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Renovation Rockstar: Beach Airbnb
When Neal and Cory Barnett, co-owners at List & Sell Realty, first snagged a great deal on a Topsail Island beachside property in North Carolina by preemptively bidding before the official auction date, they planned to fix up the weathered, two-unit vacation rental and flip it to another buyer. However, ...
Tile Options for Your Investment Properties
Many investors groan when they hear the word “tile.” After all, the process of laying tile can be time-consuming, dusty, and expensive. However, this flooring comes with some big advantages (and there is a way to speed up installation as well). Investors choosing to tile a property have many options ...
Looking Back at Harvey to See Forward in Houston
Houston may not be the leading trendsetter for fashion and culture, but it is a thriving town where 2.45 million working professionals enjoy long, stable careers in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics and transportation. The city’s population and real estate market are often driven more by business than glamor; but over the ...
3 Ways to Make the Most on Your Flip
As a realtor working in the Boston area, I have spent some serious time in the middle of a “hot market.” However, I frequently encounter investors who are not getting hot prices on their flips. Usually, this is directly linked to a few common misconceptions nearly every seller, investor or ...
3 Negotiation Strategies for Working with Hard Money Lenders
The key to leveraging more beneficial negotiations with your hard money lender is, as with most negotiations, better understanding your lender and what they are trying to accomplish. This article will outline three ways to harness more negotiation power with your lender, as well as to lower your project costs ...
3 Ways to Use Neutral Colors and Still Stand Out
Anita Corsini is an Atlanta, Georgia-based real estate investor and stars in the HGTV real estate hit, Flip or Flop: Atlanta, with her husband, Ken. The Corsinis have been investing in real estate since 2003 and presently focus on flipping and new construction. Hear their keynote presentation from the Think ...
8 Important Factors in a Successful Wholesaling Business
Wholesaling is a method of real estate investing in which you get a property under contract at below market value, then assign that contract to a cash buyer for a higher price. You don't need to buy or renovate the home, and you collect a fee to put the seller ...
The Worst Mistake an Investor Can Make
When people ask me, “What is the worst mistake you have ever seen an investor make?” my answer is easy. The worst thing you can do as an investor is not do your due diligence. The only other thing that comes close is being too greedy. Here’s why they go ...
What markets might be ripe for investors with a taste for taking properties down to the studs? Think Realty Magazine looked at nearly 300 metro areas in order to identify housing markets that might offer some promising “gut job” deals. Methodology We looked for markets with well-positioned, older housing inventory in ...
A Simple, Passive Investment Strategy (Case Study)
At first, investing in notes may sound like a complicated strategy. In reality, however, if you do your due diligence correctly, note investing can be one of the simplest and most passive forms of real estate investing out there because it provides consistent monthly cash flow without the hassles associated ...
Instagram TV and Real Estate Marketing
Have you ever felt discouraged when trying to build a social media presence for yourself or your business? Perhaps you feared you’d get drowned out by all of the competing voices and opted not to put too much time and effort in. Well, with Instagram’s brand-new video option, Instagram TV ...
An Attorney’s Guide to Real Estate Investing
"My Take" article from Housing News report by ATTOM Data Solutions Real estate investments have become an attractive alternative to investing in traditional investments such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds. In fact, it has become a significant method to build wealth for generations. While purchasing a home is a ...
Development Pipeline Creates Near-Term Risks for Multifamily
Multifamily development has ratcheted up in recent years, with more than 600,000 units delivered over the last two years and the same amount to be delivered in 2018 and 2019. Is the industry simply meeting the needs of the growing population or are we overbuilding? A study by Yardi Matrix ...
Textured & Traditional Bathroom
From the Designer I am passionate about real estate - from buying and selling with clients to analyzing deals, rehabbing and helping people create a real estate portfolio. Thinking outside thebox and getting a transaction to the closing table is my specialty. With over 25 years in the industry including ...
From the Designer Hi! My name is Rebecca Mager and I have been investing in real estate for over ten years now. I am hands-on in each deal from start to finish and what I have learned to be extremely important that many people forget is the attention to design. Colors ...
From the Designer Hi! My name is Rebecca Mager and I have been investing in real estate for over ten years now. I am hands-on in each deal from start to finish and what I have learned to be extremely important that many people forget is the attention to design ...
Think Realty Magazine October 2018
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events •Sherwin-Williams 2019 Colormix® Color Forecast Special Section: Transformation | Renovation Rockstar: Beach Airbnb •“Flipping” Between Short- and Long-Term Rental Strategy • Riding the Real Estate Roller Coaster • 3 Ways to Use Neutral Colors and Still Stand Out • How a ...
Are You Ready For The Georgia Super Tuesday Auction?
This content is sponsored by Auction.com. Learn more about Auction.com here. So you’ve been watching all the real estate shows on television and you’re ready to head to the auction to buy your first property. While I must admit that Georgia live auctions are extremely exciting, you need to be prepared ...
From the Designer I am passionate about real estate - from buying and selling with clients to analyzing deals, rehabbing and helping people create a real estate portfolio. Thinking outside thebox and getting a transaction to the closing table is my specialty. With over 25 years in the industry including ...
I have used letters to reach motivated sellers and find leads on deals for more than 25 years. While many real estate investors have moved away from white and yellow letters (more on the color distinction in a minute) to postcards, I find that my target audience responds better to ...
Tips to Survive the Middle of a Property Flip
When you hear the words “fix-and-flip” or, as I usually hear it at work, “flip” (sometimes with an unprintable adjective thrown in there as well), you probably immediately think of beginnings and endings. If you’re like most people, you think about the beautiful finished product of a cash-flowing rental or ...
Market Trend Spotlight: 3 Indicators of Effective Community Revitalization
As the third quarter of 2018 begins, both national and local housing markets are still experiencing pinched inventory. That is good news for today’s sellers and rental investors, who hope to garner top dollar in tight markets for both retail sales and rental properties, but it makes the classic real ...
How the Latest Kitchen Cabinetry Trend Could Affect Your Design Decisions
This content is sponsored by 84 Lumber. Learn more about 84 Lumber here. 10 years ago, the drivers of kitchen design were “big,” recognizable brand names (think MasterBrands or Kraftmaid) and maybe a few individual celebrities. Today, one of the biggest style drivers of them all is somewhat surprising: IKEA. That’s ...
The Investor’s Guide to Building a Full Credit Picture
Real estate has always been about credit, even before Congress created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 1938 and the wheels were set in motion to create today’s extremely credit-dependent home-lending environment. As far back as the 9th century, lords of the manor on feudal estates documented rents collected (and associated ...
10 Real Estate Calculations Every Investor Should Know
In real estate, not everything will fit into a neat little box. Creativity is a must. However, there is indisputably a mathematical side to successful real estate. Sooner or later, you must put pen to paper and figure out if it makes sense to buy a particular property. These 10 ...
