Editorial Staff
The Critical Question You Must Ask Before Investing in a Fund
When real estate investors place money with an equity fund or other investment provider, they do so with the expectation that their capital will be used to fuel productive, profitable investments. However, warned GreenZone Properties CEO Pete Asmus during a recent educational breakout session at a Think Realty National Conference ...
A Detailed Guide to Investment Process Mapping
Real estate investors know all about waste and how much it can hurt an investing business. Gary Harper, founder and CEO of Sharper Business Solutions, knows all about how to identify hidden sources of waste and eliminate them to improve real estate investing operations. “We help scale real estate businesses,” ...
Think Realty Event Prep Checklist
Attending an event is not only exhilarating but also a bit intimidating. Get the most out of our events or other events you decide to attend by using this prepared checklist provided by Think Realty. The checklist gives you pointers on how to make the most out of the events ...
7 Truths about Networking in Real Estate
We’ve heard the old adage hundreds of times: “Your network is your net worth.” If you’re active on social media, you have probably seen it in memes, tweeted out accompanying images of various friends and acquaintances hanging out with self-titled industry “influencers,” and hashtagged to infinity. While you might be ...
3 Ways to Prepare for the Next Real Estate Correction
It is common knowledge that the housing market is cyclical, but while most investors agree this is the case, they do not have firm plans in place to help them adjust their investment strategies when downturns occur. Certainly, some investors thrive in down markets, snapping up great deals and setting ...
Think Realty Welcomes Julie Ziglar Norman as a New Contributor to Magazine
The Think Realty Team would like to warmly welcome Julie Ziglar Norman as a monthly contributor to Think Realty Magazine. Every month Julie will be sharing her motivation and inspiration through her column on varying subjects related to the entrepreneurial spirit and real estate investing, in hopes of sparking drive, ...
3 Disasters Where Self-Directed Investors Made a Huge Difference
Lately, the news has been full of natural disasters and recovery efforts. Everyone in the country wants to help with the recovery from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. In fact, one self-titled “IRA Expert” even implied in a very public promotional campaign that real estate investors using their self-directed retirement accounts ...
The Truth About Tax-Free Profits in Real Estate IRAs
If you love the idea of huge real estate investing returns but dread the tax bills that come with financial success, then you share a common bond with just about every other investor in the country. However, if you realize that there are actually ways to create “tax-free profits” in ...
What Your IRA Custodians Cannot Tell you
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and 401(k) custodians wish you wouldn’t make this mistake, but they can’t tell you directly! It’s literally illegal for them to do so because they’re not allowed to give investment advice. One of the most common ways that 401(k) owners fund real estate deals when they’re ...
3 Ways You Never Expected You Could Invest in Real Estate
You’ve probably heard of the traditional means of investing in real estate: buy-and-hold, fix-and-flip, rentals, rehabs, wholesaling. These are all time-tested, tried-and-true options for real estate investors at all levels of experience and with all levels of capital. However, in every crowd, there are a few people who just want ...
[New Course] Learn Investment Criteria with Sonia Booker
Sonia Booker, a Think Realty Resident Expert and real estate investor, shares her knowledge with Think Realty members in her new video course Investment Criteria. If you want an investment plan that fits your personal budget, lifestyle, and goals, Booker’s new course will show you the way by helping you determine ...
Think Realty Co-hosts Global Real Estate Summit in Shanghai
An elite team of Think Realty investors, experts, and executives will travel to China next week for the Global Destination Investment Summit, an event co-hosted by Think Realty. Shanghai is home to one of Affinity Worldwide’s (Think Realty’s parent company) international offices. That office houses Affinity Investments, an investment firm ...
Hurricanes: How to Weather the Storm
As the victims of Hurricane Harvey pick up the pieces, we at Think Realty hope you, our readers, your family, friends and pets are safe. As evident by several impactful hurricanes over the past two decades, TR wants to share some tips and advice from our sister company Affinity Loss ...
Passive Investment Success: PIP Group
The PIP Group article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine in the "Investor Review" insert in the October 2017 issue. Think Realty’s 2016 Master Investor of The Year, Charles C. Sells and his team at The PIP Group, LLC., have helped hundreds of investors achieve their financial freedom by investing passively ...
Commercial Real Estate Investing FAQs
What is Commercial Real Estate? The term “commercial real estate” sounds like one big category, but commercial real estate is actually a way to describe several different types of property that are used solely for business purposes. One easy way to determine if you are dealing with commercial real estate ...
2 Crucial Mistakes Investors Make When They Scale Up
Almost every full-time investor remembers the moment that they realized that real estate investing was actually going to change their lives. Sure, you hear other people talk about it. You see other people succeeding and living beyond their wildest dreams, but the moment that crystalizes the potential in real estate ...
3 Proven Methods for Minimizing Risk in Real Estate
We’ve all heard the saying, “There’s no reward without a little risk,” but that doesn’t mean you have to bet the house every time you do a real estate deal. In fact, real estate is one of the least risky investments out there, assuming you are well-prepared and willing to ...
Tailor Made for Today’s Investor
This article was originally published in the July/August 2017 issue of Think Realty Magazine as part of the American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL)-sponsored “Investor Review” If price was not an issue would you choose to settle for “off the rack” or indulge in “tailor made” goods or services? If you are anything ...
Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate Investing
Thanks to the convergence of artificial intelligence and real estate investing, the future of the real estate industry is no longer a matter of speculation. It is no longer a matter of what is possible, if and when the technology emerges to make the theoretical practical; it is no longer ...
Think Realty Partner, Sonia Booker, Celebrates National Women’s Month and a Feature in O, Magazine
Sonia Booker, an Atlanta, Georgia, real estate investor, held a “historic celebration” at the Sewell Appliance and Showroom in Sandy Springs, Georgia, on March 18, 2017, to celebrate national Women’s Month. Booker, who was recently featured in O, Magazine as one of the publication’s “Leading Women in Business,” honored a ...
You can learn more about Gaylene Lonergan and her law practice and reserve your spot at the “Dallas Market Insights” panel at the Think Realty Expo on April 29, 2017 by clicking here. No one has ever disputed that Texas is one of the most unique states in the Union, ...
Cathy Crowe Exposes Dallas’ Market “Heat” at Think Realty Dallas Expo
Cathy Crowe has spent nearly three decades in real estate, managing her own wholesales and rehabbing deals since 1990. All the while creating and selling mortgage notes, owning and managing rental properties, selling more than 100 multifamily properties and other packaged single-family deals. Crowe, who is a licensed Realtor, manages ...
Ohio Bans Plywood Usage on Vacant Homes
Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s signing of H.B. 463 on Jan. 4, 2017, makes Ohio the first state to outlaw the use of plywood to cover windows on vacant residential homes. “This is a significant advancement for those engaged in the battle against neighborhood blight in Ohio,” said Robert Klein, founder ...
Plywood Out; Clear Boarding In
Effective this week, Fannie Mae is requiring “clear boarding” of its vacant properties in all states. The expanded requirement—outlawing the practice of boarding up pre- and post-foreclosure or REO properties with plywood—takes effect Nov. 9, 2016, with a 90-day adoption period for those servicing Fannie Mae properties to come into ...
How You Can Score Free Tickets for the Long Beach Think Realty Expo April 23
In real estate investing, your network matters. Whether you’re brand new to the real estate industry or you’ve done 100 deals in a year; you need a solid, trustworthy network of contractors, lenders, lawyers, agents, and more to get the most out of your investments. If you want good ...
