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

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

| Article | Market & Trends
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 ...
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Florida: The Fastest-Growing Real Estate Market

| Article | Market & Trends
Bravo network’s celebrity realtor Ryan Serhant has teamed up with luxury residential developer Valor Capitol to discuss why Florida has become the fastest- growing real estate market in the country. With over 1,000 people moving to Florida each day, it is quickly becoming one of the fastest- growing states in ...
Decisions, Decisions

Decisions, Decisions

| Article | Sponsored
When it comes to being successful in your chosen career path or business venture it is always important to understand that there are levels to achieving your goals. There is no quick fix, no get rich quick scheme, and certainly not one path that must be followed. Investing in real ...
Hard Money Isn’t Cheap

Hard Money Isn’t Cheap

| Article | Sponsored
It doesn’t matter if you are looking to finance a home loan or a commercial real estate development, everyone wants to pay the lowest rate possible on borrowed money. It’s no secret that traditional institutions, such as small, medium, and large banks, are typically able to offer much lower rates ...
The Need-to-Knows About Hard Money Lending

The Need-to-Knows About Hard Money Lending

| Article | Sponsored
The word “hard” in hard money lending may seem off-putting, but don’t let the term scare you off from considering it a viable option when looking to scoop up property. Often used for real estate transactions, a hard money loan comes from a private lender instead of a bank and ...
Presidents' Circle

Presidents’ Circle

| Article | Profiles
One of Think Realty’s Women to Watch this year, Arianne Lemire is proving she is worth watching in the real estate investment industry. In our March issue, she shared her REI journey and that although she has amassed wealth from her investment strategies, her passion is educating others on how ...
3D Tours Increase SFR Property Leads

3D Tours Increase SFR Property Leads

| Article | Market & Trends
If you haven’t been using 3D tours to market your single-family rental properties, you might want to consider doing so. According to PlanOmatic, a national provider of Property Insights and marketing services for the single-family rental industry, the impact of 3D tours is substantial. The company announced the results of ...
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RCN Capital Surpasses 10,000 Loans Funded

| Article | Market & Trends
RCN Capital, a leading nationwide private lender specializing in providing financing for real estate investors, announced that it has funded over 10,000 loans since its inception in 2010, affirming the company as an influential lender in the space. This is the second funding milestone RCN Capital has reached in 2021 ...
Presidents' Circle

Presidents’ Circle

| Article | Profiles
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 ...
Private or Hard Money Lenders for a Fix-and-Flip Loan

Private or Hard Money Lenders for a Fix-and-Flip Loan

| Article | Sponsored
There are many factors to consider when using a private or hard money lender for financing on your real estate venture. We find that many investors initially focus on origination points charged and the interest rate of the loan. But there are also many other factors to consider that can ...
Back to Basics in 2021

Back to Basics in 2021

| Article | Sponsored
In late March of 2020, the real estate industry collectively appeared to be heading straight off a deep cliff of Grand Canyon proportions as the widespread fallout connected with the rapid spread of the coronavirus threw the market into a downward spiral. The real estate market has proven surprisingly resilient ...
Melissa Hamaker

Women to Watch: Melissa Hamaker

| Article | Profiles
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 ...
Tamara Day

Women to Watch: Tamara Day

| Article | Profiles
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 ...
Kemra Norsworthy

Women to Watch: Kemra Norsworthy

| Article | Profiles
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 ...
Presidents’ Circle

Presidents’ Circle

| Article | Profiles
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 ...
Arianne Lemire

Women to Watch: Arianne Lemire

| Article | Profiles
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 ...
Chantelle Owens

Women to Watch: Chantelle Owens

| Article | Profiles
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

Women to Watch: Anne Marie Rogers

| Article | Profiles
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 ...
Presidents’ Circle

Presidents’ Circle

| Article | Profiles
In 2020, Damon Riehl, CEO of Investment Property Loan Exchange and LoanBidz, a national marketplace for investment property loans that partners with real estate investors to match them with great lender and equity partners to support fix and flip, long-term rental, multifamily and small balance commercial acquisitions and refinances, joined ...
Real Estate Property Investment

Real Estate Property Investment as a Career

| Article | Fundamentals
The housing market is approaching record high prices, currently dictating many opportunities for investors. This allows sellers to make huge profits. If you are considering buying and flipping homes or doing total home rehabs as a career, there are things that can affect your profits. Funding the Project If you ...
5 Reasons Real Estate Investment Software Is Helpful During Market Shifts

5 Reasons Real Estate Investment Software Is Helpful During Market Shifts

The real estate industry has always been an attractive investment option because of its handsome returns and the potential growth of capital. However, just like any other industry, real estate is not absolutely risk-free. Sometimes market shifts compel the investors to look for new opportunities and, at the same time, ...
Featured Member: Gary Pinkerton

Featured Member: Gary Pinkerton

| Article | Profiles
The Think Realty Presidents’ Circle attracts the best of the best — real estate investors and entrepreneurs with extensive backgrounds and experience from which all members can benefit. The Circle meets several times each year where members share knowledge, network, and inspire continued success. This month, our featured member is ...
self storage investments

Self Storage: A Flourishing Investment

| Article | Investment Strategy
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 ...
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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 ...