure and distressed properties and an ATTOM Data Solutions company, today announced a significant enhancement of its data offerings and resources – available on realtytrac.com – to help individual investors and real estate agents find, analyze and invest in residential properties. The new web platform showcases RealtyTrac’s property- level database ...
Access to World-Class Real Estate

Access to World-Class Real Estate

Real estate is a unique investment product by nature. This asset class offers nearly unparalleled tax benefits, the comfort of tangibility and the opportunity for positive cashflow. For many, the appeal of real estate investing is in the appreciation, which can safeguard and grow wealth. Historically, private investments in real ...