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Quick & Easy Elevator Pitch Formula
An elevator pitch should answer three things: Who you are What you do/want What benefits you bring The reason so many people get this simple formula wrong when it comes to real estate networking is that they are so used to making this “pitch” in daily introductions in their everyday ...
3 Markets Might Benefit Most from Amazon’s HQ2
Last week, Amazon announced its 20 finalists for its second headquarters, nicknamed HQ2, and the response was immediate and overwhelming. Cities that made the top 20 were elated and eager to remind everyone exactly why their location looked so good: • “We are excited to learn that Atlanta has been ...
Grow Your Network Every Day – Week 4
There are a number of reasons why we network – the opportunity to learn from those around us is one. Some investors may have a different resume than you. Making a new connection, who is willing to let you in on their know-how, helps you tap into knowledge that you ...
7 Advantages of Attending Events in Person vs Online
When real estate investors think about attending conferences, expos, and in-person education and training, they often cite the following reasons for not getting out and meeting people face to face: No one wants to meet me. I can get everything I need online. I’m too busy. Then they elaborate that ...
Real estate investing is all about the personal touch, so it’s not surprising that most investors are not too concerned about one of the hottest topics in tech these days: robots replacing humans in many areas of employment, even possibly realtors. However, a startup called Homie is hoping to change ...
Avoid Over-Renovation: Here’s Why
What a great feeling it is to walk into a newly renovated home, smelling of fresh paint and new carpet. Many rental home investors are now providing incentives to new tenants, with upgrades and amenities that they may not have been able to afford in previous housing situations. If you do ...
Buying Cheaper than Renting in More than Half of Markets
The national housing market is definitely heating up, but it still makes more sense to buy instead of rent in more than half of all housing markets. According to ATTOM Data Solutions, buying a median-priced home is more affordable than renting a three-bedroom property in 54 percent of all U.S ...
Infographic: 7 Habits of Effective Flippers
Habits are a loop that we create by queues and positive rewards. Real estate investors know that if they find a deal, perform their due diligence (queues) they are rewarded with a positive outcome of a profit of some form, no matter how you have your exit strategy structured (positive ...
Foreclosure Wave Heads for Puerto Rico
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, it was quickly named the worst natural disaster on record to ever hit the region. Maria was the 10th-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time, and the deadliest storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season. It was also far and ...
Hottest & Coldest Names for Home Buyers
ATTOM Data Solutions released a unique set of data, nothing like what is usually gathered and recorded. In the following maps comes the hottest and fastest declining first names of homebuyers. Much like the lists of top baby names, this list shows the most popular names of buyers and those ...
7 Steps to Grow Your Network – Week 3
Every day in January, we’ve committed to one activity that will help us grow our network. Some of us are doing it to find deals, identify potential partnerships, source funding, or even to create an outlet to discuss real estate investing. No matter your reason, here are the things you ...
1031 Exchange & the Role of the Agent
While most real estate transactions conducted in the United States have a real estate agent involved, not many of them are clear about their role in the 1031 Exchange. What should the role of the agent be with the principals in the transaction and what duties, if any, can the ...
5 Indicators a Real Estate Event is Worth the Investment
One of the most frustrating things that active real estate investors can encounter is a wasted real estate event. We don’t mean an event you paid for through the nose on credit, and then found yourself still unable to invest. Those are an entirely different topic, and not one we’re ...
Real Estate Investment, a get Rich Slow Strategy?
One of my favorite analogies for business was given by Jim Collins in his book Great by Choice. It involves Roald Amundsen, who was the first explorer to ever reach the South Pole. In 1911, Amundsen and his team faced off with Robert Falcon Scott and his team in the ...
3 Effects Tax Cuts Could Have on Economy & Housing
When President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017, he accomplished a number of things with a single swipe of a pen. Those things included: Cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent Cutting the top individual tax rate to 37 percent Reducing ...
64 Percent Live Where Cheaper to Rent than Buy
ATTOM Data Solutions, today released its 2018 Rental Affordability Report, which shows buying a median-priced home is more affordable than renting a three-bedroom property in 240 of 447 U.S. counties analyzed for the report — 54 percent. The analysis incorporated recently released fair market rent data for 2018 from the U.S ...
Reform Boon for Commercial Real Estate
Starting this week, new tax rules will usher in the New Year with a big win for residential and commercial real estate investors. It’s still too early to know the full impact of the legislation, but many tax professionals say real estate investors and other property owners have hit the ...
Luxury Real Estate Lags Behind Mainstream Housing
According to Realtor.com, U.S. luxury housing lagged behind the mainstream real estate market in 2017 and is likely to continue to slow in 2018. Of course, that does not mean that the sector is not still growing. In fact, analysts reported that average sales price in the luxury market, defined ...
Section 1031: West Coast vs East Coast
The history of the tax code pursuant to IRC Section 1031 is striking when viewed against one simple critical factor that runs through real estate: Real Estate is a local business. In some ways this explains why a Federal Tax Code called Section 1031, which has so much value for ...
FHA May Refuse to Insure Loans on Energy Efficient Properties
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) recently released new restrictions on the types of mortgages it will insure and eliminated certain energy-efficient homes in the process. In early December 2017, the FHA reversed a policy from the previous presidential administration that allowed the FHA to insure mortgages on homes carrying liens ...
Rents Continue to Rise into 2018
Although rental rate growth slowed over the course of 2017, Zillow reported at the start of 2018 that rates were starting to rise again. Over the past 12 months, median rents nationwide rose about 2.4 percent. This manifested in a median rental price of $1,435 per month, which, Zillow analysts ...
7 New Ways to Grow Your Network – Week 2
Last week we kicked off the new year. With new goals comes new activity to reach those new heights. It seems all tasks are better when you have support to encourage you along the way. So, this month let’s focus on growing your network of real estate investors. Read on ...
Home Values Record High in 2017
At the end of 2017, the total value of all the homes in the United States reached $31.8 trillion, which is more than one-and-a-half times the gross domestic product (GDP). This is almost $2 trillion more than the value of all U.S. homes at the end of 2016, and a ...
2018 Perfectly Positioned to Bring Buyers Off Fence
2018 will likely bring a number of homebuyers out of the woodwork, to the benefit of real estate investors prepared to work with them. Although many would-be buyers have remained on the sidelines since the housing crash, a number of factors are likely to force their hand in the New ...
Tax Cuts & Jobs Act May Help Marketplace Investors
The commercial real estate industry clearly benefits from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump. Even changes to the individual mortgage interest deduction and other limits on homeowner deductions may actually end up aiding the market for value-add multifamily projects ...
