Investment Strategy

Learn about asset classes and investment methods that dial into strategies to meet your REI goals: Alternative Investing | Commercial | Funds | IRAs | Multifamily | Single Family | Syndication

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Investment Strategy

Learn about asset classes and investment methods that dial into strategies to meet your REI goals: Alternative Investing | Commercial | Funds | IRAs | Multifamily | Single Family | Syndication

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Design is Crucial to Attracting Discerning Baby Boomers

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 ...
FREE WEBINAR! Rising Interest Rates: Is Real Estate Investing Still Bigger in Texas?

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 ...
Think Realty Podcast #229 – Turnkey Investing, how much do you REALLY know?

Think Realty Podcast #229 – Turnkey Investing, how much do you REALLY know?

You may know a lot about real estate investing, but do you know what turnkey means? Our guest (and Resident Expert) Jason Engelman from Freaky Fast Home Buyers & Investments, is breaking down the ins and outs of single family turnkey investing and how to use it to diversify your ...
Think Realty Magazine May/June 2022

Think Realty Magazine May/June 2022

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Design |  Inflation-proofing Your Renovation Budget • Investing in Mobile/Manufactured Homes • 13 Design Trends for 2022 • The 4 Essential Elements of a Successful Real Estate Project • Good Design Can Make or Break Your Business • Redesigning Distressed Properties to Appeal to Modern Buyers • ...
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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

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

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

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

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 ...
How to Succeed as a First-Time Investor

How to Succeed as a First-Time Investor

In 2022, it’s easier than ever to be a first-time real estate investor. Technological advances are producing accurate property values. Competition is bringing real estate commissions down. And a booming market is driving home prices through the roof. But just because we’re in a flourishing market, that doesn’t mean success ...
How to Prepare for Selling a House

How to Prepare for Selling a House

When you are getting ready to sell your house, there are plenty of things to do to get ready and get the most out of selling your home. Not only should you make sure that the house is in the best possible shape, but you should also do the research ...
Home Design Is Everywhere

Home Design Is Everywhere

Taking on the challenge of flipping or remodeling an investment property can be daunting when it comes to the design side of it. Whether it’s your very first investment project or your hundredth, being creative can be a challenge. Luckily, we live during a time in which home design ideas ...
4 Strategies to Help You Pay Off Your Mortgage Sooner

4 Strategies to Help You Pay Off Your Mortgage Sooner

Many first-time homebuyers get themselves locked into 30-year mortgages, with no real plan of getting it paid off sooner. While it’s fine to simply pay the minimum each month, financial freedom truly comes when you no longer need to make a large mortgage payment each month. For most people, their ...
Leveraging Notes to Grow Your Retirement

Leveraging Notes to Grow Your Retirement

00:32:00 | Want to find rapid growth in every area of your life and business? Resident Expert Cole Taylor shows you how! These 4 questions will both provide the path and set the pace for that growth ...
PlanOmatic Survey Reveals How Single-Family Rental Investors and Owners Utilize Property Data

PlanOmatic Survey Reveals How Single-Family Rental Investors and Owners Utilize Property Data

PlanOmatic, a provider of property insights and marketing services for the single-family rental (SFR) industry nationwide has released the results from its November 2021 survey highlighting how SFR investors, owners, and developers use property data and technology. SFR investors collect and use property data for various reasons, but surprisingly, many ...
Is Real Estate Education Still Needed?

Is Real Estate Education Still Needed?

As an 18-year veteran and third-generation real estate investor, I feel like I have seen it all. I have seen the market cycles, both the ups and the downs. I have seen people make hundreds of millions, and I have seen some of the most gruesome losses. For me, real ...
Investing with Turnkey Rental Real Estate

Investing with Turnkey Rental Real Estate

What if I said you could invest in the hottest markets in the country and have the support from teams that have been helping investors accomplish this goal for two decades? What if I also told you that you could do this from the comfort of your own home? Rent ...
Why Multifamily Is in a Good Spot

Why Multifamily Is in a Good Spot

The markets for apartment rentals and home and condo purchases usually move in opposite directions. A strong housing market is generally accompanied by soft rental markets and vice versa. However, as the real estate market recovered and housing demand steadily increased over the past decade since the financial crisis, the ...
9 Do’s and Don’ts for Going the Distance with Rental Property

9 Do’s and Don’ts for Going the Distance with Rental Property

In 2022, real estate investors are facing a very different market than they did in 2020. Where fix-and-flip properties were an appealing draw two years ago, the outlook has changed. According to ATTOM Data, profit margins for real estate shrank to 33.5% in late 2021, which is the largest dip ...
Checkbook IRA, or Checkbook LLC?

Checkbook IRA, or Checkbook LLC?

A recent case has shed light on one of the riskiest retirement plan strategies offered by promoters. In McNulty v. Commissioner (157 T.C. 10), a U.S. Tax Court provided clarity to the scheme of using self-directed IRAs for personal investments. Although the rules are strict, they had become lax and ...
Think Realty Magazine March/April 2022

Think Realty Magazine March/April 2022

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Profiles |  Are You Prepared for the Upcoming Market Crash in 2022? Legislation |  Think Realty’s New Government Relations Committee Identifies First Key Issue Funding |  Tap into Private Lending When Buying a Short-Term Rental • Capital, Real Estate, Cash Flow, and the Velocity of Money • ...
Think Realty Podcast #223 – The Multifamily Investment Roadmap

Think Realty Podcast #223 – The Multifamily Investment Roadmap

Investing in multifamily real estate can sound intimidating, but our guest Rob Beardsley from Lone Star Capital is giving you the roadmap on how to do it successfully. He explains what factors he looks for when choosing a property, what to look for when running a full comp analysis between ...
Earn Real Estate Rental Income without Being a Landlord

Earn Real Estate Rental Income without Being a Landlord

They do say that real estate is always a great investment, but the traditional way of investing in real estate comes with a heavy burden of work. If you’re a landlord managing your own rental property, you’re fielding calls from tenants, sometimes in the middle of the night; dealing with ...
Ashcroft Capital Announces Second Fund

Ashcroft Capital Announces Second Fund

At Ashcroft Capital, we focus on capital preservation while still having upside potential through our Value-Add Funds. We are proud to announce our second Fund, the Ashcroft Value-Add Fund II (AVAF2) is now open and accepting accredited investors. What is a Real Estate Fund? How is this Fund different from ...
How To Earn From Airbnb; Learn The Art Of Real Estate Arbitrage

How To Earn From Airbnb; Learn The Art Of Real Estate Arbitrage

Do you want to leverage your property to earn rent but don’t know how? Don’t worry! Using Air Bnb you can find tenants by connecting with people around the world. Planning vacations and looking for a place that gives you a home-like feel? Use Airbnb. This is an online marketplace ...