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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Think Realty Podcast #203 – Home Sweet Home

Think Realty Podcast #203 – Home Sweet Home

Many investors are on edge, worried about where real estate markets are headed. Well, today’s guest isn’t concerned. Host Abhi talks with esteemed guest, William Tessar, President of Civic Financial Services, who is no stranger to trends, lending and pretty much everything real estate! What are opportunities you can get ...
Think Realty Podcast #201 – Sleep Better at Night

Think Realty Podcast #201 – Sleep Better at Night

When fear and uncertainty take over the market, how do real estate investors sleep at night? This show addresses market trends, private capital, interest rates, and how you can protect your investments in time of turmoil. Is slow and steady the way to go? Find out what you should be ...
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Should You Invest in Commercial Real Estate?

For the investor looking to build wealth over the long term, save for retirement, or simply achieve a greater level of financial freedom, real estate, whether residential or commercial, offers ample opportunity to do exactly that. Real estate will diversify your portfolio and offer considerable tax benefits, but when it ...
Think Realty Magazine August 2021

Think Realty Magazine August 2021

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Presidents' Circle Featuring Jason Engelman • Contributor Corner featuring Ellis Hammond Fundamentals |  Real Estate Trends Better Left in the Past • Democratizing Real Estate • Is Your Website a Billboard in the Desert? • Online Marketing Trends Real Estate Investors Should Not Overlook ...
Be Your Own Banker While Creating Generational Wealth

Be Your Own Banker While Creating Generational Wealth

The need for financing in life is significant when it comes to our purchases and investments, but the way in which you finance your purchases can have a serious impact on how you grow your wealth. Did you know there’s a tax-free way to finance your real estate investments without ...
Hemp Homes: A New Sustainable Building Trend

Hemp Homes: A New Sustainable Building Trend

Anyone building or remodeling this past year has seen lumber, steel, and concrete prices skyrocket. Lumber has tripled and other building materials have increased similarly. How can investors who already have tight margins handle the increased prices? How can we continue to build and not outstrip the capacity of buyers ...
What Buyers Want

What Buyers Want

Home has taken on a new meaning and function this past year. It is no longer the place we return to after a long day at the office; it is the office, the classroom, the gym, and the relaxation zone. What are current homeowners and buyers looking for as they ...
Reposition Properties to Maximize Profit

Reposition Properties to Maximize Profit

One of the most challenging parts of acquiring a new property is having the vision for what it could become. For example, when purchasing a single-family home, it’s easier to envision repairs to a bathroom or kitchen, but in more complex real estate transactions, such as the purchase of a ...
Think Realty Podcast #199 – Guiding Lights

Think Realty Podcast #199 – Guiding Lights

What are some principals to follow when starting your real estate investing journey? This show outlines which lights will lead you on the right investment path. Plus, rental rate rules, property negotiations, due diligence, and when it makes sense to NOT be motivated. All that and more on this episode! ...
How to Diversify Your Portfolio with Real Estate

How to Diversify Your Portfolio with Real Estate

The real estate market has become highly volatile in the recent past, in part because of the ever-shifting consumer trends. This has led even the strongest of investment portfolios to experience a few periods of loss every now and then. Nonetheless, you can considerably mitigate those losses by diversifying your ...
Think Realty Magazine July 2021

Think Realty Magazine July 2021

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Increase Your ROI with Architects and Designers • The Secret to Living Your Perfect Day • Contributor Corner Featuring Michael Zuber Fundamentals |  Designing Your Thought Leadership Platform • Navigating the Private Lending World • Rewarding Good Tenants • Investor Review • How to ...
Building a Wholesale Business

Building a Wholesale Business

We all know that wholesaling real estate is a hustle and such a transactional business. You can have the best month ever, but once that calendar turns you are right back to zero and have to do it all over again. Your business is built off of going after that ...
Design Elements in Rental Homes

Design Elements in Rental Homes

When it comes to real estate, most people swear by the axiom “Location, location, location.” But, there’s one other element I think is equally important. The kitchen, the kitchen, the kitchen. The kitchen has long been a centerpiece of family gatherings, whether it’s a nightly family dinner, leisurely Sunday breakfast ...
Connecting Past and Present Through Design

Connecting Past and Present Through Design

Every state, every city, and every small town has a past or a history in which a potential home buyer may perhaps be in love with enough that they are considering moving there. Why not capture that history in the design of your next investment? Designing a beach-themed home at ...
Turning a Nightmare Home into a Dream Home

Turning a Nightmare Home into a Dream Home

It may not look like it now but this house was as scary as they come. When acquiring a property you’ll often hear the saying, “It needs some work, but it has good bones.” We ended up finding out that not only did this house “need some work,” but the ...
Rewarding Good Tenants

Rewarding Good Tenants

Real estate investing is a wonderful way to improve your financial future and earn financial freedom. Unfortunately, there is a lot of bias and uninformed thinking that goes into real estate education. For example, how investors choose to focus on “good” tenants verses “bad” tenants can have a significant impact ...
The Ultimate Guide to Selling Farmland

The Ultimate Guide to Selling Farmland

At Tillable, our mission is to simplify owning and managing farmland. But when it comes to changes in ownership, we know the process can feel anything but simple. We’ve put together this guide to help lay out some considerations and best practices, from the right documentation to gather all the ...
Think Realty Podcast #193 – The Debt vs. Equity Debate

Think Realty Podcast #193 – The Debt vs. Equity Debate

How do you raise equity? How do you know whom to trust? These questions are big for real estate investors and this episode answers them and more! Learn which top strategies borrowers are doing today, how to maximize your margins, and how to work with lenders. For more from guest ...
Think Realty Magazine June 2021

Think Realty Magazine June 2021

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Contributor Corner Featuring Michele Van der Veen • Presidents' Circle Featuring Arianne Lemire Fundamentals |  3 Critical Areas of Risk Management • Vetting Deals • The Ultimate Risk Management Playbook • Managing Rental Properties of Foreign Owners • Commercial Review • Noteworthy Risks Commercial ...
June 2021 Commercial Review

June 2021 Commercial Review

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Commercial Review |  Creating a New Breed of Multifamily Real Estate Company • The $5 Billion Plan for Your Apartment Syndication Business • Self Storage Real Estate: Risk vs. Reward • Industrial Real Estate: The Bright Point of CRE • Expectations of Strong Post-COVID Recovery Bolster Competition ...
Expectations of Strong Post-COVID Recovery Bolster Competition for Commercial Real Estate Assets

Expectations of Strong Post-COVID Recovery Bolster Competition for Commercial Real Estate Assets

Price discovery remains challenging. Multiple factors point to an economy that is firmly in recovery as a critical mass of the U.S. population becomes vaccinated. Stimulus checks have bolstered personal savings, consumption has surged to record levels and reviving air travel suggests that both business and leisure travelers are back ...
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Industrial Real Estate: The Bright Point of CRE

The pandemic put a massive damper on many industries — in particular, travel and tourism, hospitality and entertainment, and commercial real estate. As other asset classes like office and retail struggled with stay-at-home orders and virtually no traffic, industrial real estate likely advanced even further into the future than it ...
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Self Storage Real Estate: Risk vs. Reward

Wayne Gretsky, the famous ice hockey player once said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” Investors, have a lot on our minds; where will interest rates go, will our tenants pay, will the economy hold up, etc. While there are many ...
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The $5 Billion Plan for Your Apartment Syndication Business

In late 2020, I achieved one of my original long-term apartment syndication goals: $1 billion under management. A large portion of that $1 billion (a little under $300,000,000) was added in 2020. At the same time, the podcast I created, Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever, and the Best Ever ...
Think Realty Podcast #192​ – The Dating Game

Think Realty Podcast #192​ – The Dating Game

Ready to no longer be single? If you’re a single-family real estate investor looking to embark on syndications or maneuvering the multifamily space, then this show is for you! It has never been easier to invest in multifamily. Listen to this and find out how you can find a partner ...