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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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Operations

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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How to Become a Successful Real Estate Agent in California

| Think Realty | Article | Fundamentals
Real estate is one of the most lucrative businesses one can invest in. It has good returns, and the more you practice, the higher your commission. However, one of the things you need to remember is that it takes time to build a career in real estate. It is not ...
6 Ways to Save Time And Money When Moving

6 Ways to Save Time And Money When Moving

| Think Realty | Article | Operations
No matter how you put it, moving can be expensive and time-consuming. That’s why it’s essential to find every opportunity you can to save precious resources when doing your big move.  If you’re planning on moving to a new house soon, consider reading this article in its entirety as it ...
How to Find an Investment-Minded Real Estate Agent

How to Find an Investment-Minded Real Estate Agent

There are many ways to find good deals. You can send out letters to potentially motivated sellers, build up an online presence with SEO marketing, scout FSBOs on Craigslist and other sites, network with wholesalers or become a real estate agent yourself and look through the MLS for potential deals ...
5 Ways to Get Your Rental Property Ready for Peak Leasing Season

5 Ways to Get Your Rental Property Ready for Peak Leasing Season

| Think Realty | Article | Operations
The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and that sweet spring smell is in the air. It must be time for peak leasing season — and people are looking to move! Are you ready to take advantage of this increase in demand? Here are five ways to ensure your ...
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How to Sell Your Mobile Home Quickly

| Think Realty | Article | Operations
You may have been living comfortably in a mobile home for years. But, now that you’ve finally saved enough for an upgrade, you might be considering to live downtown to a site-built home and sell your mobile home.  'How to sell my mobile home fast?' This might be a question ...
What You Need To Know About House-Flipping

What You Need To Know About House-Flipping

It’s funny how reality tv shows about flipping houses reflect very little about the actual process and outcome. You see a happily married couple secure a home for a steal, invest money into fixing it up, then sell the property for thousands of dollars in profit. Think about it for ...
Think Realty Magazine May 2021

Think Realty Magazine May 2021

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Contributor Corner Featuring Aaron Norris • Presidents' Circle Featuring Kemra Norsworthy Fundamentals |  Investing Ideas That Work • The Next BIG Wave: Motel to Multifamily Conversions • Cardone’s Column: Creative Real Estate Investing Strategies • Creative Marketing for Real Estate Investors • Investor Review ...
How SFR Investors Can Streamline Due Diligence to Acquire Properties Faster

How SFR Investors Can Streamline Due Diligence to Acquire Properties Faster

| Kori Covrigaru | Article | Operations
The single-family rental (SFR) market is one of the fastest-growing asset classes for investment, with SFR home rents and occupancy rising by 5.7% last year, according to The Wall Street Journal. With increased demand and dwindling supply, the market continues to heat up with SFR investors facing increased competition and scrambling ...
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10 Home Projects to Improve Your Kitchen

| Think Realty | Article | Fundamentals
Are you satisfied with the way your kitchen looks like? If not, then do not worry. You are not the only one. Many people have trouble planning out their kitchen and tend to either make it look way too cramped or disorganized. Fortunately, there is a solution to this problem! ...
How To Scale From a Duplex to a 670-Unit Deal

How To Scale From a Duplex to a 670-Unit Deal

00:58:00 |Scaling a multifamily portfolio takes a lot of focus, hard work and resilience. Liz Faircloth and her husband Matt started their real estate investing journey in their 20’s with no money, no experience, and no knowledge of investing. 16 years later, they control over 1500 units of multifamily real ...
Appraisals-MLS

Can You Still Find Deals on the MLS?

The real estate market is really hot right now and has been for some time and finding good deals is not nearly as easy as it once was. Back around 2011, for us it was as simple as driving around and looking at one bank owned property after another. Nowadays, ...
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7 Tips for Keeping Your Roof in Top Shape

| Think Realty | Article | Fundamentals
The roof is one of the most important parts of any house. After all, it serves as a barrier against hail, ice, snow, and rain, as well as branches and debris. Unfortunately, it is not indestructible, and if you want it to serve its purpose for many years to come, ...
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Top 6 Cost-Effective Home Improvement Projects

| Think Realty | Article | Fundamentals
Do you want to make your home a better place to live but feel like you do not have enough money to do that? If that is the case, then you are not the only one. Many people out there give up on home improvement projects out of fear of ...
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Top 8 Things That You Should Do After Buying a House

| Think Realty | Article | Fundamentals
Buying a house is a costly and time-consuming process. First of all, you need to determine what you are looking for and find a few houses for sale that suit your needs. Thanks to the internet, you can do that with ease. You just have to start googling things like ...
Voices of Reason: Managing Your New Remote-Work Team

Voices of Reason: Managing Your New Remote-Work Team

| Think Realty | Webinar | Operations
00:58:51 | Many of you have transitioned -- or are in the process of transitioning -- your teams to working from home during COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandates. While technology makes this an increasingly viable option, managing a remote team is markedly different than an in-person environment. And COVID-19 means that this ...
10 Tech Savvy Garage Security Tips to Make Your Home Safer

10 Tech Savvy Garage Security Tips to Make Your Home Safer

Although not many people believe it, your garage is one of the most important parts of your house - it stores your car, as well as other, often expensive items, and many people tend to use it to enter the living area more often than the front door. However, it ...
Think Realty Magazine April 2021

Think Realty Magazine April 2021

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Contributor Corner Featuring Steve Streetman • Former Teacher Turns to Real Estate • Presidents' Circle Fundamentals |  The Right Real Estate Investment Instructors • Profiting from Real Estate Syndication • Five Strange Facts About IRAs • Commercial Review • Extend Your Capabilities with Property ...
April 2021 Commercial Review

April 2021 Commercial Review

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Commercial Review |  Commercial Real Estate Post-COVID • Protecting Multifamily Investments • Suburbanization Unveils Growth Opportunities • Using Data to Drive Self-Storage Acquisitions ...
Voices of Reason: Managing Your Real Estate Business During Covid-19

Voices of Reason: Managing Your Real Estate Business During Covid-19

| Think Realty | Webinar | Operations
02:53:03 | The current Coronavirus situation is unlike anything we have experienced in our lifetime. And while some of you are enthusiastic for positive opportunities, others are concerned and anxious. Regardless of which side of the emotional fence you’re on (and it might change daily), Think Realty and the American ...
On the Radar: Want Success? Focus on Chocolate

On the Radar: Want Success? Focus on Chocolate

Sam wants to be a real estate investor. He attentively shows up to every local investor meeting, has a vision board, knows his “why,” opened an LLC, and even launched a motivated seller website. Every weekend, he selects a new neighborhood to walk while listening to real estate podcasts on ...
Is AI Next in REI Education?

Is AI Next in REI Education?

Over the past year, real estate investment (REI) organizations have scrambled to remain relevant and operative as the pandemic has shut down and altered in-person meetings. Mostly gone are the three-day live bootcamps, the annual conferences in vacation spots like Las Vegas and Orlando, and even the REIA meetings at ...
What To Consider When Buying Your First Home

What To Consider When Buying Your First Home

Finally! The moment you’ve been waiting for! You are ready to buy your first home. You’ve planned your finances well and saved for some time to be able to make a big purchase. However, it can be intimidating buying your first home, as you don’t have any experience in the ...
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How to Invest in Real Estate Debt Funds

Real estate debt funds gained popularity during the 2008 financial crisis. Essentially, debt funds link borrowers, who tend to be developers, to short-term capital to finance their construction projects. Real estate debt funds have in the recent past been experiencing rising interest from investors. The strong competition is leading to ...
How Residential Real Estate Investors Can Help Solve the Impending Silver Tsunami Crisis

How Residential Real Estate Investors Can Help Solve the Impending Silver Tsunami Crisis

With nearly 10,000 Americans turning 65 every single day, our country is rapidly aging. By 2030, all of the nation’s baby boomers - roughly 20% of the American population - will be older than 65. This will expand the size of the country’s elderly population to a staggering 72.8 million ...
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Types of Loans Available to Texans and Others

Borrowed money can be utilized for a variety of things, from buying an engagement ring to funding your business dream. However, with the various types of loans available to Texans and others, which one is the best option for what purpose? Here’s a quick look at a few types of ...