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Market & Trends
The world of real estate investing moves quickly. Catch the must-know news, market information, and trends for the industry here.
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Blond wood in all sorts of things: Furniture, flooring, cabinetry – it’s great to contrast with dark tones! Jewel tones: ALL the jewel tones! Adding personality to a room: Paint the walls, trim and ceiling the same color for a dramatic effect. Two-tone cabinets: Darker lowers and lighter uppers are ...
The use of color in home design is evolving as we enter a new decade. 2020 promises to be an empowering year of change, focused on colors that bring joy, serenity, and clarity. People continue to move beyond how spaces look and toward how they make them feel. Sherwin-Williams 2020 ...
RentRange, an industry leader in market data and analytics for the single-family rental housing industry, found in its recent metro report on Dallas-Fort Worth, that this Midwest metropolis continues its measured growth in both home value and rental rate appreciation. Annual job growth by volume leads the nation with a ...
Imagine a group of real estate brokers who help their clients trade real estate parcels as if they were baseball cards. Brokers who can figure out how to move through properties (sometimes in three, four or five steps) to get to an ultimate cash sale. These brokers regularly do the ...
Think Realty Magazine January 2020
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Supplier: Sherwin Williams Paint Investor Stories | Running with Values • Presidents' Circle Featuring Abhi Golhar • A People Business • Revival of the Fittest Engagement | Easy Answers • Realty Matters: FAIR Housing Fundamentals | Real Estate ...
Since 2016, I have been hearing from other real estate investors that an economic crash is coming. Every time I attend a mastermind or real estate conference, someone eventually says, “The crash is coming. This can’t go on.” And then…it goes on. Now, we’re in our fourth year of an ...
Think Realty Housing News Report December 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Supplier: Sherwin Williams Paint Investor Stories | The Real Deal • Presidents' Circle Featuring Aaron Chapman Fundamentals | Hoarding and Property Management • Before You Buy • Mobile Homes Make Millionaires • Become the Bank™ • Flipping Houses ...
Beth O’Brien’s Favorite Tech Tools
With clients and offices around the United States, CoreVest CEO Beth O’Brien’s work and communication is often executed amid travel. That’s why the executive relies on powerful yet flexible technology to help her perform at her best. Here are a few of O’Brien’s favorite tools. The iPad As the leader ...
Learn how to Grow your Business with Nathan Trunfio from Direct Lending Partners
Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On December 17th at 1PM (CST), Nathan Trunfio from Direct Lending Partners will be speaking about "Supercharged Scaling - Growing Your Real Estate Business in 2020." Critical steps you can take NOW (yes, in 2019) to fuel a profitable Q1 and ...
Underpinned by favorable demographic trends and steady employment, Houston’s economy has improved significantly. During the past four years, the metro’s multifamily market has been through a lot. Houston gained 82,900 jobs in the 12 months ending in June, second only to Dallas for job creation in the state. Moreover, the ...
Think Realty Magazine November/December 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Investing in the Big Stuff Investor Stories | Chief Empowerment Officer • Presidents' Circle Featuring Max Keller and Glenn Stromberg • Transformational Wealth Fundamentals | Fund that Flip • Bach to the Basics • Understanding the 3 M’s of Mobile ...
The Top 10 Fix-and-Flip Markets for Investors Seeking Big Returns
While fix-and-flip investment returns are in decline nationally, there are still many cities where investors can enjoy significant dividends. In general fix-and-flip returns are being diminished by high prices, a shortage of affordable older homes as well as stiff competition from buyers and other investors. But for shrewd investors looking ...
Stretch Your Dollar: Best (and Worst) Renovation Projects to Add Value
Investors that are hoping to efficiently add value to their properties have a plethora of remodeling possibilities — and a seemingly equal number of pitfall projects — from which to choose. From new siding and a big backyard deck to a kitchen overhaul and master bathroom redesign, investors may be surprised ...
Report: Buyers Really Want Big Backyards
Prospective home buyers highly value large backyards and outdoor family time, according to a broad survey of homeowners’ preferences. Nearly 70 percent of homebuyers want a large backyard for outside time and family activities, according to a survey of 987 homeowners from Porch, a platform that connects homeowners with local ...
ATTOM Data Solutions recently released its Q3 2019 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, which found there are more than 1.5 million (1,530,563) U.S. single-family homes and condos vacant in the U.S. This number represents 1.6 percent of all homes. The report showed there are a total of 9,612 “zombie” ...
Continuing Decline, Flipping Profits Hit Seven-Year Low
As autumn settles in around the United States, fix-and-flip investors are hoping to bounce back from a rough summer, according to a report from real estate analytics firm ATTOM Data Solutions. In the second quarter of 2019, investors flipped about 59,900 U.S. single-family homes and condos, up 12.4 percent from ...
Having grown up in Kansas City, I can personally attest to the amount of change that’s happened in this city over the last 10 years. There has been an incredible resurgence of energy and innovation throughout our entire metro, and it’s been truly inspiring to witness. Long-term residents like myself ...
The Insurance Industry Outlook
The Deloitte Centre for Financial Services published a 2019 Insurance Outlook which detailed the prospects for the insurance industry for the current year. Among the many challenges faced by the industry are product development trends, technological trends, regulatory trends, privacy trends, tax reform, mergers and acquisitions, and cyber risk trends ...
Existing Home Sales Pick Up as Annual Value Growth Slows
While the annual pace of U.S. home value growth dipped in August, existing home sales experienced solid growth, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Existing home sales in July increased 1.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.49 million in August — which is its ...
Think Realty Housing News Report October/November 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Making Your Tasks Easier • Rooted in Service •Focusing on Millennials for Real Estate Investors Investor Stories | Presidents' Circle Featuring Kevin Kim •Veterans Buy America Fundamentals | Evaluating the Numbers • Building Your Brand • Managing the Business Risks ...
Think Realty Housing News Report September 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Housing News Report | The New Path Toward Tomorrow's Real Estate Profits •My Take: What is Property Data API? • Market Spotlight: The Southeast • Data in Action: The Home Affordability Struggle • Big Data Sandbox: The Home Affordability Maze: The Search to Buy a Home ...
Think Realty Magazine September/October 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Benefits: Home Depot Pro Investor Stories | Passion for Green • Presidents' Circle Featuring Aaron Norris •Veterans Buy America Fundamentals | A Good Start • Portfolio Diversification • Women as Resources • A Legal View •Saving the Planet ...
ATTOM Report: Over 1.5 Million Vacant U.S. Homes
Attom Data Solutions recently released its Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report. The results showed there are 1,530,563 U.S. single-family homes and condos vacant in third quarter of 2019, which represents 1.6 percent of all homes. Attom Data collects and analyzes publicly recorded real estate information like foreclosure status, equity, and owner-occupancy status matched ...
ATTOM Data Solutions just released its Q1 2019 Home Flipping report and found that 7.2 percent of all home sales during the first quarter, reached a new high flipping rate, the highest since Q1 2010. The 7.2 percent flipping rate is up from 5.9 percent in the previous quarter and ...
Think Realty Housing News Report August/September 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Floor Trends: Vinyl Plank • How Fewer First-Time Home Buyers Threaten the Market Investor Stories | Presidents' Circle Featuring Marco Santarelli •Service Before Self Fundamentals | High-Quality Investing Methods • A Different Way to Diversify • A Legal View • ...
