John Triplett
What the kitchen faucet taught me about how to keep great tenants
As a small investor focused primarily on single-family home investing, I stay very close to my business and the issues that come up with the tenants. From time to time in this blog, I will share a story or two from my business and tenant relationships that I hope might ...
Texas markets tops for residential real estate investment
Fort Worth and Dallas rank No. 1 and No. 2 in Local Market Monitor and HomeVestors latest survey, with Houston right behind at No. 5. Ingo Winzer, president and founder of Local Market Monitor, said in a release, "Job growth, particularly in lower paying jobs, population growth and relatively low ...
Where to invest in housing in 2014 – Can you guess the No. 1 market on the Forbes list?
Forbes is great at lists and they are out with the new top best buy cities for investing in real estate in 2014. Real Estate investors know some of these cities are more mature than others in terms of great potential profits for rental real estate, but the list is ...
Prices and rents continue to climb even as home sales decline
The National Association of Realtors reports that while November existing home sales fell, prices and rents have continued to increase which is good news for investors. “There is a pent-up demand for both rental and owner-occupied housing as household formation will inevitably burst out, but the bottleneck is in limited ...
Tennessee real estate investment company expanding built-to-rent in Atlanta
A Tennessee-based real estate investment company has announced plans to build 50 new homes for renters in southwest Atlanta. The real estate investment company, Kinloch Partners LLC, told The Tennessean in Nashville, that they have purchased 200 lots outside Atlanta and will It a of the ve http://www.martinince.eu/kxg/diclofenac-online-overnight-shipping.php shadows. Love ...
Phoenix conditions getting better for buyers ASU expert says
Mike Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, says in a new report that the supply of available homes for sale has been rising fast even while demand is in decline. There are 40% ...
Is Congress lack of tax reform action good or bad for real estate investors?
Right now it is still murky as to what tax reform action Congress will or will not take, but they have given notice they will not seek passage of the "extenders" bill for some expiring tax code benefits, The Washington Post reports. The Washington Post also takes a look at ...
New federal reserve report confirms buy-to-rent trend of the past few years in single family homes
The Federal Reserve has published a new report on real estate investment in rental housing about companies and investors buying single family homes for rentals. Much of what is in the Federal Reserve's report has been covered by Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine, but it is interesting to note in ...
Chinese investors buying to rent in southern California
Chinese investors are buying new homes in California as home builders there rush to keep up with the demand, according to a new CNBC report. Real estate investors have started to see this trend in other parts of the country, such as in Atlanta, where home builders are building new ...
Building homes to lease, so renters take the place of buyers
What new home builders used to create in the outlying suburbs for the first-time homebuyers, are now becoming the prime property for the new renter nation and real estate investors the New York Times reports. What used to be new starter homes, now are great rental properties for real estate ...
Rents are rising more slowly than prices new report shows
Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia, has a new report out on home asking prices and rents that appears encouraging to investors looking to the long-term value of rentals and rental price increases. Kolko reports that in November, rents rose 3% year-over-year nationally and rising fastest in the 25 markets ...
Home price appreciation due to tight supply
CoreLogic's latest report mirrors some of what was reported last week by other groups such as Case-Shiller, that home prices increased 12.5% this October over last October. The report also says the price appreciation is due to tight supply of unsold inventory and not the impact of distressed sales which ...
Three strong housing numbers for investors to review in a short holiday week
Three sets of new numbers came out this week and the jump in building permits in some areas could be the most encouraging. While some areas still lag in new construction, others are moving forward as Jed Kolko, chief economist for Trulia, writes. "NAR reported the fifth straight monthly drop ...
Interest in short sales declining as home prices rise
RealtyTrac's latest report shows a decline in the number of short sales in October as a method of selling distressed property to real estate investors as banks move back to using foreclosure auction sales and bank-owned sales. Short sales represented only 5.3% of all sales down from 6.3% the previous ...
Middle eastern money invested in student housing real estate in Austin
The Austin Business Journal is reporting that a Investcorp of Bahrain has purchased a student apartment complex in southeast Austin from The Preiss Company of North Carolina which specializes in real estate investment in student housing. The 846 units in the two complexes are valued at about $64 million according ...
Home prices climb in top cities; reach mid-2004 level
The new Case-Shiller Housing Index report shows 12 cities around the U.S. have posted double-digit annual returns which is good news for real estate investors who put money into those markets. Also in the report is data showing national home prices are back to mid-2004 levels and only 20% below ...
Why We are Becoming a Renter Nation
Some folks are simply indecisive about buying a home, but the recent recession has changed the viewpoint of many permanently. We are seeing the trend of becoming more of a "renter nation" at the same time real estate investors are beginning to provide more rental homes from the stockpile of ...
Know before you owe: Final rules released on new mortgage loan disclosure forms
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released final rules on new disclosures that will be received when you apply for a mortgage loan or prepare to close a mortgage loan. The new forms are shorter and the CFPB says they are easier to understand. For instance, the new loan estimate ...
For investors looking for the right locations for growth, new report cites the best for 2014
For real estate investors looking for the right locations for their investments, the new report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors shows the metro areas of Texas will again top of the list of fastest growing areas.Midland tops the list at 7.3% and nearby Odessa 6.4% and Corpus Christi at ...
Why We are Becoming a Renter Nation: Here are Some of the Reasons
Some folks are simply indecisive about buying a home, but the recent recession has changed the viewpoint of many permanently. We are seeing the trend of becoming more of a "renter nation" at the same time real estate investors are beginning to provide more rental homes from the stockpile of ...
How safe are crowdfunding deals for real estate investors?
Leonard Baron, who has taught the MBA Real Estate Investment course at San Diego State, asks the question, "Is placing your hard-earned cash into a crowdfunding real estate deal a smart and safe way to invest your money?" Good investors and developers with proven track records can get good bank ...
Buy-to-rent real estate investor interest leads to increase in foreclosure auctions
RealtyTrac reports that nationally, October foreclosure activity declined 28 percent from a year ago, but rose 2 percent from September, largely because of a 10 percent increase in scheduled auctions in states where courts process foreclosure cases. "Lenders are likely moving these properties more rapidly to the public auction, given ...
Wondering if the rental property you are buying may have ghosts?
When Roy Condrey had a tenant complain that a house Condrey had rented to them was haunted, it spurred him to begin doing research. When he discovered there was no easy way to find out what had happened in the house previously, he decided found a new website called diedinhouse.com ...
Three powerful rules for real estate investing
Brandon Turner says he's a pretty average real estate investor like many people. He points out that there are a few key things that can make a great investment and avoid poor investments. One, is to learn all you can about the niche in which you are investing, whether single ...
Market growth predicted in 2014, but new documentation requirements are coming
Investors can look forward to growth in 2014 and need to prepare for the new lending standards and documentation requirements that are coming up with the new qualified mortgage, or ability-to-repay rule. A panel of mortgage experts at the recent 2013 Realtors Conference and Expo in San Francisco, discussed the ...
