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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.
How to Keep Maintenance Costs Down in Your Rental Property
Buying that first investment property can be a strange experience. Most people approach their own home with a “whatever it takes” attitude. Leaking pipe? Pay whatever plumber can get there fastest—no matter the cost. With a rental property, you suddenly have to think about things like your return on investment ...
Types of Investments That Do Well in a Recession
When the market is performing well and investors are enjoying monetary benefits from their investments, it can be easy to forget that what goes up can also come back down. The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected all industries and many experts have predicted a financial downturn in the offing. While ...
Multifamily Loans: Clarification in Commercial Real Estate
Using a Multifamily Loan to finance an apartment will allow you to buy a property that could very well end up being self-sufficient from the monthly rent you receive from tenants. Buying multifamily real estate properties may seem complicated at first glance, but a Multifamily Loan now offers a private ...
How You Can Benefit from Common Living
Food, water, clothing, and shelter are indeed the necessary foundations of survival, and more and more people are looking at creative ways to find a place to rent and live. In cities far and wide, finding affordable places to live has become difficult. Between impacts from the recent pandemic to ...
Understanding How Mortgage Companies Use Your Credit Report
Most people interested in purchasing real estate don’t have the cash to do so alone. Although there are several ways to acquire money, obtaining a mortgage is the most common. If approved, a loan covers the cost of the home. While a home loan makes it easier to secure a ...
Increasing Small Business Profits
The pandemic had a negative impact on almost every aspect of the economy, particularly for small business owners. Sadly, many had to close their doors forever. The good news is if you survived, there are ways to improve your profit margin and have financial success in the new year. Overhead ...
Regardless of the type of investor you are and your loan scenario, there is an array of loan programs designed to meet all your mortgage needs. Hard money and fix and flip loans are among the most popular programs that real estate investors utilize. Although they are two different programs, ...
Houston’s housing market has very strong momentum with limited downside risks in the near term. Intense buyer demand paired with low rates and low inventory will drive prices higher through 2021. Single-family rental prices are set to increase in the beginning of the year but will taper off when eviction ...
Building Relationships with Banks, Credit Unions
Ever take a look at someone’s social media page and wonder how their life could be so perfect…sunsets on vacation, skydiving, food and drink with good friends. The truth is, no matter how perfect it looks, you only get to see the good parts. The screaming kids, the cranky spouse, ...
Women to Watch: Melissa Hamaker
Melissa Hamaker spent many years in commercial insurance before shifting to a career in real estate five years ago. As a busy mom she realized she needed a change from insurance and was eager to learn something new. She started part time at Stromberg Investment Group and quickly moved up ...
For 20 years, Tamara Day has been buying, flipping, and renting out real estate. Her company Growing Days does full renovations on everything from residential to commercial properties and owns some rental properties as well. She didn’t realize it at the time, but it was shortly after walking down the ...
Women to Watch: Kemra Norsworthy
CEO of Bull Funding, Kemra Norsworthy, has been in the real estate lending industry since 2003. For the most part, she has remained on the lending side of REI but plans to buy a multifamily building soon and has had a couple rental properties in the past. But no matter ...
Envision it’s the 1950s and everyone has either greased hair or is wearing poodle skirts. One of my recent REI projects, a charming cottage I call The Pink Lady, takes guests back in time with nostalgic fifties vibes. Located in the heart of the Columbus, GA historic district, this three-bedroom, ...
You want to start flipping homes, but you aren’t sure how to get started or how to get to the finish line? Flipping homes is not complicated, but there is a process to it and in my opinion, the first step is the most important. If you’re in a hot ...
Residential real estate was the hot ticket in 2020. Tight inventory meant bidding wars, price increases, and properties were pending and sold in record time. As we jump into the new year, let’s review where the biggest gains occurred and where investors were the busiest as we plot the year ...
Permanent Life Insurance and Your Financial Plan
As a real estate investor, it’s highly likely that your financial portfolio is impeccable. You likely are used to gauging the short- and long-term possibilities, and you probably think you have planned for every scenario. There is one cornerstone, however, that you might have overlooked: permanent life insurance. Perhaps you’ve ...
Husband-wife real estate investing team Bruce and Stephanie Petersen decided to join the Think Realty Presidents’ Circle to surround themselves with other driven professionals to collaborate with and lean on for support and for answers when they “get stuck.” “You are the average of the five people you spend the ...
Building a More Diverse Industry
In real estate, women make up 64 percent of realtors. This would make you think gender parity isn’t an issue. Yet a look at executive-level positions tells a different story. For instance, 25 percent of the Urban Land Institute’s members are women, but they make up only 14 percent of ...
Women to Watch: Arianne Lemire
Born in the Philippines, Arianne Lemire used to dream of making $5.00 an hour. Now, after amassing wealth from investing in real estate, she is educating others on how to be not only financially secure, but able to “retire” on their terms earning passive income from real estate. That’s a ...
Women to Watch: Chantelle Owens
Chantelle Owens is a buy and hold investor who acquires property solely through tax lien investing. The real estate seed was planted early in Owens’ life, when at 17 years old, she helped collect rent for her cousin’s rental properties. “I was fascinated with the concept even at such an ...
Women to Watch: Anne Marie Rogers
In 2020, Anne Marie Rogers, a Certified IRA Services Professional (CISP), was awarded the Think Realty Honors Award for Real Estate Investing Services. For the past eight years, Rogers has worked at Quest Trust Company, one of the nation’s leading Self-Directed IRA companies, where she currently serves as Sales Officer ...
5 Housing Trends to Watch for in 2021
The 2020 pandemic shook the real estate industry, but the market will rebound as the economy strengthens. If your next move is in housing, it may not be easy to decide as you don't know the industry trends. Just because the pandemic has affected the world does not mean people ...
Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On March 24th at 1PM (CST), Phillip Vincent from Mom's House will be speaking about how to tap a brand new hidden lead source and turn 33% of them into deals… WITHOUT cold calling, Facebook ads, or spending a single dime ...
Since March 13, 2020 when our nation declared a national emergency for the global pandemic, it has been quite devastating to many families, businesses of all sizes, and employees with tens of millions of filed unemployment claims. While there is plenty of negative economic data to report in 2020 and ...
Senior Housing and Residential REI
The senior living industry is facing an unprecedented nightmare, with a ripple effect that can be felt in residential real estate markets. Congregate-care settings such as assisted living communities are ideal environments for the rapid spread of any contagious virus. But COVID-19 – a virus that preys on the elderly ...
