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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Understanding the Power of Color

Understanding the Power of Color

Any time you take on a renovation, remodel, or flip project, the one inevitable question everyone will ask is “What color do we use?” Certainly, you will need to make color decisions related to your project. Even if you’re simply staging a home to put up for sale, the question ...
How Design Can Maximize A Multifamily Investment

How Design Can Maximize A Multifamily Investment

Many cities throughout the country are experiencing tremendous rent growth, and the Tampa, Florida, market is no exception. Local statistics puts market rent growth for this area at more than 20% during the last year as supply continues to be sparce. With such a high demand, investors can continue to ...
Redesigning Distressed Properties to Appeal to Modern Buyers

Redesigning Distressed Properties to Appeal to Modern Buyers

When he quit his day job March 1, 2020, to start investing in real estate full time, Will Wenzel counted on two things to support his strategy of buying and renovating distressed properties in the Connecticut communities where he grew up: a combination of aging suburban housing stock and millennial ...
The 4 Essential Elements of a Successful Real Estate Project

The 4 Essential Elements of a Successful Real Estate Project

When most people think about rehabbing a property, they think in terms of two main concepts: How much money they will make on the sale or generate in rent. How amazing the “after” pictures will look in their social media feed and other promotional materials. The focus on these two ...
Labor and Materials Shortages Prompt New Approaches to Building and Design

Labor and Materials Shortages Prompt New Approaches to Building and Design

Fix-and-flippers, new home builders, and build-to-rent contractors must feel like they’re caught in an endless loop of Groundhog Day. Although many builders and rehabbers had hoped 2022 would bring some relief from materials shortages, labor bottlenecks, and soaring construction prices, challenges in these areas have continued unabated across the country ...
13 Design Trends for 2022

13 Design Trends for 2022

It’s 2022 and the world has been through quite a lot these past two years. We’ve seen supply chain issues; labor shortages; and changes in the way we live, work, and play. Home has become the heartbeat of our lives. Many of us had to pivot and work from home, ...
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 • ...
Where’s the GOLD and Where’s the COAL: Real Estate Investing in 2022 with Eddie Gant

Where’s the GOLD and Where’s the COAL: Real Estate Investing in 2022 with Eddie Gant

00:36:03 | This session explores the best and worst opportunities in the real estate market for 2022. It highlights high-potential "gold" markets and sectors offering strong returns, while also pointing out "coal" markets—areas facing challenges such as economic downturns or oversupply. Other Replays for this Event ...
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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 ...
State of the SFR Industry: Tenant Boom & Moratoria Impacts

State of the SFR Industry: Tenant Boom & Moratoria Impacts

00:47:01 | This session examines the current dynamics of the single-family rental market, including the surge in tenant demand and the effects of eviction moratoria. It discusses how this tenant boom has driven rental growth and influenced investor strategies, while also addressing challenges caused by government-imposed rent and eviction restrictions ...
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 ...
Write & Receive Checks from “Honey Hole” Markets: Turnkey Rentals with Double Digit Returns Featuring Jason Engelman

Write & Receive Checks from “Honey Hole” Markets: Turnkey Rentals with Double Digit Returns Featuring Jason Engelman

00:37:22 | This session highlights the potential of investing in high-yield, lesser-known real estate markets, often referred to as "honey hole" markets. It focuses on turnkey rental properties—fully renovated, income-generating homes that require minimal effort from investors. The session explores how these properties in select markets can provide double-digit returns, ...
Learn How to Create a Professional Income by Converting One Single-Family Home into an Assisted Living Home with Isabelle Guarino

Learn How to Create a Professional Income by Converting One Single-Family Home into an Assisted Living Home with Isabelle Guarino

00:44:07 | At this meeting, Isabelle Guarino from the Residential Assisted Living Academy, the #1 Educators on Assisted Living, will share with you what you need to know about this incredibly lucrative niche in Business AND Real Estate. Isabelle’s family has been in the RAL business for years, they’ve owned 6 ...
Alternative Ways to Invest and Gain Passive Income

Alternative Ways to Invest and Gain Passive Income

00:29:57 | This session explores unconventional investment options that generate passive income streams. Eddie focuses on how these alternatives can help investors diversify their portfolios and create steady, long-term income with minimal active involvement. Other Replays for this Event ...
Multifamily Market Disruptions

Multifamily Market Disruptions

00:43:57 | This panel examines the challenges and changes affecting the multifamily housing sector. It highlights factors such as rising interest rates, shifting tenant demands, economic volatility, and regulatory changes that are disrupting traditional investment strategies. This session also explores how investors can adapt to these disruptions, capitalize on new ...
State of the Fix and Flip Industry: Mitigating Inventory Issues

State of the Fix and Flip Industry: Mitigating Inventory Issues

00:46:16 |This panel addresses the challenges faced by real estate investors in the fix-and-flip sector due to limited property inventory. It explores strategies for overcoming these shortages, such as sourcing off-market deals, adapting to changing market conditions, and improving operational efficiency. The focus is on how investors can navigate the ...
Economies of Scale: Building Your REI Business Across Multiple Markets

Economies of Scale: Building Your REI Business Across Multiple Markets

00:43:47 |This informational panel discusses how investors can grow their real estate portfolios efficiently by expanding into multiple markets. Other Replays for this Event ...
Top 10 Ways to Grow Your Portfolio – Advanced Lending with Catalyst Funding

Top 10 Ways to Grow Your Portfolio – Advanced Lending with Catalyst Funding

00:43:56 |Expand your portfolio and make room for more conventional deals. This class is for experienced investors looking for unique ways to up their real estate investment game. We're going to share the top 10 ways to grow your portfolio and answer any questions you may have along the way ...
Infinite Banking, Funding for Your Rental Portfolio with Gary Pinkerton

Infinite Banking, Funding for Your Rental Portfolio with Gary Pinkerton

00:47:09 |Learn how my clients and I 100% fund our rental portfolios with other people's money using the most flexible and lowest (sub-4%) rates in the industry. Avoiding taxes and the opportunity cost/asset risk of locking your funds up in your properties is essential for growing long term wealth. Other ...