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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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 ...
Lok'n Store Self Storage Unit

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 ...
Think Realty Podcast #191 – Thinking Multifamily?

Think Realty Podcast #191 – Thinking Multifamily?

If buying a 100-unit property seems untouchable, you’ll want to listen to this episode because investing in the multifamily space is more doable than you might think. Host Abhi and guest Mark Kenney demystify multifamily as they discuss MF trends, markets, raising capital, best resources, and more! To learn how ...
Think Realty Podcast #190​ – Secure Your Financial Future

Think Realty Podcast #190​ – Secure Your Financial Future

Permanent wealth. Sounds pretty good, right? On this show, learn the relationship between control and risk and find out how you can sustain your finances in any situation. Guest Gary Pinkerton explains the ideas of hierarchal wealth, infinite banking, and more. Plus, did you know you can use a whole ...
Think Realty Magazine May 2021

Think Realty Magazine May 2021

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Contributor Corner Featuring Aaron Norris • Presidents' Circle Featuring Kemra Norsworthy Fundamentals |  Investing Ideas That Work • The Next BIG Wave: Motel to Multifamily Conversions • Cardone’s Column: Creative Real Estate Investing Strategies • Creative Marketing for Real Estate Investors • Investor Review ...
On the Radar: Accessory Dwelling Units

On the Radar: Accessory Dwelling Units

Creative real estate comes in all shapes and sizes. Seller carryback, wraps, master leasing, and lot splits are a few that come to mind. However, there’s one creative strategy I’ve been following closely since 2017: accessory dwelling units or ADUs. The strategy is becoming more popular due to government intervention, ...
Millions of Unsellable Homes Could Upheave the Housing Market

Millions of Unsellable Homes Could Upheave the Housing Market

Sweeping demographic changes are underway in the U.S. as tens of millions of Baby Boomers age into retirement. Between now and 2030, the number of Americans aged 65 years and older will increase to 73 million people, accounting for 30 percent of the population. Roughly 70 percent of them will ...
Manufactured/Mobile Homes on Acreage:  The Best Kept Secret in Real Estate Investing

Manufactured/Mobile Homes on Acreage: The Best Kept Secret in Real Estate Investing

Most likely, you’ve already read the title of this article. At the four mastermind groups in which I am a member and speaker and at the nationwide events I speak at, I always use this title. People always ask me, “Do you really believe that? Why?” My answer is always, ...