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The Advantages of “Middle Market” Commercial Real Estate
Everyone likes a trophy, and glamorous properties in big cities have certainly benefited from the recent strong real estate market. But much less attention has been paid to the resurgence of “middle market” commercial properties. We’ll explore here the opportunities offered by smaller-value transactions in areas not considered “gateway” markets ...
Expert Financing: The Key to Successfully Owning 8,000 Multifamily Units
The quote "I owe. I owe. It's off to work I go!" is one of the most frequently repeated lines I hear about debt. Thankfully, an early mentor of mine told me that the real best quote about debt is, "Only borrow against income-producing assets." He said it was the ...
3 Things a Blueprint Can Tell You About Your Investment Property
Although many real estate investors choose to leave the complicated lines, measurements, and extremely fine print of blueprints to their contractors, engineers, and architects, sometimes a quick look at a property’s inner workings can tell you a lot about how a potential project might go. At times, a blueprint can ...
Think Realty Magazine June 2018
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events •Don’t Let Travel Deter Your Long-Distance Investments Design Point | Renovation Rockstar: Panama City A-Frame Commercial Investing | Keeping Complex Housing Issues Simple •Behind the Scenes: Commercial Conversion •Commercial Real Estate Value Factors You See Every Day •When Two Worlds Collide ...
5 Success Factors for Residential Assisted Living Investments
What does it take to successfully and profitably participate in today’s largest and fastest-growing real estate sector, Residential Assisted Living? In the first portion of this report, we covered the first five of 10 pillars to successfully managing Residential Assisted Living (RAL) homes. However, management is only part of the ...
A Tried-and-True Real Estate Rule for Real Success
I started investing in real estate nearly 60 years ago, and along the way I compiled a list of real estate investment principles every investor should know. One of the most important rules that many new investors today overlook is one that anyone who has been in the business for ...
5 Simple Ways to Find More Deals
Whether you are new to real estate investing or a seasoned investor, you are always on the lookout for the next deal. Well, in a low inventory market, how do you find your next deal? With margins thinning and costs rising, you must be able to find properties with numbers ...
A Family Story: A Big Real Estate Decision with Big Results
I can recall conversations between my parents over the years about buying a building for my dad to relocate his auto-repair business. They even discussed buying the building that he was renting. There were so many worries, fears and excuses not to take that leap: Imagine the exorbitant personal property ...
Tech and Big Data Disrupt the Real Estate Investing Status Quo
In the world of real estate investing, there’s a common challenge that most investors face these days. The first inclination might be to think it’s funding. But much has changed, and in fact improved, in the world of investment property funding since the hangover and recovery from the big crash ...
The Promise and Pitfalls of Accessory Dwelling Units as an Affordable Housing Panacea
Apaucity of affordable housing that threatens to inflame a burgeoning homelessness crisis and trigger an exodus of well-paying jobs is forcing local governments to consider creative solutions to this intractable problem. One such solution is to streamline the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the hopes that real estate ...
The Rise of Infill Development
The need for development is on the rise. Whether it’s in the form of a need for more housing, more commercial space, or more retail space, there is always a need for more development. The question has always been, “Where is it best to develop?” A common phenomenon we are ...
3 Steps to Effective Investing Strategies in a Widening Market
Over the years, our real estate company has found there are three major, universal decisions every investor must face (and make) before pulling the trigger on an investment: picking a property type, choosing a strategy, and selecting a market. Navigating that process has always been crucial to getting good returns, ...
The Future is Now for Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate
From Hollywood to Wall Street, the term artificial intelligence (AI) is an agenda item. Everyone wants at least one peek into how AI will impact their business or industry. It probably comes as no surprise, then, that the giant data company Salesforce is been dedicated to the advancement of AI, ...
Renovation Rockstar: New Orleans Edition
New Orleans-area investors Braden Smith and Chris Leniek are not afraid of much of anything in their unique real estate market, so taking on a two-bedroom/one-bath home in need of a near-total remodel was pretty much par for the course. “We buy run-down properties, fix them up, then sell them,” ...
Renovation Rockstar: First-Time Townhouse Success
When Jason Lipsitz and his business partner, Lee Fondiller, co-owners of South Hill Homes, got a first glance at their very first fix-and-flip deal, they realized that they were in for some serious work. Fortunately, that work came with some pretty serious returns, as well. “We got the lead from ...
Regional Spotlight: New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA), is anything but simple. From its 73 “official” neighborhoods that some locals claim do not really exist to its storied history replete with pirates, natural disasters, and one of the country’s first “skyscrapers” (erected in 1807), the city is a beautiful and confusing cultural and architectural ...
Building Community in Real Estate
It is not uncommon to hear real estate investors refer to their businesses as “supporting the community.” This statement is highly accurate, given that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) estimates that there are nearly 28 million small businesses in the country and, of that 28 million, roughly 10 percent ...
Kevin Ortner, the CEO of Renters Warehouse, is in a unique position to “think big” about rental real estate. After all, his company spearheads one of the most effective, influential outreach programs in the history of the industry via their far-reaching radio presence and Ortner’s own book, Rent Estate Revolution™ ...
3 Bathroom Trends Evolving in 2018
Meet the Expert: Katrina Rice is a professional kitchen and bath designer with 84 Lumber’s Kitchen & Bath Design Studio in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania. 84 Lumber’s Kitchen & Bath Design Studios exist in more than 30 of 84 Lumber’s 250 stores nationwide and are staffed by experienced professionals. She is ...
3 Red Flags Your Tenant Screening Process is Flawed
Determining if your tenant screening provider has quality criminal and eviction data is essential if you want to maintain a standard of accepting quality applicants. With faulty or subpar data, you leave your property open to potential threats, which can include lost revenue, extensive damages, lawsuits, and fines. To discern ...
How to Effectively Leverage Business Diversity in Your Real Estate Business
Trailblazers, innovators, and disruptors shape today’s new entrepreneurial normal, and nowhere is that truer than in the housing industry. Today’s successful companies stand out for their ingenuity, uniqueness, complexity and supercharged pace of technological change. Staying at the forefront of change requires extraordinary understanding and agility. Hiring for conventional skills ...
Creating Your Content Marketing Plan
Your real estate business can benefit from content marketing in several ways. You can generate leads for deals and for buyers for those deals. You can build your brand and reputation in your specific industry sector. Furthermore, effective content marketing helps you establish that all-important network of valuable contacts and ...
Doctors Could be the Key to Your Next Commercial Investment
Doctors and medical experts have always tended to be in real estate as well as medicine. They often own the buildings that house their practices and, once they get a taste of the joys of real estate ownership, start expanding their portfolios with both commercial and residential properties. Recently, I’ve ...
Progress Report: The Evolution of the Build-to-Rent Industry
Lately, the hottest topic in real estate investing is “building-to-rent.” Before the housing crash, very few investors would have considered this strategy because everyone wanted to own their own home and lenient mortgage lending requirements made that a very real possibility for most people. Today, however, thanks to the combination ...
Changes in Mortgage Finance Represent Opportunity for Investors
Adapting to a changing economic and legal environment is important in every industry, especially real estate. Veteran real estate investors must learn and adapt to the changing environment. The note industry and note investors are no different. This article discusses some of the changes underway in the real estate industry, ...
