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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.
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 ...
The Link Between the Eviction Crisis and Application Fraud
Eviction rates have been rising for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed them to new levels. These evictions are having devastating effects on both tenants and property managers, and while there are moratoriums on evictions at local, state, and—most recently—federal levels, these effects will remain. Why have evictions risen ...
Think Realty Sells out its First-ever Hybrid Event
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2020 – Think Realty, an educational platform for real estate investors, hosted its first hybrid event last week, delivering informative and inspirational sessions onsite and in a virtual format. Since its inception, the company has hosted dozens of in-person conferences and expos around the country, typically ...
The Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area (Phoenix MSA) has been a high-performing market and a favorite amongst investors since the last recession. It has been red hot in terms of population, job growth, rental and price appreciation over the last five years but rolling virus concerns, economic shocks, and unpredictable ...
No country in the world receives more foreign direct investment (FDI) than the United States. In 2019, the USA received $251 billion in FDI, according to United Nations data. The second was China, with $140 billion. Of that $251 billion that flowed into America, $78 billion, or 31 percent, went ...
The Series LLC for Real Estate Investors
For those unfamiliar with a Series LLC, think of it as one company with multiple subsidiaries. Each subsidiary operates as a separate entity with a unique name, bank account and separate books and records, separate liabilities, and possibly even different owners and or managers. However, unlike a traditional parent-subsidiary relationship ...
If you’re not one of Grant Cardone’s 2.9 million Instagram followers, you’re missing out on business tips, sales strategies, real estate advice, and so much more. Known for his dynamic personality, this real estate mogul and multi-business owner has a way with words that might just leave you feeling inspired ...
If the Coronavirus has taught businesses within the mortgage industry anything, RCN Capital included, it is that they need to be prepared for the worst, and more importantly, the “what ifs.” What if something happens to a member of the Executive Management team? Is there a succession plan in place? ...
Farmland: An Under-the-Radar Investment
As early as I can remember, every weekend my Dad took me and our German Shorthaired Pointer to visit our farm, about 25 miles east of our home in Moline, Illinois, and then he let our dog go crazy chasing, but never catching, all the critters. I listened and learned ...
Lies Your Stockbroker Told You
Whenever I hear a stockbroker saying that you should diversify your portfolio by investing in stocks AND bonds, I’m reminded of the old Blues Brothers movie (the one with John Belushi). As the band arrives at a honky-tonk bar for their first gig, Elwood Blues asks the proprietor what kind ...
Presidents’ Circle Featured Members: Gary and Susan Harper
The Harpers, a husband-wife team, have decades of experience in not only real estate investing, but in educating others. And, the duo is well-versed in transitioning. From a full-time executive to single-family rental owner, Gary also transitioned from investor to property manager, growing his company to 300 doors. Susan, a ...
3 Ways to Jumpstart Your REI Strategy
From my very first rental home purchase to my latest build-to-rent subdivision, I’ve always lived by an important axiom. The best way to make money is by using other people’s money. It’s also the first piece of advice I give to any small investor starting out in the real estate ...
3 Ways to Diversify Your Marketing
It’s common for real estate investment businesses to start out using only one or two marketing channels, particularly social media (namely, Facebook). While it is free to post there, and the ability to share outside information to say “Hey, we are here to help” is easy, relying on one or ...
Guide to Loans for Oddball Homes
Many experts will tell you that you determine your return on an investment property when you buy it, not when you sell it. You increase your profit by paying less for a home that nets you good rents, minimizing your financing costs and possibly negotiating a rebate from the listing ...
What To Do When Sewage Backs Up in Your Tub
Seeing sewage backing up in your bath tub is a disturbing sight for many reasons. When this happens, the issue isn't with the bath tub drain, it's with the sewer line. All the drains in your home lead to your sewer line, and if it becomes obstructed, all those sources ...
Top Considerations When Hiring a Property Manager
When a property owner signs a lease with a tenant, they’re assuring them that they will uphold their end of the bargain. While landlord responsibilities vary by state, the implied warranty of habitability requires that they maintain the property’s essential elements. Such components include the physical structure, property systems (gas, ...
Why Use Rent Collection Apps for a Property Management Business
With all of the advantages of digital banking, it doesn’t make sense to keep accepting cash and check rental payments. Chasing up tenants for their monthly rent seems like an endless task. Once you finally collect them all, it’s almost time to start again. It makes sense to use technology ...
If you’re looking to buy a home, whether your selling your current home or rent out your property, you’ll need a good realtor. While you could try to get the job done by yourself, realtors have connections and the necessary skills needed to close a deal. Also, you may find ...
9 Reasons to Invest in Real Estate Syndication
Smart investments can change our lives by providing us multiple streams of income to live our dreams. However, while we see investors filling up their portfolio with stocks and bonds, they often overlook real estate. But, in the changing dynamics of our times, owning a property remains one of the ...
Summer is typically the busiest season for real estate, and 2020 is no exception, even during the pandemic. Despite a later start to the buying season than usual, Realtor.com’s August housing data release shows that the market is hotter than ever with one concerning trend: a severe shortage of inventory ...
CDC Imposes National Eviction Moratorium Through 2020
The CDC issued a temporary order (“Order”) halting the eviction of certain tenants to limit the risk of homeless tenants transmitting COVID-19. This Order was issued just as other federal and state eviction protections have expired or are set to expire. For example, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ...
5 Steps Landlords Must Take After Evicting a Tenant
Evicting a tenant from a property is one of the most unpleasant tasks for landlords. Unfortunately, getting the tenant out of the property is not the end of it. There are many steps a landlord must take to secure the property and prevent future tenant evictions. Changing the locks, clearing ...
