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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 ...
4 Ways to Finance Buy-and-Hold Real Estate
The biggest problem most new investors face is figuring out how to finance their real estate investments. This is especially true when they want to get into buy-and-hold investments, which is where the real wealth-generating power of real estate investment lies. Do not avoid long-term real estate investments just because ...
4 Things Jamie Wooley Wishes Every New Investor Knew
“One of the deals I learned the most from was also one of my biggest losses,” Jamie Wooley admitted ruefully. “It was a historic renovation (images top and below), so we took a 700-square-foot property and added 2,000 square feet. It’s one of my favorite transformations, but it was also ...
“Flipping” Between Short- and Long-Term Rental Strategy
Vacation homes and other short-term rentals are becoming increasingly popular as investors realize the opportunity these assets represent in terms of high returns. However, some of the requirements for high returns are somewhat dynamic in nature. For example, when you choose where to invest in Airbnb rentals, you should go ...
How to Invest with a Downturn in Mind
For the past three years, I’ve been warning investors: “If you buy something now, it will be worth less sometime in the next three years because a recession is coming.” We are way overdue for a correction. However, a pending downturn does not mean you stop investing. It just means ...
Sherwin-Williams 2019 Colormix® Color Forecast
This fall, the design and real estate investing sectors are closer than ever before thanks to the ubiquitous “real estate reality” shows dominating our television screens. Last year, American investors flipped a record-setting 207,000 single-family homes. At the same time, a single television network hosted more than a dozen real ...
Vintage Style Brings Loyal Tenants, Steady Returns
Carla Price has always run her real estate business her own way, and that has created a unique demand for her boutique, vintage apartments in Chicago that has lasted more than 50 years. Price started her real estate business in the DePaul area of Lincoln Park in the 1960s and ...
The Looming Rebirth of the Single-Family Rental Industry
More than 1 trillion dollars in U.S. real estate equity is going to be consolidated over the next decade. The single-family rental (SFR) industry, which emerged as an institutional asset 10 years ago, is being reborn as a commercial real estate food group now. The apartment industry is adopting single ...
4 Must-Haves in Your Contractor Agreements
Any successful property transformation will rely on a successful relationship with your contractor. While many investors still pride themselves on “handshake agreements” within their local professional community, a solid, written agreement will protect you. It also shows professional courtesy to your team members (contractors) and indicates that you want to ...
Best Neighborhoods for Real Estate Buying and Investing
The ATTOM Data Solutions 2018 Neighborhood Housing Index uses new neighborhood boundary data to rank more than 10,000 neighborhood housing markets nationwide based on six factors impacting the hyperlocal housing market: affordability, home price appreciation, school scores, crime rates, unemployment rates and property taxes. The top five U.S. neighborhood housing ...
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 ...
