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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3 Steps to Effective Investing Strategies in a Widening Market

3 Steps to Effective Investing Strategies in a Widening Market

Over the years, our real estate company has found there are three major, universal decisions every investor must face (and make) before pulling the trigger on an investment: picking a property type, choosing a strategy, and selecting a market. Navigating that process has always been crucial to getting good returns, ...
The Future is Now for Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate

The Future is Now for Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate

From Hollywood to Wall Street, the term artificial intelligence (AI) is an agenda item. Everyone wants at least one peek into how AI will impact their business or industry. It probably comes as no surprise, then, that the giant data company Salesforce is been dedicated to the advancement of AI, ...
Renovation Rockstar: New Orleans Edition

Renovation Rockstar: New Orleans Edition

New Orleans-area investors Braden Smith and Chris Leniek are not afraid of much of anything in their unique real estate market, so taking on a two-bedroom/one-bath home in need of a near-total remodel was pretty much par for the course. “We buy run-down properties, fix them up, then sell them,” ...
Renovation Rockstar: First-Time Townhouse Success

Renovation Rockstar: First-Time Townhouse Success

When Jason Lipsitz and his business partner, Lee Fondiller, co-owners of South Hill Homes, got a first glance at their very first fix-and-flip deal, they realized that they were in for some serious work. Fortunately, that work came with some pretty serious returns, as well. “We got the lead from ...
Regional Spotlight: New Orleans

Regional Spotlight: New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA), is anything but simple. From its 73 “official” neighborhoods that some locals claim do not really exist to its storied history replete with pirates, natural disasters, and one of the country’s first “skyscrapers” (erected in 1807), the city is a beautiful and confusing cultural and architectural ...
Building Community in Real Estate

Building Community in Real Estate

It is not uncommon to hear real estate investors refer to their businesses as “supporting the community.” This statement is highly accurate, given that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) estimates that there are nearly 28 million small businesses in the country and, of that 28 million, roughly 10 percent ...
3 Red Flags Your Tenant Screening Process is Flawed

3 Red Flags Your Tenant Screening Process is Flawed

Determining if your tenant screening provider has quality criminal and eviction data is essential if you want to maintain a standard of accepting quality applicants. With faulty or subpar data, you leave your property open to potential threats, which can include lost revenue, extensive damages, lawsuits, and fines. To discern ...
Doctors Could be the Key to Your Next Commercial Investment

Doctors Could be the Key to Your Next Commercial Investment

Doctors and medical experts have always tended to be in real estate as well as medicine. They often own the buildings that house their practices and, once they get a taste of the joys of real estate ownership, start expanding their portfolios with both commercial and residential properties. Recently, I’ve ...
Progress Report: The Evolution of the Build-to-Rent Industry

Progress Report: The Evolution of the Build-to-Rent Industry

Lately, the hottest topic in real estate investing is “building-to-rent.” Before the housing crash, very few investors would have considered this strategy because everyone wanted to own their own home and lenient mortgage lending requirements made that a very real possibility for most people. Today, however, thanks to the combination ...
Changes in Mortgage Finance Represent Opportunity for Investors

Changes in Mortgage Finance Represent Opportunity for Investors

Adapting to a changing economic and legal environment is important in every industry, especially real estate. Veteran real estate investors must learn and adapt to the changing environment. The note industry and note investors are no different. This article discusses some of the changes underway in the real estate industry, ...
An Effective, Often-Overlooked Strategy for “Recession-Proof” Investing

An Effective, Often-Overlooked Strategy for “Recession-Proof” Investing

The Great Recession officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009 and had immediate and lasting negative financial impact on households and the broader markets. The economy bottomed out, crushing the real estate and stock markets, destroying $18.9 trillion of household wealth, and wiping out more than eight million jobs ...
The Legal Kryptonite You Need to Fight Financial Vampires

The Legal Kryptonite You Need to Fight Financial Vampires

He must have been sweating bullets when he got the news. John, a successful business man and owner of several car dealerships, got the call that his 16-year-old son had just rear-ended my car. Naturally, John’s first concern was the safety of his son. After learning that his son was ...
3 Tips for Doing Profitable Investment Deals in a Seller’s Market

3 Tips for Doing Profitable Investment Deals in a Seller’s Market

When they hear the term “hot market,” most real estate investors I know immediately assume that I, as a realtor, will love working in an area with this description. After all, properties are selling for big bucks, which means I can earn higher commissions, right? Well, yes and no. A ...
Think Realty Magazine May 2018

Think Realty Magazine May 2018

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty |  News & Events •Credit Bureaus Decide to Remove Tax Liens from Credit Reporting Design Point |  Renovation Rockstar: New Orleans Edition • Renovation Rockstar: First-Time Townhouse Success 2018 Trends |  Perfect Balance •The Future is Now for Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate •Why We ...
The Moxie to Invest

The Moxie to Invest

This article was originally featured in March 2018 Think Realty Magazine and written by Julie Ziglar Norman, realtor with Prime Properties Realty. Investing in real estate is one thing. Building wealth by investing in real estate is another. The first scenario is often a short-term, one-off plan; the second represents a plan ...
Renovation Rockstars: Bread-and-Butter House With A Surprise

Renovation Rockstars: Bread-and-Butter House With A Surprise

When Florida real estate investors John and Corinne Tesh first heard from the owners of this “bread-and-butter” Florida block house, they expected the property might be a challenge. Hurricane Irma had just swept through Florida, leaving devastation – and a lot of motivated sellers – in her wake. Bread-and-Butter House: ...
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Affordability Still Out of Reach for Median Wage Earners

ATTOM Data Solutions, released its Q1 2018 U.S. Home Affordability Report, which shows that median home prices in Q1 2018 were not affordable for average wage earners in 304 of 446 U.S. counties analyzed in the report (68 percent). The report determined affordability for average wage earners by calculating the ...
Think Realty Magazine April 2018

Think Realty Magazine April 2018

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty |  News & Events •Member Benefits: Barnett Renovation Rock Stars |  Bread-and-Butter House with a Surprise • Fire Recovery Rehab Cover Feature |  Perfecting the Art of Anticipation Housing News Report |  Finding the Next Reno •The Distressed Discounts Dozen •How Blockchain Could Transform Property ...
3 Lessons Learned During a Chicago Cold Snap

3 Lessons Learned During a Chicago Cold Snap

Most areas of the United States have dealt with some pretty severe cold weather in the past couple of months. Depending on where you live, you may have heard the polar chill referred to as the Polar Vortex, the Bomb Cyclone, or “Snowpocalypse 2018.” In Chicago, we refer to our ...
accidental landlord

The Accidental Landlord: Land Contract Gone Awry

When MD’s (name changed) father passed two and a half years ago, she and her brother were left the family home in Wisconsin. The two continued to honor a land contract agreement between MD’s family friend, Alice (name changed), and MD’s father that had been enacted seven years prior to ...
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How to Effectively Communicate with Tenants

Our world today is a 24/7, instant-access world. We bank online, depositing checks using digital pictures. We reach out to family and friends, communicating instantaneously via email, social media, and text without regard to time of day or geographic location. This high-speed world includes everyone, including the residents of your ...
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Buying at Auction, Behind the Scenes

Buying property at auction can be exciting and profitable, but it’s important to understand how the process works. Whether you are bidding online or in person, understanding how to research and prepare for auction and how to bid effectively during an auction will enable you to achieve your real estate ...
4 Smart Home Tech Options to Drive Rentals & ROI

4 Smart Home Tech Options to Drive Rentals & ROI

As technology grows at exponential speeds and now that all of us carry a computer in the palm of our hands more powerful than the first computer used to power a rocket, it is vital to keep up to date on what buyers and renters are looking for in smart ...
Top Ten Markets for Long-Term Investing

Top Ten Markets for Long-Term Investing

| Ingo Winzer | Article | Single Family
Changes in home prices give us the best idea of what's going on in a local real estate market. But you can’t just take price increases at face value and think that bigger is better. Home prices can be increasing at a good clip for three main reasons, two of ...
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Is Your Seller Violating Privacy Laws?

According to reports from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), an increasing number of home sellers are using their home surveillance systems to monitor showings while they are out. While the desire to see how a showing went firsthand is natural, it could be hurting their chances at selling for ...