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10 Mistakes Property Owners Make When Writing their Property Listing
When it comes to marketing a rental property, many investors (myself included at one point) believe that a compelling set of numbers trumps any other information you might include in your property listing. While this might be the case once a buyer or potential tenant looks at those numbers, if ...
How Blockchain Could Transform Property Record Transparency
This article was originally posted in the April 2018 Think Realty Magazine. It’s hard to go a day without news about Bitcoin these days and it’s easy to understand why. The cryptocurrency Bitcoin’s rapid rise late last year drew a lot of attention from the financial sector, with analysts espousing ...
3 Keys to “Making Magic Happen” in Your Real Estate Email Marketing
You’ve heard the phrase “Your network is your net worth" in terms of real estate marketing and email marketing, but when Charles Blair, “Mad Scientist” and founder of the Baltimore area’s Real Deal meetup, says it, he means something entirely different from just getting out there and introducing yourself to ...
Co-Living No Longer a Wall Street Concept
This article was originally featured in April 2018 Think Realty Magazine and written by Aaron Norris, VP of The Norris Group. Co-living is all the rage in major metropolitan areas across the U.S. While these “hacker houses” or “adult dorms” are not new in concept, there are some major players ...
“Best States” Ranking Released for 2018
Iowa, a Midwest farm state in the heart of the United States and host of the winter caucuses, takes first place in U.S. News’ recent “Best States” rankings, which assess and rank how well states perform in serving their citizens’ needs. The study considers health care, education, opportunities, the state’s ...
Investor Spotlight: Memphis Investment Properties
This article was originally published in April 2018 Think Realty Magazine. Memphis Investment Properties (MIP) has been actively investing in the Memphis, Tennessee, real estate market for nearly four decades. the company offers complete turnkey real estate investing services, meaning that real estate investors who wish to own rental real ...
Regional Spotlight: Washington, D.C.
This article was originally published in the April 2018 Think Realty Magazine. When the national housing market collapsed in the mid-2000s, Washington, D.C., homes lost nearly $120,000, on average, from their overall value. Median home prices in the area bottomed out in July 2009 around $355,000, a steep fall from ...
Chief Economist Talks Homeownership, Housing Policy, and Market Turning Points in 2018
This article was originally published in April 2018 Think Realty Magazine. When Lawrence Yun talks about real estate, the discussion revolves around what he refers to as “turning points” in national and local markets. “My role, as chief economist at the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is to look at ...
Q&A: The Art (and Data) Of Effective Flipping
Daren Blomquist, senior vice president of communications at ATTOM Data Solutions (formerly RealtyTrac), has spent nearly two decades analyzing housing data and providing the real estate industry with insight on housing statistics and trends. Blomquist, who is also the managing editor of ATTOM Data’s monthly newsletter, excerpts of which may ...
Renovation Rockstars: Bread-and-Butter House With A Surprise
When Florida real estate investors John and Corinne Tesh first heard from the owners of this “bread-and-butter” Florida block house, they expected the property might be a challenge. Hurricane Irma had just swept through Florida, leaving devastation – and a lot of motivated sellers – in her wake. Bread-and-Butter House: ...
3 Value Plays To Create Community
The following article was written by contributor Tammy Phelps-Keglovich and was featured in April 2018 Think Realty Magazine. I’ve spent more than 20 years as a real estate investor, and here is a very important lesson I’ve learned: ere’s what they tell you, and then there is the real investing world ...
Renovation Rockstars: Fire Recovery Rehab
When Vernon Vaughan of FairAndFastHomebuyers.com first spotted the promising address on Hubzu.com, he believed he was investigating the purchase of a vacant lot. “I swung by the property on the way to the movies with my twin boys and was very surprised to find a house!” he recalled. “I made ...
5 Markets Where the Middle Class Can Still Afford a Home
If your real estate strategy relies on middle-class buyers being able to afford your properties, then you might want to take a closer look at these metro areas. As the housing affordability crisis looms as the next big issue for our national housing market, an increasing number of would-be homebuyers ...
Appraiser’s Board to Ease Certification Requirements
Property appraisers no longer need a college degree in order to receive their certification, and they do not have to put in nearly as many hours as they used to in order to obtain and maintain that certification, either. According to a recent announcement from the Appraisal Foundation’s Appraiser Qualifications ...
3 Code-Cracking Tips for a Fast Sale
This article was originally published in March 2018 Think Realty Magazine. As a full-time realtor and full-time investor, I see things from a different perspective from a lot of investors and many agents and brokers. I know that sometimes a small change costing pennies on the dollar for an investor ...
Think Realty Magazine April 2018
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events •Member Benefits: Barnett Renovation Rock Stars | Bread-and-Butter House with a Surprise • Fire Recovery Rehab Cover Feature | Perfecting the Art of Anticipation Housing News Report | Finding the Next Reno •The Distressed Discounts Dozen •How Blockchain Could Transform Property ...
| 39 pages | 5,821 words | .5 hour read | Excerpt Most entrepreneurs I run across are running around blind, one bad week away from disaster. That however, is the exact reason why most businesses & start ups fail so quick after starting. Be Different You have one shot ...
Investing in real estate is one thing. Building wealth by investing in real estate is another. The first scenario is often a short term, one-off plan; the second represents a plan that has been well constructed and committed to paper, which constitutes a goal. Set A Goal for Your Real ...
Blueprint: Achieving Multifamily Design
Everyone approaches a blueprint differently, so it’s no surprise that creating a working blueprint for a multifamily property can be difficult for many investors. After all, even if every unit is the same, everyone working on the unit may see the interior in a slightly different light. “The way we ...
Social Media Tips to Gain and Engage Your Digital Network
One of the biggest compliments I get from racing peers and competitors is on my use of social media to gather large numbers of passionate fans who love our team, Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing (JJCR). Our Facebook and Twitter followings number a combined 150,000 and we are steadily growing on ...
Business Systems: Letting Go Without Losing Control
If you were to step away from your business completely, what would happen? If that question just gave you the chills, then I have a few more for you: Do you feel your business owns you instead of you owning the business? Do you see poor communication between your departments? ...
This article was originally featured in March 2018 Think Realty Magazine and written by Kimberly Dooley, Southeast Regional Manager for Concierge Services at Auction.com and a Licensed Agent with SELLect Realty. Buying property at auction can be exciting and profitable, but it’s important to understand how the process works. Whether you ...
Tearing Down Walls And Opening Up Value
This article was originally published in the April 2018 Think Realty Magazine. 2018 is likely to continue to be a sellers’ market according to recent reports from Trulia. The company released the results of a recent survey of more than 2,000 homeowners indicating that only about three in every 50 ...
Travel Hacks from the Racetrack
The expense, logistics, and pain of packing are usually what turn people off of travel. Here are some of the travel hacks I have learned over 15 years of logging frequent flyer miles. Packing Roll your clothes: Flight attendant after flight attendant swears by this tried-and-true technique. It is amazing ...
2 Questions to Optimize Lead Generation
Dallas, Texas – One of the best ways to generate solid lead generation for your real estate investing business is to get out “in the field” and talk to sellers directly. Especially in highly competitive real estate markets like Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), which recently hosted the Think Realty National Conference ...
