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How Single-Family Rental Investors Can Leverage Property Data and Technology

How Single-Family Rental Investors Can Leverage Property Data and Technology

| Kori Covrigaru | Article | Sponsored
The single-family rental (SFR) industry exploded in 2020 in large part due to the impact of the pandemic with more consumers seeking single-family homes suitable for spending greater amounts of time at home in suburban markets. Investors in the property type, as well as developers who are building houses expressly ...
Short-Term vs. Long-Term  Real Estate Investment Strategies

Short-Term vs. Long-Term Real Estate Investment Strategies

When it comes to real estate investment properties, there are two main strategies that investors can employ to gain experience and attain wealth. The two different paths to success include a short-term strategy as well as a long-term option. The short-term strategy called Purchase and Rehab, otherwise known as fix-and-flip, ...
How to Develop a Strong Investor-Lender Relationship

How to Develop a Strong Investor-Lender Relationship

Like in any other industry, a successful real estate investor is only as good as their network of well-versed, experienced professionals, and that begins with the relationship they develop with their lender. Having a strong relationship with your lender that’s built on mutual understanding and trust can be vital to ...
Decisions, Decisions

Decisions, Decisions

When it comes to being successful in your chosen career path or business venture it is always important to understand that there are levels to achieving your goals. There is no quick fix, no get rich quick scheme, and certainly not one path that must be followed. Investing in real ...
Hard Money Isn’t Cheap

Hard Money Isn’t Cheap

It doesn’t matter if you are looking to finance a home loan or a commercial real estate development, everyone wants to pay the lowest rate possible on borrowed money. It’s no secret that traditional institutions, such as small, medium, and large banks, are typically able to offer much lower rates ...
The Need-to-Knows About Hard Money Lending

The Need-to-Knows About Hard Money Lending

The word “hard” in hard money lending may seem off-putting, but don’t let the term scare you off from considering it a viable option when looking to scoop up property. Often used for real estate transactions, a hard money loan comes from a private lender instead of a bank and ...
Foreclosure Properties: Which One Is Right for You?

Foreclosure Properties: Which One Is Right for You?

| Rick Sharga | Article | Sponsored
Buying a foreclosure property often delivers greater returns than buying a traditional property. But not all foreclosure properties are alike. Which one makes the most sense for your investment strategy? Pre-foreclosure properties—homes in the earliest phase of the foreclosure process—are the least risky but have the lowest discounts. Investors negotiate ...
Private or Hard Money Lenders for a Fix-and-Flip Loan

Private or Hard Money Lenders for a Fix-and-Flip Loan

There are many factors to consider when using a private or hard money lender for financing on your real estate venture. We find that many investors initially focus on origination points charged and the interest rate of the loan. But there are also many other factors to consider that can ...
Steady Returns

Steady Returns

Rental properties more often than not guarantee you a steady return on your investment. This, alongside forming a fairly strong protective hedge around your financial future. The two most important benefits of rental properties are that they can provide cash flow and generate value from appreciation. Rental property investment continues ...
Business Owners – Are You Diversifying from Your Business?

Business Owners – Are You Diversifying from Your Business?

Last month, we discussed how a Self-Directed SEP IRA could be used as a tool to help reinforce your tax sheltering strategy and supplement your business cashflow at the same time. The above question may seem contradictory to our previous topic, but bear with us, there is a method to ...
Back to Basics in 2021

Back to Basics in 2021

In late March of 2020, the real estate industry collectively appeared to be heading straight off a deep cliff of Grand Canyon proportions as the widespread fallout connected with the rapid spread of the coronavirus threw the market into a downward spiral. The real estate market has proven surprisingly resilient ...
Thinking Virtually

Thinking Virtually

| Amy Ransdell | Article | Sponsored
At REVA Global, we talk with entrepreneurs every day. We hear the needs of our clients and see time and again how outsourcing to trained Virtual Assistants enables our entrepreneur clients to get more done while feeling less overwhelmed all at a massive cost-saving over in-office hires. Ask our CMO, ...
Hard-Money-Loans

Everything You Need to Know About Fix and Flip Loans

Fix and Flip Loans are acquired by real estate investors to buy a cheap or rundown house and fix it up to sell it again for a profit. Investors interested in renovation buy low and sell high, on a fast and furious timeline and budget. These residential Fix and Flip Loans ...
5 Tips for Growing Your Leads List

5 Tips for Growing Your Leads List

“How to I find property?” This is the number one question from real estate agents and real estate investors. To find property, you should build a diverse leads list and continually reach out to them. If you do not have a continuous supply of new leads coming to you, and ...
Business Owners – Is Your Tax Sheltering Plan Bulletproof?

Business Owners – Is Your Tax Sheltering Plan Bulletproof?

Whether you are in the business of fix & flips or rental properties, we are all sitting in a world of unknowns right now. However, all politics aside, there are two things that are certain. First, is that the trillions of dollars in government aid will need to be paid ...
Hard-Money-Lending

3 Questions Entrepreneurs Have Before Investing in Real Estate

As real estate investing experts with more than 18 years of success, we have heard just about every question you can possibly think of. While you may think most of these questions come from first-time investors, just as many come from clients on their second or third property. No question ...
5 Secrets to Living Your Best Life

5 Secrets to Living Your Best Life

| Robert Syfert | Article | Sponsored
Do you sigh when you look at your bank account balance? If you’re not excited when you look at your bank account, then keep reading. Have you ever asked yourself why you’re so broke? Or why you still haven’t been able to secure that lifestyle you daydream about? It might ...
Seller Finance Loans

Seller Finance Loans

Seller Financing is a valuable tool that will put more money in your pocket when you sell a property and help you sell faster especially as banks tighten lending. Plus, you are able to sell that loan at any time you want to raise cash. Last month we discussed tips ...
Investing in Community

Investing in Community

| Hubzu | Article | Sponsored
Real estate investors have the power to do more than just buy and sell properties. The investments you acquire, and what you do with them, can have a significant impact on your community. Turn Losses into Opportunities Homeowners in forbearance will often decide to sell their home in order to ...
Too Soon for Tax Season?

Too Soon for Tax Season?

| Joel Jensen | Article | Sponsored
We all know the old saying: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This is true in business. It seems that most people let out a collective sigh after April 15th. This is not true with business owners. If you are running a business and you are only ...
Compensating Your Tenants

Compensating Your Tenants

| Jeff Pepperney | Article | Sponsored
The landlord-tenant relationship is not always as straightforward as it may seem. This is especially true when a property owner may need to compensate a tenant, as opposed to the more usual rent payments from tenant to landlord. While it is true that there are reasons why a property owner ...
Investing in Residential Real Estate Online

Investing in Residential Real Estate Online

| Fund That Flip | Article | Sponsored
Passive real estate investing is defined as an investment, or the acquisition of something with the expectation of generating income, in real estate that requires no investment of your time to operate or manage the asset. Investors invest a sum of money into an income generating asset that is backed by ...
Land Trusts

Land Trusts

| Clint Coons | Article | Sponsored
Unfortunately for real estate investors, separating fact from fiction when it comes to land trusts can be difficult. A land trust is a simple tool that has been around since King Henry VIII ruled England. Its purpose then, to hide ownership of land (so a commoner would not have to ...
International-Note-Investing

International REI: The Importance of Money Transfer Companies

Many property investors might not think about it but money transfer companies could have a major impact on their revenue. Every investor who wants to actually make good money knows that portfolio diversification is crucial for success. The more variety there is to your portfolio, the safer you are, especially ...
Top 5 Tips to Get Started in Real Estate Investing

Top 5 Tips to Get Started in Real Estate Investing

Understand the Ways to Profit from Real Estate Investments If you are interested in becoming a real estate investor, before you dive in, there are a few very important details you must know. We’ve broken down the top five tips that experts want you to consider before getting started. 1 ...