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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 ...
Seller Financing is a great tool that can put more money in your pocket when you sell a property and help you sell faster especially when market slows. Last month we discussed some tips on how to create seller financing terms as part of your property sale contract. Once you ...
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 ...
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 ...
5 Logistical Tips of Seller Financing
Seller financing is a great tool that can put more money in your pocket when you sell a property and help you sell faster when market slows. Last month we discussed how this tool does that. Here are some tips on how to create seller financing as part of your ...
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? ...
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 ...
Home may be where the heart is, but for international real estate investors, opportunity can be found anywhere. Whether you’re looking for a holiday home or a profit-generating property, you don’t have to limit your search to your local market. Real estate investment opportunities can be found across borders. Technology ...
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 ...
