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Dig Deep with Data to Find Your Next Investment Market
You’re waiting at your dentist’s office and you see a financial magazine. The headline grabs your attention — “Top 10 Markets for Real Estate Investors.” The article lists markets with rising rents and markets with strong appreciation. But, it is of little help because everyone knows that past performance is ...
Five Steps to Smart Multifamily Investing
Homeownership rates have fallen in recent years due to rising home values and stricter underwriting standards. As a result of this and the increase in the number of people 34 years of age and younger, the prime age range for rentals, more U.S. households are renting than at any point ...
Taste of Texas: El Paso Real Estate Market
In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. A Safe Bet in ‘Sun City’ Known as the “Sun City” for its sunny days most of the year, El Paso is a popular ...
Taste of Texas: Dallas Real Estate Market
In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. Going big in Dallas Known as “The Big D,” the Dallas metro area had the largest population growth of any metro area in ...
Opportunity Zones: Prime Investing Opportunities in Amazon HQ2 Markets
The new Opportunity Zones created by the tax reform legislation passed in December 2017 provide real estate investors with prime, tax-incented investing opportunities, particularly if they can find zones that are in the path of progress. The newly announced Amazon HQ2 markets certainly qualify as being in the path of ...
Taste of Texas: Austin Real Estate Market
Everything’s big in Texas, including the foreclosure auctions. A total of 27,324 Texas properties were scheduled for public foreclosure auction in the first 11 months of 2018, the most of any state and accounting for one in 10 scheduled foreclosure auctions nationwide, according to ATTOM Data Solutions. Texas foreclosure auctions ...
Think Realty Housing News Report February/March 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events •Office Depot Pilots New Coworking Space Special Section: Technology and Disruption| Data-FedDisruptionBringing Balance to theMortgage Marketplace •Billions of Dollars are Heading toward ‘Proptech’ • The Next Generation of Renters are Knocking at Your Door —Are You Prepared? Strategy | Dig Deep ...
Lead Generation through Networking
As an entrepreneur, business owner and Think Realty-sponsored racecar driver, I not only understand racecars, but I appreciate the work that goes into building and maintaining them. Even though I feel guilty if I am not in the shop helping the team, my Crew Chief always reminds me: the best ...
Planning for a Home Inspection (Case Study)
You have cleaned both the inside and the outside of your house to make it attractive to buyers. You may have even gotten rid of a few things. But don’t forget to prepare for the home inspection. Whether a buyer is planning to own or rent a house, he or ...
Building Your Investor Network with a Realtor
Working with a real estate agent is a great way for investors to diversify their lead sources, and get access to deals before they even hit the market. Successful relationships with agents take a special set of skills. Since agents are used to working with owner-occupants who are often more ...
It seems like everyone, from the investors I meet at local meetups to the national news media, is talking about interest rates going up. In fact, I sometimes feel as if we have been talking about this for almost 10 years now. While it is certainly true that interest rates ...
Would you buy real estate hundreds of miles away from home? Most people would say, “No way!” Would you buy a real estate note hundreds of miles away from home? Before you say, “No way!” think about this: call the note a “stock” and you wouldn’t care where the real ...
Content Builds Expertise and Generates Leads
A comprehensive content strategy is critical for the success of any content marketing initiative, especially for real estate investors, agents and entrepreneurs to showcase their expertise in their field. Most importantly, content marketing is absolutely essential for lead generation—one of the most critical aspects of success in real estate investing ...
Tax Break Creates New Frontiers of ‘Opportunity’
A new program that incentivizes real estate development in struggling communities could spur a flurry of investment activity as it helps uplift beleaguered areas. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 contained a provision that allows investors to avoid taxes on capital gains if the money is reinvested in ...
Seeing Is Believing with Virtual Reality, Even Before It’s Built
Virtual reality (VR) technology is making the impossible possible for real estate professionals, even offering the ability to walk potential buyers through a project that has yet to be built. Although two-dimensional computer renderings and animated videos may bring some similar capabilities, the complete immersion accessible through VR allows potential ...
The Best Kept Secret for Finding Off-Market Deals
Over the past several years, the real estate sales market has strengthened and prices have risen. While this is positive for the economy and owners of real estate, it has created a challenge for those of us looking to find and purchase “good deals” on rental investments. Would you believe ...
You’ve Gone from an Investor to an Employer. Now What?
Thanks to your smart investing, you’ve passed the point of what you can manage by yourself. You’ve officially become someone’s boss! But remember that with great power comes great responsibility. Think Realty supplier, Resourcing Edge, provides a long-term strategy to control costs, reduce risks, and better manage payroll, human resources, ...
Direct Mail Proof: Real Campaigns Netting Up to $100,000 Per Month
Any good real estate investment starts first and foremost with finding the best deal. And that's where a smart direct mail marketing campaign comes in. If you're looking for a direct mail article with general advice — get a good list, mail every month, et cetera — move along. I'm ...
Renovation Rockstar: Malibu Mansion
Featured investor: Lin He Project Notes: Size: 3,600 sq ft Location: Malibu, CA Purchase Price: $985,000 Rehab Budget: $300,000 Sale Price: $1,970,000 Carrying Costs & Commission: $285,000 Profit: $400,000 When it comes to Lin He’s philosophy behind real estate investing, he’ll shoot you straight. “Once in a while we get ...
Busting the Seasonal Home-Selling Myth
In my work as a real estate broker, I hear from sellers every year asking, “Should we wait until spring to sell our home?” My answer is always the same: people buy homes in all months of the year. If you are ready to sell, you should put your home ...
Video Conferencing for Real Estate Investors
One of the things it seems like no one expects when they start scaling their real estate business is all of the meetings. You have meetings with your clients if you are in property management, any type of sales, or turnkey real estate. You have meetings with tenants and potential ...
Using the Time Value of Money to Increase Your Profits in Note Investing
Most real estate investors understand the importance of the return on investment (ROI) of a deal. However, they often overlook an important factor in ROI: time. Time has a monetary value, and it differs from investor to investor and strategy to strategy. In note investing, the faster you earn back ...
Before Resolutions Begin, Consider a Revamp to Your Fitness Amenities
Just like that, another year is gone! No doubt, when looking ahead to the New Year, fitness and health is on the minds of many. So, what better time than now for property owners and developers planning for 2019 to evaluate their fitness amenities? For new building projects starting with ...
2019 Housing Outlook for Real Estate Investors
The U.S. housing market will continue to face headwinds that likely will grow in strength and number in 2019, according to seven leading housing economists interviewed by Think Realty's Housing News Report for our annual housing outlook report. Home affordability challenges exacerbated by rising mortgage rates will slow home price ...
Think Realty Housing News Report January 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Housing News Report | 2019 OUTLOOK: 7 ECONOMISTS PREDICT HOUSING MARKET TRENDS •MY TAKE: DIG DEEP WITH DATA TO FIND YOUR NEXT INVESTMENT MARKET •DATA IN ACTION: PRIME INVESTING OPPORTUNITIES IN AMAZON HQ2 MARKETS •BIG DATA SANDBOX: INVESTING IN THE LAND OF OZ (OPPORTUNITY ZONES) ...
