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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Cryptocurrency and Real Estate
Cryptocurrency and one of its main underlying technologies, Blockchain, seem poised to transform many industries. Real estate, which tends to be a conservative, slow-to-change industry, is ripe for transformation by these technologies. How can real estate investors take advantage of Bitcoin and Blockchain to set themselves apart from the crowd ...
A Different Kind of Smoke Damage
A home's value generally relates to the condition and features of the property. Homeowners and sellers should understand that certain behaviors by residents have regularly been shown to negatively affect the value of a home by worsening its condition in the eyes of buyers. One example of this is smoking indoors. Most ...
Tamara Day’s Top Weekend DIY Projects to Boost Home Value
After more than a decade of rehabbing houses, revamping interiors and building custom furniture, “Bargain Mansions” host Tamara Day has curated a vast catalog of do-it-yourself projects that increase home values. And as more real estate investors look to quickly boost returns, more sellers are turning to old-fashioned elbow grease ...
How Wholesaling Can Work for You
If you're interested in real estate as an investment, it's certainly fun to watch those TV shows with the fix-and-flip investors turning a beat-up old house into someone's dream home. And of course, it's entertaining to see them raking in five-figure profits while they're doing it. Other TV shows, seminars, ...
Think Realty Housing News Report June/July 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Supplier: Motili Investor Stories | Loan Turned to Own •Why Mortgage Applications Have to Change Fundamentals | How Wholesaling Can Work for You • Operation Safety • Mind the Gap • "It Depends"• A Legal View Strategy | ...
Despite serious competition for the good deals, the tax lien real estate sector definitely rewards effort. Investing in tax liens and acquiring properties through tax sales is a highly effective way to build a big, profitable portfolio, if you are willing to put energy toward developing a strategy and understanding ...
Spring into Real Estate Growth
If daffodils are blooming in the yards of local listings these days, then you may be considering making a horrible real estate investing mistake. Thanks to the toxic combination of media headlines proclaiming the “spring home-buying season” is upon us and misconceptions among new investors about just how to find ...
Think Realty Housing News Report May 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Housing News Report | FEATURED ARTICLE: THE NEW SOLAR ECONOMY: A HAZY PATH TOWARD HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE SUN •MY TAKE: WHAT IS REAL ESTATE DATA AS A SERVICE? •DATA IN ACTION: MARKETS WITH THE GREATEST HOME SELLER GAINS IN 2018 • MARKET SPOTLIGHT: PHOENIX IS ...
Think Realty Magazine May/June 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events •Think Realty Benefits: Sherwin-Williams Investor Stories | Flying High •Renters Warehouse Design Point | Renovation Rockstar •Design Guide: Warm Classic Kitchen Fundamentals | What is Real Estate Data as a Service? • Taking Low-Value Property to New Heights • Investor ...
Seven Reasons to Invest in Single-Family Rentals Sooner Rather Than Later
If you’re seeking to diversify your investment portfolio away from the volatility of the financial markets, single-family rental real estate is worth a close look. Here are seven compelling reasons to invest now: Number 1: Single-family rental rates continue to increase According to John Burns Real Estate Consulting, single-family rental rates ...
How to Build Continuous Cash through Noteworthy Investments
How would you like to have a retirement plan that builds up cash continuously with as little as one initial contribution from you? Imagine a plan that you do not have to set up with a brokerage firm, a plan that has no fees of any kind, a plan in ...
Think Realty Housing News Report April/May 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Citrix-Podio Provides a Secure File-Sharing Solution Investor Stories | From Serving America to Owning a Piece of It • Will AVMs Create a World Without Appraisers? Strategy | Gathering Risks Make 2019 a Challenging Year for Mortgage Lenders •Rental Markets ...
Think Realty Housing News Report April 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Housing News Report | FEATURED ARTICLE: GSE REFORM: HOUSING FINANCE SAVIOR OR LOOMING DISASTER? •MY TAKE: GATHERING RISKS MAKE 2019 A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR MORTGAGE LENDERS •SPOTLIGHT: MARYLAND STILL AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO INVEST •BIG DATA SANDBOX: BUY OR RENT? THAT IS THE QUESTION • DATA IN ...
Invest from the Couch: 7 Real Estate Crowdfunding Platforms
Whether you’re looking to cut a seven-figure check or buy a small share of a building, more crowdfunding platforms are entering the world of real estate to fuel the next generation of investing. Leveraging a law enacted in 2013, real estate crowdfunding tools have significantly grown in popularity with dozens ...
Instead of Flipping Houses, Become a House Flipper’s Buyer
Visualize a retirement in a paradise area of your choice or, more realistically, even more than one seasonally. Think of having a constant cash flow that eclipses any reasonable risk-adjusted investment returns from stocks, bonds, or savings accounts. Rental-property investing is the way to build and grow a portfolio over ...
Pros & Cons of Multifamily Property Management
As someone who’s been in this industry for years, I’m often asked by investors what is the better investment: single-family or multifamily? There has been much written on the different aspects of financing, buying, and selling a multifamily property. But what about the day-to-day management and operations of the property? ...
Springtime Staging Tips to Increase Returns and Sell Fast
After a long winter, what better time to sell a home than the springtime? With the flowers blooming and the weather changing people can be more motivated to purchase. With the springtime comes change, which means there may need to be some updates to your house to get it in ...
Think Realty Magazine March/April 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Virtual Assistants Help Time-Strapped Investors Conquer Leads, Social Media •One Marine, One Navy Pilot and One Vision to Buy America • From Instagram to HGTV •Think Realty's Tribute to Linda Liberatore Special Section | Think Realty's 2019 Women to Watch ...
4 Real Estate Investment Strategies For Newbies
Investing in real estate is nothing new. With the popularity of real estate shows on television, it can give anybody the feeling that they can do that too and be super successful at it. What many people don’t realize is the amount of work that can go into real estate ...
Probate Properties are a Growing Opportunity for Investors
*Sponsored Content A common concern among residential real estate investors is that there are too many people working the same leads. We frequently hear investors say they are having a hard time finding properties that are good for investing. The number of probate leads available each month, however, continues to ...
Dig Deep with Data to Find Your Next Investment Market
You’re waiting at your dentist’s office and you see a financial magazine. The headline grabs your attention — “Top 10 Markets for Real Estate Investors.” The article lists markets with rising rents and markets with strong appreciation. But, it is of little help because everyone knows that past performance is ...
Five Steps to Smart Multifamily Investing
Homeownership rates have fallen in recent years due to rising home values and stricter underwriting standards. As a result of this and the increase in the number of people 34 years of age and younger, the prime age range for rentals, more U.S. households are renting than at any point ...
Opportunity Zones: Prime Investing Opportunities in Amazon HQ2 Markets
The new Opportunity Zones created by the tax reform legislation passed in December 2017 provide real estate investors with prime, tax-incented investing opportunities, particularly if they can find zones that are in the path of progress. The newly announced Amazon HQ2 markets certainly qualify as being in the path of ...
Think Realty Housing News Report February/March 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events •Office Depot Pilots New Coworking Space Special Section: Technology and Disruption| Data-FedDisruptionBringing Balance to theMortgage Marketplace •Billions of Dollars are Heading toward ‘Proptech’ • The Next Generation of Renters are Knocking at Your Door —Are You Prepared? Strategy | Dig Deep ...
It seems like everyone, from the investors I meet at local meetups to the national news media, is talking about interest rates going up. In fact, I sometimes feel as if we have been talking about this for almost 10 years now. While it is certainly true that interest rates ...
