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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.
Essential Things Every New Homeowner Should Do
Every person dreams of owning their home. People work hard to make their dreams come true. Some can construct their house from the first dig to the last brick, however, others may find it more suitable to buy a ready-made house. Whatever the way you choose, becoming a new homeowner ...
Pros and Cons: Keyless Entry and Smart Locks for Rental Properties
When it comes to your rental property, there are a lot of decisions that need to be made to make the home as appealing as possible to potential residents. One of the most important decisions is whether or not to install keyless entry or smart locks on the doors. There ...
Understanding the Power of Color
Any time you take on a renovation, remodel, or flip project, the one inevitable question everyone will ask is “What color do we use?” Certainly, you will need to make color decisions related to your project. Even if you’re simply staging a home to put up for sale, the question ...
How Design Can Maximize A Multifamily Investment
Many cities throughout the country are experiencing tremendous rent growth, and the Tampa, Florida, market is no exception. Local statistics puts market rent growth for this area at more than 20% during the last year as supply continues to be sparce. With such a high demand, investors can continue to ...
Redesigning Distressed Properties to Appeal to Modern Buyers
When he quit his day job March 1, 2020, to start investing in real estate full time, Will Wenzel counted on two things to support his strategy of buying and renovating distressed properties in the Connecticut communities where he grew up: a combination of aging suburban housing stock and millennial ...
Good Design Can Make or Break Your Business
The brilliant designer Paul Rand, who created logos for IBM, UPS, ABC, and many other companies, wrote in his book “A Designer’s Art” that “design is the silent ambassador of your brand.” Design is more than how something looks or is laid out. Good design understands your customer’s needs, wants, ...
The 4 Essential Elements of a Successful Real Estate Project
When most people think about rehabbing a property, they think in terms of two main concepts: How much money they will make on the sale or generate in rent. How amazing the “after” pictures will look in their social media feed and other promotional materials. The focus on these two ...
Labor and Materials Shortages Prompt New Approaches to Building and Design
Fix-and-flippers, new home builders, and build-to-rent contractors must feel like they’re caught in an endless loop of Groundhog Day. Although many builders and rehabbers had hoped 2022 would bring some relief from materials shortages, labor bottlenecks, and soaring construction prices, challenges in these areas have continued unabated across the country ...
It’s 2022 and the world has been through quite a lot these past two years. We’ve seen supply chain issues; labor shortages; and changes in the way we live, work, and play. Home has become the heartbeat of our lives. Many of us had to pivot and work from home, ...
Design is Crucial to Attracting Discerning Baby Boomers
It’s been well-documented that the single-family rental (SFR) business has been on a hot streak lately. Today, SFRs make up about 6% of all new homes being built in the United States. That number is expected to double in the next 10 years. Wall Street is taking notice and pouring more ...
Inflation-proofing Your Renovation Budget
Real estate investors who renovate and redesign for retail are in the business for more than just numbers. Being able to see past layers of chipped paint, rusted hardware, and DIY fails to spot potential brings a satisfaction beyond the paycheck at the close of a deal. The manifestation of ...
FREE WEBINAR! Rising Interest Rates: Is Real Estate Investing Still Bigger in Texas?
Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On May 16th at 2PM (CST), a panel of experts will be speaking about investing opportunities in the great state of Texas. Panelists include: Rob Barney with DHLC Investments Incorporated Alex Buriak with Jet Lending Kristin Gerst with Capricorn Mortgage Investments ...
6 Signs It’s Time To Replace Your Property’s Air Filters
Your air filter is critical to the efficient operation of your HVAC system. Its primary role is to keep an area safe from contaminated air, allowing cooler air to enter instead. Dirt and tiny debris can degrade your system's performance and put your family's health at risk. Changing the air ...
How Tokenization Could Streamline The Mortgage Process
The traditional mortgage industry with its high cost entry and illiquidity is discouraging to smaller players trying to break into the market. However, with the introduction of blockchain technology, tokenization is poised to revolutionize how mortgages work by Improving the liquidity and transparency of these assets while creating the opportunities ...
How to Get a Mortgage to Buy a Rental Property
It’s a great time to buy a rental property. Most real estate investors finance their rental property purchases using home loans. But getting a loan for a home you plan to rent out isn’t quite the same as getting a loan for a home you plan to live in. To ...
Dominion Financial Services Lends $100 MM to Real Estate Investors in a Single Month
BALTIMORE, MD – For the first time in 20 years of business, Dominion Financial Services (DFS) hit the $100,000,000 milestone for loans originated in a single month back in March of 2022. The goal of a $100MM month is a result of a new loan product hitting the market during ...
Capital, Real Estate, Cash Flow, and the Velocity of Money
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson added the phrase “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” It was inspired by the 17th-century scholar, philosopher, and thinker John Locke, who wrote “life, liberty, and the pursuit of property.” Locke was resolute to the idea that common property or possession converts ...
Planning for Your Prepayment Penalty
In recent years, lenders have seen record volumes of long-term loan requests for commercial property acquisitions. This makes sense as a hedge against rising interest rates. That hedge provides certainty that your interest rate will remain the same for a set period, no matter what market rates do. It’s important ...
What to Know Before Buying a House in San Diego
Are you looking to buy a house in San Diego? If so, then there are some things that you need to know before diving into the process. For instance, did you know that a bank or lender can reject your application even if you have excellent credit and income? It’s ...
How Deed Restrictions May Impact Your Real Estate Investment
There are typically two types of restrictions that impact an investor’s plans to develop a property: zoning restrictions and deed restrictions. Investors are generally familiar with zoning restrictions, and they can be easily found when an investor researches a property. Zoning restrictions are developed to better regulate the expansion of ...
A Property Manager’s Perspective on Investing in Real Estate
Professional property managers have a lot of experience that can help both new and seasoned real estate investors make the best investment and property management decisions. I asked my property manager, Jill Powell, of 1st Choice Real Estate to share some of her insights into what investors should be considering ...
How Real Estate Investors Can Benefit from Inflation
What do you think the current rate of inflation is? I start every conversation with investors with that question. Much too often I hear “2%-3%” in response. A common number in recent years, that number is now quite a distance from the “official” numbers. Let’s take a look at how ...
Things to Consider Before Buying Rental Property
The primary reasons for purchasing rental property include making money and using it to build wealth in the long term. Just as it is with any other type of market, prices for housing and demand for rental properties can go up and down, depending on the cycles of the real ...
5 Successful Lead Generation Strategies for New Real Estate Agents
As in any other commission-based industry, real estate brokers and agents must rely on a steady pipeline of clients to keep their businesses profitable. If you are entering the real estate industry in 2022, you are facing a unique combination of a skyrocketing housing market, limited inventory, and intense competition ...
Getting Into Real Estate Investment: 5 Key Preparations to Make
Real estate remains to be a popular investment due to its potentially lucrative payoff. It’s also fairly simple to understand and get into. As an investor, you buy a property, let its value appreciate, and cash out after a while. When you compare real estate with stocks, you have a ...
