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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.
Any real estate investor or property manager has heard a thousand times that the most important thing to do is to screen, screen and then screen some more. And it’s absolutely true. Not screening is a good way to put yourself out of business really fast. Indeed, I have heard ...
How to Resolve Tenant Disputes
Perhaps the worst part about managing rental properties is dealing with angry tenants. By its very nature, the relationship between landlords or property managers and tenants can be fraught with tension. No one likes paying their rent after all. And furthermore, if there are major maintenance issues, a maintenance issue ...
Self Storage: A Flourishing Investment
The self storage investing sector has expanded exponentially in recent times. Currently, there are over 1.4 billion square feet of rentable self storage space nationwide and growing. Under construction and planned storage space, expressed as a percentage of existing inventory, stood at 8.6% this September, according to real estate research ...
International REI: The Importance of Money Transfer Companies
Many property investors might not think about it but money transfer companies could have a major impact on their revenue. Every investor who wants to actually make good money knows that portfolio diversification is crucial for success. The more variety there is to your portfolio, the safer you are, especially ...
Buying Foreclosure Properties: What You Need to Know
Buying a home that was sent to foreclosure is a smart move for real estate investors and first-time home buyers. A foreclosed home is owned by the lender or bank when the homeowners stop making regular payments toward their mortgage. Banks and lenders generally try to sell these homes at ...
NuView Trust Company to Hold Virtual Real Estate Investors Summit on November 18th
We're excited to announce that NuView Trust Company will be hosting a Virtual Real Estate Investors Summit on November 18th at 2:00 p.m. EST. This event is geared completely towards current real estate investors and individuals looking to build their investment strategies in real estate! They'll tackle topics covering both ...
Top 5 Tips to Get Started in Real Estate Investing
Understand the Ways to Profit from Real Estate Investments If you are interested in becoming a real estate investor, before you dive in, there are a few very important details you must know. We’ve broken down the top five tips that experts want you to consider before getting started. 1 ...
Market Spotlight: Tampa Bay Area
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (Tampa MSA) has been a high-performing market and a favorite amongst investors since the last recession. It’s been hot in terms of population, job growth, rental, and price appreciation over the last five years. However, rolling COVID-19 concerns, economic shocks, and unpredictable government ...
Coworking: A Viable REI Strategy
Some real estate developers and investors grimace when discussing coworking or flex space. Some admit they don’t understand the concept. However, many forward-thinking real estate professionals and landlords are considering coworking and flex space a viable investment strategy. In 2019, Ropes & Gray commissioned a study to determine how the ...
Listen to Nathan Brooks tell his story and you may feel a bit like you’re on a rocket ship watching a blur of lives pass by. As a kid, he displayed an aptitude for music, picking up a variety of instruments including string base, piano, and guitar and developing a ...
Asking “what is the best real estate investment?” is the wrong question. The right question is, “what is the best real estate investment for me?” There is no “best” type of real estate investment. You have to compare the pros and cons of each and decide what fits you. It ...
If you ask me, as a real-estate investor with nearly $2B in assets under management, what is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of real estate you might expect to hear me say “cashflow,” which is one of my favorite expressions. However, while I’ve always got ...
Realty Matters: Rethinking Community Development
While Washington continues to address the crisis of people unable to pay rent, they have not addressed the issue of rental property owners who are unable to pay mortgages, which can create another “domino effect” of evictions and loss. The rental providers, therefore, suddenly find themselves thrown under the bus ...
Presidents’ Circle Featured Member: Sam Kaddah
Think Realty Presidents’ Circle member and President/CEO of Liquid Logics, Sam Kaddah, never imagined he would move from global operations into the financial industry, but life sometimes takes a funny turn. Before his career in global operations, Kaddah was an electrical engineer. And as happens at all first jobs, Kaddah ...
Skip Loans, Raise Billions in Capital
Investing in real estate is worlds apart from other investment options, such as bonds or stocks. Raising capital is one of the most essential yet difficult aspects of running a real estate business. Investing in real estate requires prudence. Else you'll quickly run out of your hard-earned money. It has ...
In some of my past articles, I’ve talked at length about the Build-to-Rent Subdivision concept and the advantages to investors and builders alike. Like a lot of concepts, though, it’s easy to talk in broad strokes and leave out some important minutia that can make or break a deal. Recently, ...
How Smart Digital Keys Can Simplify Property Management
Physical keys will soon become relics. For property managers and owners who want to improve the experience of staff members, tenants, and prospective renters, smart digital keys are the right move. Digital keys have been gaining popularity slowly for years now, but they hit new levels of visibility and accessibility ...
Best Advice for Real Estate Investors Going Into 2021
2020 has been a rocky year for real estate investors. The good news is that things haven’t gotten as bad as most people initially feared. With so many investors breathing a collective sigh of relief, it’s an excellent time to make plans for the new year. Before getting started, consider the ...
Risks of Real Estate Investing You Need to Know
Real estate investing has remained one of the time-tested ways to create wealth. While the potential returns can be compelling, it is important to consider the risks objectively and then make a judicious decision. Unpredictability Until the economic meltdown of 2008, many investors ignored real estate risks and assumed that ...
5 Tips for Promoting Your Open House
As any agent who has ever had one can tell you, open houses are a lot of work. However, it's said that they're worth it because homes for sale that have open houses tend to sell for more money and spend less time on the market. But how do you ...
7 Tips for Finding Off-Market Properties
2020 has been a year of highs and lows in many aspects, including real estate. Despite a slow start to the buying season due to COVID-19 concerns, the real estate market has fully recovered in most of the country. But, inventory remains low as many sellers still hesitate to put ...
5 Tools for an Effective Property Management System
If you are interested in finding an effective property management system, you need to understand the key points of a good one. One of these is the need for the system to be user friendly, which means it should be simple enough that even those with no experience with property ...
Touchless Technology in Your Real Estate Business
Businesses are prioritizing hygiene like never before. In your real estate business, operations should now include touchless technology measures to protect your staff, clients and customers. And as a Think Realty Member, you receive special offers from companies like Batteries Plus Bulbs who can help provide you with the batteries ...
10 Reasons to Invest in Baltimore
Are you wondering where the Baltimore market is heading during these current events? According to a recent report by Norada Real Estate Investments, here are a few of the positive reasons to invest in Baltimore: Baltimore’s Foreclosure Bounty Foreclosure has made the news repeatedly for foreclosure abuse and extreme cases ...
