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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Local Real Estate Investors Improve Communities One House at a Time

Local Real Estate Investors Improve Communities One House at a Time

Local real estate investors across the country are uniquely positioned to help alleviate the significant shortage of homes available to low- to mid-income families. They work closely with private lenders and capital providers who enable and encourage the delivery of updated affordable housing. The severe lack of quality affordable housing ...
Global Real Estate Investing

Global Real Estate Investing

With current U.S. real estate prices surging out-of-control, let’s look at five reasons why global real estate investing in Panama can be a great way to diversify your portfolio. Many U.S. properties are being sold for 10-22 percent over the asking price. On top of this surge, many buyers are ...
Property Development Is About People

Property Development Is About People

It is easy to get lost in the finer points of property development when there are so many moving pieces that developers are responsible for managing. Between acquiring professional teams, project deadlines, budget revisions, risk management, and compliance with local ordinances, a developer must always be on call. The most ...
Heart of the Home

Heart of the Home

Renovating homes for a living is of course a numbers game. Buy low, have a reasonable renovation budget to work with, and hope to turn a profit in the end. The buying and selling are reasonably simple. It’s the in between part that can get tricky for investors! What, where, ...
New-Home-Construction

Hot Spots for Home Construction

The ongoing supply and labor shortages induced by the pandemic have paralyzed most industries in America, but not construction. Over the last two years, residential construction has surged across the U.S., according to an in-depth report using US Census Bureau data by Omnis Panels. The report analyzed new building permit ...
Generating Income From Your Guest House

Generating Income From Your Guest House

There are several ways to boost your income if you're a property owner. Obviously, there are renovations to boost value for your rental property that can be done, and you'll see a serious turn on your investment. Things as simple as a fresh coat of paint, upgrading the lighting to ...
6 Real Estate Investing Opportunities You Don’t Want to Miss

6 Real Estate Investing Opportunities You Don’t Want to Miss

Real estate is a multi-faceted investment playground. Investors from all walks of life can get in on the fun. Most traditional mindsets think that you can only invest in real estate if you have a lot of money. The truth is that there are also investing options with low input ...
State of the Single-Family Rental Market

State of the Single-Family Rental Market

00:47:21 | This session offers an in-depth analysis of the current single-family rental (SFR) market, exploring key trends, challenges, and growth opportunities. It examines factors driving demand for single-family rentals, such as demographic shifts, urbanization, and the appeal of flexible living arrangements. The panel also addresses rental pricing trends, vacancy ...
State of the Fix & Flip Industry + How Real Estate is Used for the Creation of Wealth

State of the Fix & Flip Industry + How Real Estate is Used for the Creation of Wealth

00:48:57 | This comprehensive session examines the current landscape of the fix and flip industry, highlighting trends, challenges, and opportunities for investors. It delves into the profitability of flipping properties, analyzing market dynamics and renovation strategies that can maximize returns. Additionally, the session explores how real estate serves as a ...
Write & Receive Checks from “Honey Hole” Markets: Turnkey Rentals with Double Digit Returns Featuring Jason Engelman

Write & Receive Checks from “Honey Hole” Markets: Turnkey Rentals with Double Digit Returns Featuring Jason Engelman

00:41:40 | This session highlights the potential of investing in high-yield, lesser-known real estate markets, often referred to as “honey hole” markets. It focuses on turnkey rental properties—fully renovated, income-generating homes that require minimal effort from investors. The session explores how these properties in select markets can provide double-digit returns, ...
Investment Opportunities Outside the Local Market

Investment Opportunities Outside the Local Market

00:41:12 | This session explores the benefits and strategies of investing in real estate beyond your local area. It highlights key factors such as market research, property management, and risk diversification that help investors capitalize on lucrative markets across different regions. By broadening investment horizons, this session shows how to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Creative Real Estate Investing Strategies

Creative Real Estate Investing Strategies

Back when I was first getting started in real estate investments, I had two strategies available to me. I could buy-and-hold or fix-and-flip. That was it. Thankfully, these days, there are a bunch of new out-of-the-box strategies for investing in real estate that fall into the new category of “creative ...
Investment Treasures

Investment Treasures

Sometimes that next great home to renovate may just be the home other investors are passing up. Often these are the homes that have bigger problems than kitchen updates or a new roof. It may take creativity to solve these more difficult investment property problems. As a real estate investor, ...
Why Buy and Hold Is So Powerful

Why Buy and Hold Is So Powerful

Anyone who has watched the real estate market of late (and by that, I mean the last decade) knows that owning real estate at any time since the crash of 2008 bottomed out was a great investment. And while real estate can certainly go down in value like any investment—as ...