Profiles
Learn from the best and brightest in the real estate investment space: Who they are, what they do, and a little of their secret sauce.
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Profiles
Learn from the best and brightest in the real estate investment space: Who they are, what they do, and a little of their secret sauce.
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Carl and Peggy Mullin have made it their mission to provide real estate solutions. “Whether you are selling a house, buying a home or looking for investments, we provide solutions that are moral, ethical, legal and provide win-win-win results,” they state proudly. That’s a tall order in any investing sector, ...
When Marco Santarelli, founder of Norada Real Estate Investments, bought his first property at the age of 18, his gut told him the transaction held the key to his eventual financial freedom. What he did not realize at the time was just how many other investors would find financial freedom ...
Without question, the real estate business has a positive impact on communities in very visible ways. Houses are repaired and brought up to code to sell. Historic buildings are restored as trendy condos. And retail centers are revitalized. Believing their impact can be even greater, some leaders choose to extend ...
A few years ago, Joe Ross—an award-winning hotel entrepreneur with more than 50 years in the business—went looking for his next big adventure. And he’s found it in Fairway Suites. The Kansas-based company puts together deals to build extended-stay hotels next to golf courses and similar attractions. And that unlocks ...
Investing in real estate can change your life. Just ask Kathy Fettke, who started by renting out rooms in her own home when her husband, Rich Fettke, was diagnosed with cancer. She now has a diversified portfolio of single-family homes and commercial real estate throughout the country. Most people would ...
Time for a little myth-busting: You don’t have to be an institutional investor to succeed in the world of commercial real estate. The Kansas City-based Block Real Estate Services and its affiliate, Block Funds, are opening doors to investment opportunities that many individual investors would otherwise have a hard time ...
Rodney Pike knew from the start that he loved making real estate a reality for others, thanks to his longtime association with Habitat for Humanity and experience in the construction sector. When he decided to start making his own real estate dreams reality, however, “I just didn’t have all the ...
Dallas-Fort Worth: Ensuring Economic Diversity
The Dallas-Fort Worth area undeniably relies heavily on the oil industry for its economic health and well-being, but regional and state policy-makers have spent more than a decade designing programs, incentives and policies to ensure that the local area continues to grow and evolve regardless of gas prices. Here are ...
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is not just the primary international airport serving the state of Texas and the largest hub for American Airlines, which also has its headquarters nearby. DFW is also a perfect example of the flexibility and creativity that makes the entire Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex an interesting ...
Dallas-Fort Worth: The Heat is (Still) On
When a city starts making regular appearances on multiple “overheated housing market” lists, real estate investors start to get a little antsy about their holdings in the area. Those who were considering putting money into those markets grasp their checkbooks a little more tightly. In the case of the Dallas-Fort Worth ...
The Tech Startup Curing the Lawn Care Headache
Ken Davis had a problem. About eight years ago, the Utah man started building a portfolio of rental properties—more than a hobby, but not quite large enough to justify hiring his own team. So, for a long time, Davis was on the hook for lining up vendors to mow his ...
REI Business — The Triple Play Approach
Loan options for investors who rehab and flip houses are pretty straightforward. Private lenders, banks and crowdfunding sites can all be good options, depending on the borrower’s credit and funding needs. But what if there were a funding source that also had a fix-and-flip division in addition to being one of ...
A New Avenue for Real Estate Loan Investing
In only its first few years, PeerStreet has demonstrated that its combination of real estate expertise, big data and tech leadership can create an innovative opportunity for investors. This online real estate marketplace, based in Manhattan Beach, California, has funded more than $75 million in loan volume and exceeded $25 ...
2016 Think Realty Awards of Distinction
Humanitarian of the Year: An individual of highest integrity, standards and principle who not only excels in the real estate investing industry but selflessly contributes to the betterment of the world at large. Andy Williams, Recon Realty 214-306-4598 Recon Realty is a veteran- focused private real estate investment firm specializing in ...
When Andy Williams returned from four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, he faced a tough transition. “I was in an anti-terrorism team,” he recalls. When he returned to civilian life, he managed and expanded the real estate portfolio he had begun to build from overseas while he was in ...
Profile: Lukas Krause of Property Management Business Solutions
Property Management Business Solutions, North America’s largest property management company and franchisor of Real Property Management, promoted Lukas Krause from COO to CEO this past March. Think Realty recently asked him about the direction of his company and industry trends. As told to Susan Thomas Springer, edited for brevity. Think ...
Brief History of the Twin Cities
Although Minneapolis and St. Paul are very nearly the perfect pair today, the Twin Cities were not always so happy to share their success with each other. Back in the 1890s, local law enforcement would actually arrest and jail census takers from the other city in order to prevent them ...
The 2016 Twin Cities Housing Market At A Glance
The Twin Cities housing market has become a buyer's market in 2016 thanks to an improving economy, a lower jobless rate and rising equity. A lack of inventory is slowly pushing up sales prices. But the recovery is uneven, with some areas seeing fast appreciation, while others are languishing, according ...
Why You Need to Become a Real Estate Agent
For many residential real estate investors, it’s still not the typical way of doing business. But if you want to power up your operations, you need to seriously consider becoming a licensed real estate agent, according to Angie and Dan Francis, the owners of Texas-based StepStone Realty. Being both an ...
Who could have predicted that experience trading stock options, starting ministries and hunting elk would combine to form a successful real estate investment company? That’s the interesting path Kent Davis and Chuck Bates have traveled as co-founders of Equistream, formerly Kingdom First Holdings, based in Tampa, Fla. Today, Equistream buys large ...
Profile: James Paine of San Diego’s West Realty Advisors
Founder and Managing Partner James Paine is Leading San Diego's West Realty Advisors from Coast-to-Coast, Door-to-Thousandth Door If anybody could be described as a natural-born entrepreneur, it’s James Paine, founder and managing partner at San Diego-based West Realty Advisors. The Santa Barbara native started his first businesses when he was ...
Profile: Jeffrey Taylor “Mr. Landlord”
With 30 Years' Experience, Jeffrey Taylor Has More Than Earned The Moniker 'Mr. Landlord.' Mr. Landlord, as Jeffrey Taylor is known, is the resource for landlords eager to learn best practices from his 30 years of experience. Taylor says he reaches more do-it-yourself rental owners than any other company through ...
John Warren and lima One Capital Are Leading the Charge for Sensible Lending Options for Real Estate Investors Lima One Capital—a South Carolina-based lender serving residential real estate investors—has become one of the industry’s fastest-growing providers of financing, approving more than $100 million in loans last year. And CEO John ...
Case Study: A House Rehab in Greensboro NC
Editors Note: The following is a case study of one rehab deal, courtesy of John Tesh, who with his wife, Corinne, owns Citygate Home LLC in Greensboro, N.C. We found this house by a referral from a past customer. She knew we paid cash for houses and closed quickly. The owner was ...
With so many accomplishments already, Carl Dean seems to have lived a lifetime of success as a real estate investor. But the 30-year-old is just getting started. So what happens when you’re only 30 and you’ve already been wildly successful in a career you love—real estate? If you’re Carl Dean, ...
