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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Insider Insight: Self-Directed IRAs
Real estate investors love discovering new sources of capital to fund their deals, but sometimes getting to that capital can be a little complicated. Think Realty Magazine sat down with Kaaren Hall, founder and CEO of self-directed account administrator uDirect IRA Services, to learn more about how real estate investors ...
Cash-Poor IRA Owners Could Benefit from Old Program
Sometimes, self-directed investors using individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to invest in real estate find themselves in the position of not having quite enough cash. An IRA that is real-estate rich but cash-poor can create serious stress for an investor worried about unforeseen expenses or making minimum distributions. Here is an ...
Think Realty Magazine Year End 2017
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | Think Realty Event Coverage Coaches Corner | Panel in Print • Making the Most of the Strength in a Room • A Strong Foundation for a Profitable Rental Portfolio Marketing | Never Advertise Again Cover Feature | Staying True to the Mission The Big ...
6 Tips on Selling During the Holidays
Not so long ago, selling a property during the holidays was to be avoided at all costs. Who wants to look at houses when everyone is busy with parties and family? Buyers and sellers were advised to wait until spring. With the advent of online listings, home sales have become ...
Colorado Tops ATTOM’s Q3 Pre-Mover Housing Index
ATTOM Data released its Q3 2017 Pre-Mover Housing Index, which shows that the markets with the highest pre-mover indices during the third quarter — predictive of strong sales activity in the fourth quarter — were Colorado Springs, Colorado; Manchester-Nashua, New Hampshire; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; and Nashville, Tennessee. Using data ...
9 Things to Know When Buying at Auction – Part 2 of 2
In the first part of this series we discussed five things to consider when purchasing an investment property at auction. In the second part, we will be discussing the advantages, disadvantages, tips, and red flags for both online and offline auctions. Read the first part in this series by clicking here ...
Think Realty Magazine December 2017
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | Where We’re Thinking Realty Coaches Corner | Think Realty Coaches • Don’t Rule Out Your Own Backyard • A Small City Office Can Revolutionize Your Investing Cover Feature | Strong Community Secures Returns The Big Picture | Redefining the “Path of Progress” •OSHA: The ...
It’s Not Just Location, Location, Location
You’ve probably heard the old saying, “Real estate is all about three things: location, location, location.” I think we should throw that one right out the window because is entirely wrong. In fact, it’s wrong to the point that people who invest primarily on “location, location, location” often take significant losses. In just about ...
5 Key Wealth Building Principles for REIs
Real estate is an increasingly trendy investment. Prices are low, interest rates are low, and opportunity is everywhere. But why is it right for you? Do you know the right investing niche for you? Know Your Niche I like to capture all five principles, but not all investments will do ...
Corporate Housing: Monetizing the 30-Day Stay
The days when the American Dream meant simply owning your own home are long past. These days, the American middle class is spending billions of dollars on renting, not buying, each year. To take control of your American Dream, you need to understand the true income potential of your residential ...
Get in on the Farmland Phenomenon
Over the past decade, international investors have doubled down on a certain type of real estate. In fact, they have purchased so much of this particular type of land just since 2004 that cross-border ownership in this sector accounts for an area roughly the size of the state of Tennessee ...
Tax Changes Could Hurt Second-Home Market
How would it affect your real estate investing if you could not deduct the mortgage interest on the property loan off your taxes each year? If you purchased one or more of your investment properties using a traditional mortgage loan, then keep reading. Looming changes to the U.S. tax code ...
4 Tips to Take Your First REI Step
Taking the first step is one of the most significant and common obstacles for a new or part-time investor who is looking to get started. Most people struggle to take the first step. I’ll admit, it is the most difficult step and probably the least rewarding one. Taking the First ...
Tap Your Holiday Spirit, Offer Solutions
Successful real estate investors tend to focus on offering solutions. Sometimes, those solutions are straightforward, such as buying a home from a distressed homeowner or helping a burned-out landlord exit ownership of a chronically troublesome rental property. If you can clearly convey to any potential lead, business partner, buyer, or ...
Fed’s Changing of the Guards Could Effect REIs
When President Trump announced he would break with precedent and nominate Federal Reserve Governor Jerome “Jay” Powell to replace current Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen in early 2018, he was keeping a much-publicized campaign promise to “fire” Yellen. During the presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly criticized the Federal Reserve for keeping ...
Is Your IRA Handled by the Proper Entity?
Last month I met with a potential client, who was unhappy with the service he was receiving through the company that was currently servicing his Self-Directed IRA. He described the challenges he faced trying to fund his investments, get paperwork completed, and the lack of communication between all the parties ...
Driverless Cars to Transform Real Estate Landscape
Driverless cars may seem like a novelty to many of us, but almost two dozen companies are racing to get them on the road in the next few years. It’s still a stretch of the imagination to visualize them as a common mode of transportation but if and when that ...
5 Fastest-Growing Cities in America
Two Texas cities dominated WalletHub’s most recent list of “fastest-growing cities in America,” and cities in Florida, Idaho, and Washington state made the list as well. Before you pack up your bags, your bandit signs, and your investment capital and head south or west, take a moment to read the ...
Think Realty Magazine November 2017
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | Where We’re Thinking Realty • Think Realty Honors Finalists Coaches Corner | Fostering Entrepreneurial Spirit and Community • Think Realty Course Reviews • Please Help Me! I’m Stuck Cover Feature | Real Estate, Not Rocket Science Up Close & Personal | One-on-One with the ...
How to Become an Accredited Investor
Summary: Understanding the purpose of the accredited investor designation is important for you and your investing business. This article walks through how to determine if you’re an accredited investor, your net worth’s contribution to investor accreditation, and how you can still invest in private placements if you are not yet ...
3 Actions to Start Self-Directing Your Retirement
“Most financial advisors will tell you that you simply cannot have a better lifestyle in retirement than you did while you were working full time. Most financial advisors are wrong.” So began Edwin Kelly, CEO of Specialized IRA Services, in his 60-minute training session at the 2017 Think Realty National ...
Top 5 Most Expensive States for Property Taxes
According to WalletHub’s “2017 Property Taxes by State Report,” the average American household spends more than $2,000 on property taxes each year. Perhaps of even greater interest to real estate investors, nearly $12 billion of those property taxes go unpaid each year according to the same study. Interestingly enough, the ...
Hyperloop Could Hyper-Value Real Estate
Disruptive technologies are changing the face of the globe, and one that could revolutionize transportation would also be a monumental game changer for real estate. The high-speed Hyperloop system would make it possible to commute from distant locations that could suddenly skyrocket in value. The Hyperloop is a futuristic system ...
Top 25 Zip Codes for Buying Single Family Homes
ATTOM Data Solutions, released its Q3 2017 Single Family Rental Market report, identifying the top 25 U.S. ZIP codes for buying single family rental homes based on potential rental yields and cash flow, vacancy rates, home price appreciation, population growth, neighborhood quality, and average property age. The report analyzed the ...
How to Maintain a Profitable Investment Portfolio in a Shifting Housing Market
“Live where you want, but invest where it makes sense.” Marco Santarelli, founder and CEO of Norada Real Estate Investments, is known for saying. Santarelli, who invests in cash-flowing turnkey rental properties in markets around the country, has maintained a profitable investment portfolio for more than two decades thanks to ...
