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3 Steps to Learning Your Investment Manager’s True Identity
The internet has truly opened up a “brave new world” for real estate investors. However, with this blessing that enables us to put our money in markets that make sense rather than just in our own backyards comes an identity crisis of sorts because the people who would like to ...
Double Down & Play to Win: A Call for Rental Housing Innovation
"If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re on the menu.” In his opening remarks at Think Realty’s Baltimore Expo this past June, Maryland State Delegate Marvin Holmes, a landlord and property manager himself, encouraged landlords to get involved and speak out for their cause. This sentiment is ...
In this issue’s section of “Industry Voices,” one of our features is an open letter that a magazine contributor, Brian Wojcik of NAIL411.org, sent the secretary of housing and urban development (HUD), Ben Carson. Wojcik provided plenty of context for his letter in terms of legislation and policy revolving around ...
Glutton for Punishment or Naive DIY’er?
Abby Tillman and her husband chronicled their first foray into real estate investing, buying a rental property, in Think Realty’s “Rookie Investor” blog series. The following article is excerpted from that blog. You know those things that everyone tells you not to do, but you think, “It won’t be like ...
Best Marketing Practices for Investors
Often real estate business owners ask me how they can generate more leads. The other question they ask is closely related: What is the hottest new way to generate leads? While I do stay current with marketing trends and current market opportunities, most of the tried-and-true older methods are just ...
When you think of alternative investments in real estate, you might not think of changing the building materials or the physical framework of the property. Maybe you should. Container homes, built from cargo shipping containers, are altering the way people think about and visualize new homes. Upcycling materials in the ...
We all know that a buyer’s first impression of your property will likely make or break the deal. Given that landscaping can add up to 28 percent to a home’s value, taking the time to understand what makes your lawn really work may prove invaluable. According to landscape economist John ...
Really Big Deals: Getting In on the Farmland Phenomenon
Farmland: Any land used for farming. Rural: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines rural areas as those that are nonmetropolitan and have “open countryside, rural towns (places with fewer than 2,500 people) and urban areas with populations ranging from 2,500 to 49,999.” Over the past decade, international investors have doubled ...
Investing in Corporate Housing: Monetizing the 30-Day Stay
Corporate Housing: A solution for corporate employees who need monthly lodging, usually provided through businesses offering fully-furnished private residences for stays of 30 or more days. Pain-Per-Dollar (PPD): The amount of work that each dollar you invest “costs” you on a property. For example, a typical vacation rental has a high PPD ...
6 Ways to Accurately Assess Rental Property Performance
Whether you have one income rental property in your portfolio or dozens, you should be tracking your investment portfolio’s performance. Part of that process includes evaluating each income property individually to determine whether it is serving its purpose in your portfolio and to assess the viability of future, similar investments ...
Think Realty’s Guidebook to Turnkey Rental Real Estate
Turnkey Property: A turnkey property has historically been defined as a piece of real estate that can be purchased as-is and immediately rented out. Turnkey has expanded in recent years to include anything that can be conducted from a distance (i.e. a turnkey fix and flip) but generally refers to rental ...
5 Keys to Effective Social Media Marketing Domination
As a real estate investor, you need leads to find deals, right? That’s the function of marketing. Done well, it can bring an abundance of opportunity to your investing business. Recently, Think Realty Resident Expert Abhi Golhar shared his recipe for success in social media marketing. ---- In the Netflix ...
3 Disasters Where Self-Directed Investors Made a Huge Difference
Lately, the news has been full of natural disasters and recovery efforts. Everyone in the country wants to help with the recovery from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. In fact, one self-titled “IRA Expert” even implied in a very public promotional campaign that real estate investors using their self-directed retirement accounts ...
The Truth About Tax-Free Profits in Real Estate IRAs
If you love the idea of huge real estate investing returns but dread the tax bills that come with financial success, then you share a common bond with just about every other investor in the country. However, if you realize that there are actually ways to create “tax-free profits” in ...
Is Your Market Too Hot to Handle?
Investing in a hot market can be exciting. Watching the values of your properties climb is absolutely intoxicating, and many investors spend a great deal of time and energy trying to identify the next hot market before their competitors in order to get in early and make a mint. However, ...
Harvey’s Impact on Real Estate Investors in Houston
Damage caused by Hurricane Harvey is leaving homeowners and investors calculating their losses. But for some, there is a potential for gains. While flooded properties in Houston are likely to drop in value, real estate experts are predicting prices and rents will rise in areas that were not affected by ...
3 Ways You Never Expected You Could Invest in Real Estate
You’ve probably heard of the traditional means of investing in real estate: buy-and-hold, fix-and-flip, rentals, rehabs, wholesaling. These are all time-tested, tried-and-true options for real estate investors at all levels of experience and with all levels of capital. However, in every crowd, there are a few people who just want ...
Co-Borrowers: Single Family Home Purchase Loan Originations Report
ATTOM Data Solutions, released its Q2 2017 U.S. Residential Property Loan Origination Report, which shows more than 2 million (2,033,296) loans were originated on U.S. residential properties (1 to 4 units) in the second quarter of 2017, up 27 percent from a three-year low in the previous quarter but still ...
Home Flipping Rate Plateaus in Q2 2017
ATTOM Data Solutions released its Q2 2017 U.S. Home Flipping Report. Showing 53,638 single family homes and condos were flipped nationwide in the second quarter of 2017, a home-flipping rate of 5.6 percent of all home sales during the quarter. The home flipping rate of 5.6 percent in Q2 2017 ...
Low Housing Inventory = Opportunity
It’s become a regular headline: low housing inventory is responsible for fewer sales. With slow but steady economic growth, low unemployment, consumer optimism, and strong demand for housing, it seems builders would be scrambling to get new homes on the market. However, sales of new inventory is still about a ...
Silver Lining: Hurricane Damage Can Help Home Values
In recent weeks, the United States has been hit with not one but two major hurricanes. In fact, at time of this writing, it is still somewhat unclear exactly how far-reaching the effects of Hurricane Irma, which is working its way through Florida and up the east coast, will be ...
Renovation Rock Stars: Kitchen Edition
This article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine, October 2017 issue. To read the digital version of the magazine sign-up for a free membership. The Renovation Begins Ever watched one of those “reality” real estate shows and thought to yourself, “I could do so much better, for so much ...
Reduce Your Risk of Mold After a Flood
With parts of the country receiving large amounts of rain in a short period of time causing flash flooding we thought we’d share some tips from our friends at Green Home Solutions on how to reduce the risk of mold after a flooding event. Reduce Your Risk Step 1| Remove Water Remove ...
[New Course] Learn Investment Criteria with Sonia Booker
Sonia Booker, a Think Realty Resident Expert and real estate investor, shares her knowledge with Think Realty members in her new video course Investment Criteria. If you want an investment plan that fits your personal budget, lifestyle, and goals, Booker’s new course will show you the way by helping you determine ...
Differences Between Flood, Water, & Sewer Back-Up Coverages
When it comes to water, it is crucial to know what kind of property coverages you have and what coverages you don’t! Most property policies exclude coverage for “Flood, surface water, waves, tides, tidal waves, overflow of any body of water, or their spray, all whether driven by wind or ...
