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How Transparency Impacts the Real Estate Sales Process
Real estate is the largest investment the vast majority of people will ever make. In fact, the impact of this transaction will be so significant on both the buyer and the seller that every state has developed a set of real estate laws designed to ensure the legal transfer of ...
What to Do When a Resident Passes Away
Rental homes bear witness to the entire scope of human life. From birth to death and everything in between, it is important for a property owner to be prepared for all of life’s eventualities. When a tenant passes away in a rental home, there are a number of steps that ...
Three Tips to Scale Your Multifamily Passive Investing Business
We get it — you’re busy. Perhaps it’s a full-time job, new kiddo or you simply want to enjoy your retirement. Whatever the case may be, you can still passively invest in apartment syndications and achieve returns that are greater than those of stocks, bonds, REITs, and other investment vehicles ...
iBuyer Growth Grounded in Speed, Simplicity and Certainty of a Cash Purchase
Cash is king in a home sale — and cash buyers are often able to buy below market value — because cash represents speed, simplicity and certainty for the home seller. More to the point, sellers attach some monetary value to speed, simplicity and certainty in a home sales transaction ...
3 Lead Generation Pitfalls that Will Cost you Time and Money
Editor’s Note: This content is sponsored by Realeflow and produced in collaboration with Think Realty. Click here for more information on Realeflow and its special promotion for Think Realty readers. For time-strapped investors, lead generation can appear to be a juggling act fraught with challenges. From sourcing prospects and persistent ...
Spring into Early Success this Season with these Six Maintenance Steps
For many of us, "springing forward” into Daylight Savings Time is when we leave winter behind. This year, it arrives March 10. Whether you invest in areas that experience dramatic or moderate temperature shifts, the following tips will help you stay on top of routine maintenance and avoid major expenditures ...
Think Realty Magazine March/April 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Virtual Assistants Help Time-Strapped Investors Conquer Leads, Social Media •One Marine, One Navy Pilot and One Vision to Buy America • From Instagram to HGTV •Think Realty's Tribute to Linda Liberatore Special Section | Think Realty's 2019 Women to Watch ...
Jasmine Roth’s Four Tips to Upgrade Your Investor Chops and Increase Home Value
When you’ve built, redesigned or flipped dozens of homes like HGTV’s “Hidden Potential” host Jasmine Roth, you know what attracts buyers. Here are some of Roth’s tips to improve your investment game and boost returns. 1. Timeless design Don’t waste your time scouring the Internet for the most stylish aesthetics, ...
Billions of Dollars are Heading Toward ‘PropTech’
There’s a phrase in journalism to verify reporting and find the truth: “Follow the money.” The motto also applies to venture capital funding to determine what innovations are poised to emerge and wreak havoc on stagnant industries beholden to their status quos. So when you look at real estate, see ...
The Next Generation of Renters are Knocking at Your Door – Are You Prepared?
As a new generation enters adulthood and dives into renting their first homes, one question should be percolating for landlords and property managers across the U.S. "Am I ready?" Generation Z — the generation following millennials that were born between the mid-1990s to mid-2000s — are not only tech-savvy but ...
Attracting Quality Tenants Through Online Reviews
*Sponsored content Everybody looks at online reviews. Market research in consumer behavior documents 88 percent of individuals will consult a review before making a purchasing decision. And individuals give reviews the same credibility they would if consulting a friend or family member. In the property management world, businesses are not ...
Taste of Texas: San Antonio 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. ‘Alamo City’ Takes Aim at Housing A recent report by the San Antonio mayor’s Housing Policy Task Force claims that the home of the ...
Taste of Texas: Houston 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. Weathering the Market in ‘Space City’ Despite the damage inflicted when it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in August 2017, Houston weathered ...
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 ...
