Single Family
By far the most popular REI method, single-family residential investments include fix-and-flip, buy-and-hold, short- and long-term rentals, wholesaling, and BRRRR, among many other strategies.
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Single Family
By far the most popular REI method, single-family residential investments include fix-and-flip, buy-and-hold, short- and long-term rentals, wholesaling, and BRRRR, among many other strategies.
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The Solution for Single-Family Success
Propertyware® and RealPage® deliver unique solutions that are unmatched in the industry. Built by single-family experts, Propertyware has been the industry’s leading property management platform for almost twenty years. Our all-in-one solution, which includes payments, screening, portals, maintenance, call center services and more, is designed for the way you do ...
Tamara Day’s Strategic Renovation Advice
Photo courtesy of DIY Network As seasoned investors well know, each renovation presents new challenges that, if miscalculated, can bust budgets and tank an opportunity. With more than 30 home rehabs under her belt, Bargain Mansions host Tamara Day has plenty of tools to keep a project on track and under ...
The Turnkey Real Estate business is one that comes with numerous opportunities and significant potential. There are many different avenues that companies take when putting their clients into hands-off investment properties. The traditional model of the turnkey space is to sell a client a renovated, tenanted, and managed property in ...
5 Ways to Make More Money Off Your Rental Property
5 Ways to Make More Money Off Your Rental Property Sponsored Content Investing in real estate is an inspired choice, according to Investopedia. It’s especially so if you are planning to rent out this property and turn it into one of the best possible sources of passive income. Today, you ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Primer on Due Diligence for Investment Houses
Due diligence may be one of the least exciting parts of real estate investing, but it is easily one of the most important. Failing to correctly evaluate a property before you buy can cost you dearly down the line. Use this brief guide to help put your mind at ease ...
Blurred State Lines Benefit SFR Investors
The lines are becoming increasingly blurred when it comes to local versus out-of-state real estate investing. Thanks in large part to advances in technology that allow investors to find — and easily assess — the performance of out-of-town rental properties, as well as the range of management options that landlords ...
Where to Buy Homes with Least Natural Hazard Risk
Real estate investors who want to avoid property damage caused by natural hazards should be looking in the Rust Belt, according to the ATTOM Data Solutions 2018 U.S. Natural Hazard Housing Risk Index. For the report ATTOM indexed natural hazard risk in more than 3,000 counties and more than 22,000 ...
The Year in Review: Institutional SFR Investing in 2018
I have been fortunate to work with some of the biggest investors in the country for more than a decade, serving in a variety of roles from advisor to banker to employee. The so-called “institutional investors,” large firms who manage billions in assets for the ultra-wealthy, university endowments, insurance companies, ...
Renovation Rockstar: Layers of History in Kansas City
Project Notes: Built in 1890 4 bedrooms/4 bathrooms 3,010 square feet Original floors and staircase Kitchen with 12-foot ceilings Purchase Price: $122,000 Rehab & Carrying Costs: $200,000 Appraised Value After Rehab: $468,000* *Because the neighborhood is dominated by multigenerational households and rentals, comps for Hatley’s property were nonexistent. This is ...
3 Elements in Home Design that Withstand the Test of Time
If you’re like me, sometimes the search for design inspiration can be something of a black hole. I love searching through online images to find unique finishes and special touches that work within our investing strategy framework, but too much time in that space can sort of skew your perspective ...
U.S. Commerce Dept. Warns Housing Inventory Still Short
If the goal of homebuilding is to cool rising prices, the slight uptick in new home inventory this past July won't do the trick. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, total housing starts in single- and multi-family building rose nearly 1% in July to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.17 ...
REI Club Members Take on the “Total Gut Job” Tudor with Detailed Plans
I’d like to say that after the Affinity REI Club closed on its first investment property in February, we dove right into renovations while sporting plaid shirts, overalls and big, cheesy grins, then promptly unveiled the gorgeous Tudor to sparkly-eyed buyers after 21 minutes of action and nine minutes of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
