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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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NARPM-Certification

How Your Property Management Company Can Make More Money with a CRMC­­­

| Lisa G. Noon | Article | Operations
Changing your property management company’s structure from policies and procedures to portfolio management is huge – but many have done it as a result of obtaining a designation offered by the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM). “I wish I would have done it sooner,” said one of the ...
Asking-Questions

Asking the Right Questions

| Deborah Razo | Article | Operations
Asking constructive, thoughtful questions is a very effective skill that can guide you and your team to financial success. If you can apply a thoughtful question-asking strategy, this can empower you and propel your real estate business forward. I’m a believer that the wealth process begins with our thoughts. Ever heard ...
Moving-Risks

Managing Property and Liability Risks When Renters Move

While tenants move every month of the year, peak rental season typically runs from April through September. Any time you experience a "changing of the guard" there is an increased opportunity for a loss to occur at your investment property. To lessen your chances of property damage or injury, you ...
Real Estate Photography

Pro Real Estate Photography Can Make a Big Difference in Selling

| Bobby Burch | Article | Operations
We’ve all seen the listings where a home looks great on paper but in photos, it’s a dark, dreary scene. From blurry images to gloomy lighting to messy kitchens, poor presentations of a home not only fail to show its potential but can actually deter people from seeking more information ...
Tips for Starting a Probate Lead Business

Tips for Starting a Probate Lead Business

Most investors are continually looking for ways to grow their business, but many real estate investors are missing out on a great source to find motivated sellers: probate leads. As a refresher, probate leads are potential seller clients who inherit properties. Typically, they want to sell quickly after traversing the ...
Foreclosures

Counties With Most Abundant Foreclosure-Buying Opportunities

There were a total of 624,753 U.S. properties that received a foreclosure filing in 2018, and of those, 230,305 properties were repossessed by a lender, according to the ATTOM Data Solutions 2018 Year-End Foreclosure Activity Report. While bank repossessions (REOs) decreased 21 percent from 2017 and were down 78 percent ...
Silicon Valley San Francisco

Huge Influx of Millionaires will have ‘Significant Impact’ on Silicon Valley Real Estate

Thanks to the prospective public offerings of several large tech firms, Silicon Valley will likely see thousands of new millionaires vying for real estate in the next two years. Already boasting some of the most expensive homes and neighborhoods in the United States, the San Francisco Bay Area is expected to ...
Exceleras Clear View

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

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 ...
Apartment-Syndications

Three Tips to Scale Your Multifamily Passive Investing Business

| Joe Fairless | Article | Operations
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

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 ...
Lead Generation

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 ...
Springtime-Maintenance

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

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

Jasmine Roth’s Four Tips to Upgrade Your Investor Chops and Increase Home Value

| Bobby Burch | Article | Operations
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’

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 ...
Tech Savvy Renters

The Next Generation of Renters are Knocking at Your Door – Are You Prepared?

| Megan Booe | Article | Operations
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 ...
Sponsored RealPropertyManagement

Attracting Quality Tenants Through Online Reviews

| Lukas Krause | Article | Operations
*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 ...
San Antonio real estate

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 ...
Houston real estate

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 ...
housing market data

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 ...
Multifamily Investing

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 ...
El Paso real estate

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 ...
Dallas real estate market New Home Construction

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

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 ...