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3 Essential Tools from Racing for REIs
Every investor knows that if you are going to build something, you need the right tools. Sometimes you will use physical tools, and sometimes your toolbox will consist of intangibles more powerful than a hammer or drill ever could be. No matter where you are on your real estate investing ...
Cash-Poor IRA Owners Could Benefit from Old Program
Sometimes, self-directed investors using individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to invest in real estate find themselves in the position of not having quite enough cash. An IRA that is real-estate rich but cash-poor can create serious stress for an investor worried about unforeseen expenses or making minimum distributions. Here is an ...
Phishing Scam Costs First-Time Homebuyer $36k
Any time your real estate agent or other real estate professional sends you an email adjusting the location, amount, or method of transferring money, it might behoove you to take five minutes and verify their identity before you respond. Failing to pick up the phone and double-check the identity of ...
Net Neutrality Rolled Back by FCC
In mid-December, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it would roll back net neutrality rules in a highly controversial decision that has most of the country up in arms on one side or the other of the issue. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) officially rebuked the FCC for ...
Think Realty Radio & Benefits for 2018
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – December 20, 2017 – Think Realty is a membership-based resource platform developed exclusively for real estate investors. Since launching in 2016, investors across the nation and around the globe have signed up at thinkrealty.com to become Think Realty members, with an 81 percent increase in membership ...
4 Holiday Savings Tips for Your Tenants
You have a new tenant who just moved in or you recently sold one of your properties to a new client. While giving clients an affordable, comfortable place to call home around the holidays is a great help but the job shouldn't stop there, and there are more ways for ...
ALPS Helps Keep Your Properties Safe
Affinity Loss Prevention Services (ALPS) is your source for information and resources to help you avoid preventable losses at your investment properties. Any loss costs you money, but it could also result in serious injury, the loss of a tenant or a claim, causing fluctuations in your insurance costs. If ...
First-Time Homebuyers Rushing into Year-End Market
For the first time since just after the turn of the century, first-time homebuyers are rushing into the housing market in droves. According to Genworth Financial’s “First-Time Homebuyer Market Report,” 601,000 first-time homebuyers purchased single-family homes during Q3 2017, up six percent from Q3 2016. This is the highest rate ...
Consumer Optimism Declines Week Before Christmas
The week before Christmas is a make-or-break period of time for many retailers, so it’s not surprising that many economists became concerned in mid-December when the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers indicated the American public is feeling slightly less optimistic heading into the final sprint before the holiday season ...
Net Neutrality: What it Means for Real Estate Investors
On December 14, the FCC voted to kill Net Neutrality, now what? Linda Liberatore of Secure Pay One answers a few questions about net neutrality, what it is and how it could impact real estate investors. For those of you who had not realized this ruling happened, let's take a ...
Economic Confidence on the Rise in December
According to figures released by the Conference Board last week, Americans are more confidence about the economy and labor market than they have been in the last 17 years. The confidence index rose to 129.5 last month, while the board’s consumer expectations index rose to 113.3. This is the highest ...
2018 is Time to Sell According to Poll
Nearly a third of all homeowners told analysts at Trulia that they believe 2018 is “a better time to sell” than 2017. Leading those analysts to conclude that national housing inventory woes might be alleviated in the coming 12 months. “At a 17-percentage-point differential, the home-selling sentiment is the second-highest ...
Denver’s Green Roof Initiative
It was a hotly contested ballot initiative in Denver, but environmentalists won their battle for “green rooftops” in the last election. The Green Roof Initiative passed with 54 percent of the vote, and was certified on November 24. Although Denver is not the first city to adopt a mandate for ...
Think Realty Magazine Year End 2017
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | Think Realty Event Coverage Coaches Corner | Panel in Print • Making the Most of the Strength in a Room • A Strong Foundation for a Profitable Rental Portfolio Marketing | Never Advertise Again Cover Feature | Staying True to the Mission The Big ...
Moratorium on Foreclosures for Christmas
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced the second week in December that both GSEs would, as is traditional, place a hold on holiday evictions lasting from December 18, 2017, to January 2, 2018. The suspension applies not just to single-family homes, but also duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes. The moratorium will ...
6 Tips on Selling During the Holidays
Not so long ago, selling a property during the holidays was to be avoided at all costs. Who wants to look at houses when everyone is busy with parties and family? Buyers and sellers were advised to wait until spring. With the advent of online listings, home sales have become ...
Remembering Kent Davis of Equistream
Kent, a lifelong pastor and missionary, was also the owner of Equistream, a real estate investment firm that helped break down the barrier between investors at all levels of expertise and income. That accessibility extended not just into real estate, but to Kent’s personal philosophy as well. The first 35 ...
Take a moment to consider the following questions: Are you spending all your time chasing down “slow pay” tenants rather than expanding your real estate portfolio and refining your investing strategies? Do you find the idea of turning over control of your real estate investments completely, i.e. “going turnkey,” just ...
Nike Relocates Away from Trump Tower Retail Space
Despite being in possession of a five-year lease on prime retail real estate in Manhattan’s premier retail corridor, Nike recently announced that it would relocate its Niketown store five blocks away from the current location. The company has refused to disclose the reason for the move, but reporters at Crain’s ...
Median Down Payment for Homes Up in Q3
ATTOM Data Solutions, released its Q3 2017 U.S. Residential Property Loan Origination Report, showing that the median down payment for single family homes and condos purchased with financing in the third quarter was $20,000, up from $18,161 in the previous quarter and up from $14,400 in Q3 2016 to a ...
5 REI Biases that can Destroy Wealth
What if investors’ brains are wired to make the wrong decisions in real estate? A new research paper released by Fidelity International indicates we could be the victims of our own neural connections – at least when it comes to certain built-in biases about how risk, rewards, and geography affect ...
Rental Vacancy: Reduce Your Financial Risk
Real estate investment can be a profitable venture. Regardless of how experienced you are in the industry, investing in a rental property can lead to rewarding gains. As with any investment, there is a risk you take when investing in rental properties; like an unexpected vacancy. The definition of vacancy ...
Think Realty Introduces On-Air Show for Wall Street Radio
Think Realty will debut its new Think Realty Radio show January 1, 2018, on Wall Street Radio! The national show will be hosted by real estate investor, educator, radio personality, Think Realty Resident Expert and regular Forbes contributor, Abhi Golhar. Think Realty Radio will air Monday through Friday. Each hour-long ...
Flipping Returns Drop to Two-Year Low in Q3 2017
ATTOM Data Solutions released its Q3 2017 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that single family homes and condos flipped in the third quarter yielded an average gross flipping profit of $66,448 per flip, representing an average 47.7 percent return on investment for flippers — down from 48.7 percent in ...
Federal Tax Reform: 3 States that Could be Hit Hard
Late last week, the U.S. Senate passed a sweeping federal tax reform bill that has been highly controversial and was approved wholly along party lines, with all but one republican senator voting for the bill and all democrat senators voting against it. Among other things, the bill will affect state ...
