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Your operations define your long-term success in real estate investing. Fine-tune your process with: Asset Management | Asset Protection | Deal Analysis | Fundamentals | Growth | Lead Generation | Risk Management

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What Does Leadership for a Property Manager Look Like?

What Does Leadership for a Property Manager Look Like?

We’ve all attended leadership keynotes, workshops, and webinars. We are motivated by the presentations but in practice what does leadership look like in the real world?  In the book Good to Great they outline the attributes of a good leader which include being humble, supportive, a good communicator, coach, caring, ...
Growing a Strong Leadership Team

Growing a Strong Leadership Team

Having a successful venture in the real estate field is rarely done alone. With such a variety of strategies, asset types, and investment styles, only a fool would assume they could win long term, without a team. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress and working together is ...
Ready to Not Go Solo?

Ready to Not Go Solo?

As your business grows, you talk business with the right person, or opportunities present themselves, every business owner contemplates bringing on a partner to take them to the next level. There are so many advantages to partnerships that can be formed in the business and real estate world, but before ...
A Different Partnership

A Different Partnership

Think about partnerships a little differently. Instead of thinking about a partnership between you and someone else I want you to think about a partnership between you and your future you. The work and sacrifice you do today will be felt and appreciated by your future self. This partnership can’t ...
6 Real Estate Closing Gifts That Clients Will Actually Use

6 Real Estate Closing Gifts That Clients Will Actually Use

Being a real estate agent is a rewarding and exciting career. You get to help people make life changing purchases, upgrade or downgrade their homes, buy commercial properties, and sell their existing ones. Part of building those relationships so that people will keep coming to you and send their friends ...
How to Pay Yourself Now and Pay Yourself Later with Partnering

How to Pay Yourself Now and Pay Yourself Later with Partnering

When you think about creating wealth, you’re often thinking about your future. Questions like “how can I retire comfortably?” and “what investments will help me reach my goals?” may float around in your head. A common thought would be to shovel a bunch of money away in a savings account ...
Sustaining Partnerships

Sustaining Partnerships

Real estate investing is very rewarding. But the last thing you want to happen is to have all that success and lose one of the most valuable assets you have—your relationship with your spouse. Throughout the last five years, my husband Chris and I have worked together in different real ...
Think Realty Magazine January/February 2022

Think Realty Magazine January/February 2022

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Local Real Estate Investors Improve Communities One House at a Time • A Woman to Watch: Eboni Killian Fundamentals |  The Power of Partnerships • Instagram-Worthy Staging and Photography • What Does Leadership for a Property Manager Look Like? • Contractual Unity in a ...
Lead Generation

Lead Generation

For many new and experienced investors alike, sorting through and deciding on which Lead Generation source is the best option can be a daunting task. For the savvy investor, there are a few ways to simplify the process and bypass unnecessary headaches, beginning with a clear understanding of the following ...
The Power of Partnerships

The Power of Partnerships

I have been running businesses and investing in real estate for over 30 years and I have learned that partnerships are the most efficient ways to scale any venture. I haven’t always felt that way. In the beginning of my career, I was worried about keeping my market share, my ...
How Landlords Can Support Tenant Wellbeing

How Landlords Can Support Tenant Wellbeing

All landlords have legal relationships with their tenants. On paper, the nature of the tenant-landlord relationship is purely transactional - the tenant pays a monthly fee, the landlord makes sure the dwelling is habitable. However, in many cases, landlord-tenant relationships also have a human element.  Tenants may stay in the ...
5 Tips for Growing Your Real Estate Business

5 Tips for Growing Your Real Estate Business

One of the most appealing aspects of the real estate business is that there are no limits to your performance or earnings potential, as there will always be clients who really need your services. Whether you need to purchase or sell a property, new people who come to the region, or perhaps ...
Understanding the Pros and Cons of Investing in Real Estate

Understanding the Pros and Cons of Investing in Real Estate

Investing in real estate involves the purchasing of properties to increase your assets and possibly profit from this action. Since it is considered to be less risky compared to other investments, real estate acquisition can be a great addition to your investment portfolio. It is also known to be a ...
4 Smart Ways To Become A Successful Real Estate Investor

4 Smart Ways To Become A Successful Real Estate Investor

Real estate brings tremendous profit if the investment game is played tactfully. Real estate is not a happy-go-lucky kind of investment venture, you need to plan and play your game with close observations and strategize your every move. A single investment may make or break your entire investment game. If ...
6 Tax Breaks for First-time Investors

6 Tax Breaks for First-time Investors

| Contributor | Article | Fundamentals
Real estate can be a lucrative long-term investment for your portfolio. It can also provide you with tax breaks and deductions along the way. But real estate tax law can be tricky, particularly for first-time investors. It’s important to do your research and understand all of the codes and breaks ...
10 Things You Can Outsource for Your Property as an Investor

10 Things You Can Outsource for Your Property as an Investor

| Contributor | Article | Fundamentals
Managing an investment property is a huge commitment. It takes a lot of time, money, and dedication to be successful. Luckily, you don’t need to do everything on your own. For example, owning a long-term rental or an Airbnb takes a lot of upkeep, but property managers, online platforms, and ...
Think Realty Magazine December 2021

Think Realty Magazine December 2021

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Titan Talk Featuring Garrett Sutton • Presidents' Circle Featuring Marco Santarelli Fundamentals |  The Social Impact of Real Estate • Tax Benefits with Short-Term Rentals • 5 Factors for Real REI Success • Commercial Review • How to Buy or Sell a Property Management ...
December 2021 Commercial Review

December 2021 Commercial Review

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Commercial Review |  Diversify Your Portfolio with Self-Storage • Multifamily Investors Venture Beyond Gateway Markets • Hotel Outlook Remains Bifurcated in 2022 • Industrial Real Estate Report: How E-Commerce & Global Shipping Defined 2021 • Commercial Real Estate Post-COVID ...
3 Steps to Flip Houses for Quick Profits

3 Steps to Flip Houses for Quick Profits

One of the most significant changes in the housing market over the last decade has been house flipping. In this real estate transaction, a home is quickly bought and sold to make a profit. When flipping, an investor buys a property to sell as soon as possible, generally within 12 ...
5 Factors for Real REI Success

5 Factors for Real REI Success

Many real estate investors tend to get caught in the trap of believing that since we have been investing in real estate for years that we have that many years of experience. “How many years of experience do you have?” “I’ve got 18 years of experience in real estate investing,” ...
Political Advocacy in the REI Industry

Political Advocacy in the REI Industry

Every year in every state capital and every day in Washington, D.C. and your local town, politicians get together to pass laws. The simple truth is that most Americans blissfully go about their day with no knowledge that elected officials meeting behind closed doors are in the process of “goring ...
Luxury House Equity Right Properties

Add Value to Your Home With These Upgrades

| Contributor | Article | Fundamentals
Timing for an upgrade to your home, or even home improvements, might never be perfect, but now is as good a time as any to begin the projects you want to complete. While you might have no interest right now in selling, that doesn’t mean you need to put that ...
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The Indispensable Guide to Selling Your Home

| Contributor | Article | Fundamentals
Ready to sell your home? If you’re feeling the pull to put your home up for sale, it helps to know the best strategic moves to be successful. Curious about how to get the best results when it comes to selling your home? Here are key considerations to guide your ...
Think Realty Magazine November 2021

Think Realty Magazine November 2021

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Community Impact • Presidents' Circle Featuring Aaron Chapman Fundamentals |  The Subdivision Market • A Mastermind Mindset • Invest for Cause and Community • Grow Your Property Management Business • Investor Review • Wholesaling Integrity • Property Development Is About People Investor Review |  ...
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Looking to Sell? Here Are Your Best Options

| Contributor | Article | Fundamentals
Not long ago, homeowners wishing to sell their houses only had one option. They called a real estate agent. The agent showed their home, had open houses, and eventually sold their house. It was the accepted (and only) method of selling, so homeowners went with it. Today’s real estate market ...