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5 Keys to Effective Social Media Marketing Domination
In the Netflix original series “Santa Clarita Diet,” actor Timothy Olyphant’s character (a realtor caught up in a sticky situation) discusses the perks of his job. “I work my own hours,” he explains. “I only see my boss twice a week!” Indeed, most people seem to think selling real estate ...
Detroit Turnkey with Strategy Properties
This strategy properties article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine in the "Investor Review" insert in the October 2017 issue. Strategy Properties is a turnkey real estate investment company located in the Metro Detroit area. The company is well-known in the industry for providing only top-quality investment properties to wholesalers, individual ...
3 Questions You Must Ask Your Self-Directed IRA Administrator
Ever had a great deal right in front of you, but been painfully unable to act because you were short on capital? If so, then you likely understand why so many real estate investors opt to take their traditional individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and make them self-directed IRAs. Real estate ...
Leveling the Playing Field Through Technology and Real Estate
When Brew Johnson and Brett Crosby, co-founders of PeerStreet Lending, first joined forces, the old friends never once thought about their private lending project on a small scale. Nor do they think on a small scale today. “We have created a technology platform to empower lenders to make loans to ...
5 Insurance Takeaways from Oakland’s Ghost Ship Fire
Last year’s warehouse fire in the “Ghost Ship” building in Oakland, California, has been called the nation’s deadliest structure fire in more than 14 years. The fire was a three-alarm fire, requiring 52 firefighters to bring it under control. The fire caused 36 fatalities and building losses of more than ...
Panel in Print: Overcome Your Investing Fears
Nearly every real estate investor out there, from the greenest “newbie” to the most experienced industry veteran, has one thing in common: they know about investing fears. Think Realty Resident Experts Eddie Wilson, Sonia Booker, and Pam Goodwin have very different perspectives on what fear can do to an investor ...
Renovation Rock Stars: Kitchen Edition
Ever watched one of those “reality” real estate shows and thought to yourself, “I could do so much better, for so much less! And why are they hanging that hideous wallpaper in a rental property anyway?” If so, you’re not alone. In fact, at every Think Realty event, we meet ...
When a group of real estate investors partnered with former New York City developer David Comfort last fall to acquire 800 lush acres of fertile Costa Rica farmland for just $4 million, they became part of a project that represented diversification not just in their real estate portfolios, but into ...
2 Effective Ways to Get the Best Contractors on Your Team
Are you ready to hit the ground running with flips, but have no bench of contractors to do the work? If so, then you are facing one of the most common issues that stall out new investors, but don’t worry. The lack of reliable labor obviously presents a problem of ...
Adding More Pieces to the Puzzle with Pam Goodwin
This month, I am so excited to introduce Pamela J. Goodwin! She brings yet another dimension to the Resident Expert program with her commercial real estate expertise. For many residential investors, once they have hit a rhythm, commercial real estate feels like the next step. Pam does a great job ...
Norada Real Estate Investments
Marco Santarelli, started investing in real estate at the age of 18. He purchased, renovated, leased and managed a simple townhouse by himself. Over the years he continued building his real estate portfolio with over 84 out-of-state units including single-family homes, duplexes, and small apartments. Founded in late 2003, Santarelli, ...
A Five-Year Plan for Investing Success
You’ve decided that real estate investing is for you, but there’s one problem. You need some startup capital. Here’s a tough truth about this business: unless your family has left you with a fortune, you most likely will have to spend some time building up available cash to invest. Once ...
Case Study: Why Flippers Make the Move to Self-Storage
For many investors who have spent the majority of their real estate careers fixing and flipping single-family residential properties, the idea of expanding their portfolio into a large commercial investment, such as a self-storage facility, can be both attractive and intimidating. Think Realty Magazine sat down with Scott Meyers, owner ...
Market Update: Atlanta, Georgia
Last October, Think Realty Magazine featured Atlanta, Georgia, in a market analysis. At that time, we observed that the southern city represented an opportunity not just to traditional real estate investors interested in building real estate portfolios but also to private lenders. Individuals and companies facilitating short-term, hard-money loans were ...
Commercial Investors vs. Zombie Malls
In the mid-1990s, malls were being constructed at a rate of 140 new shopping centers per year. In 2001, however, disturbing trends began to emerge. A PricewaterhouseCoopers study found that underperforming and vacant malls were becoming increasingly common. In 2007, for the first time in 50 years, there was not ...
When my husband Lucas and I decided to take the leap into real estate investing, it was with the reassurance that Lucas is handy, motivated, reliable and a true “do-it-yourselfer.” He knows all kinds of useful things, like the difference between a miter saw and a circular saw, where a ...
NetWorth Realty™ is a dynamic national real estate firm specializing in building wealth and improving communities. We provide residential real estate buyers with the inventory, expertise and tools needed to restore and add value to properties with unrealized potential. NetWorth Realty™ currently has locations in 15 major metropolitan cities across ...
Think Realty Resident Experts Release New Course Materials
Think Realty Resident Experts provide valuable education to real estate investors through video courses accessible on the Think Realty website. Each course typically contains between six and 12 lessons that are easily digestible and implementable. This quarter, Experts Eddie Wilson, “The Deal Maker,” and Abhi Golhar, “The Connector,” released new ...
Regional Spotlight on Memphis, Tennessee
Two years ago, Memphis, Tennessee, was one of the hottest real estate investing markets in the country. Media outlets like CNN Money gleefully described the “hordes of real estate investors…snapping up foreclosures and other cheap housing, rehabbing the homes, and renting them out for handsome profits.” Then, in a way ...
Trendspotting vs. Falling for the Hype
As a contractor who works exclusively with real estate investors, I often hear some “dangerous language” from my clients. I’m not talking about obscenities! I’m talking about investors who are so eager to spot the “next big thing” that they convince themselves that certain areas are about to take off ...
Beautifully Engaged: Public Art and Private Property
What do you do when you purchase an investment property with a nasty reputation in a great location? If you’re Monick Halm, managing partner of Vineyard Investment Partners, you give it a literal makeover and, just as in any other makeover, the “face” plays a huge role in the process ...
The Combat Guide to Real Estate
Seth Wilson knows that the devil is in the details, whether you are a real estate investor or a U.S. Air Force pilot. “It might not seem like the two connect at first,” admitted the Air National Guard pilot, owner of Sierra Whiskey Properties (SWP) and a recently-published author. He ...
Where We’re Thinking in 2017: TREIA Conference & Expo Powered by Think Realty
TREIA Conference & Expo, Powered by Think Realty | Raleigh, NC | August 27-28 Investors throughout North Carolina’s Triangle Region Join Forces this August The Triangle Real Estate Investors Association (TREIA) is hosting an exciting two-day event powered by Think Realty for new and experienced investors. “We’ve brought together some ...
This Good Success article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine in the "Investor Review" insert in the October 2017 issue. "We are wholesalers. That’s what we’ve always done, that’s what we’ll always do.” Sound familiar? Wholesaling houses is easy. It’s risk-free. It’s painless. It’s a great way to make a living. It’s ...
Q&A with Shannon White: Showing Up at the Table Can Change Your Life
When Shannon White, an Atlanta-area wholesaler, flipper, and founder of the popular local Facebook group, “Ladies in High Heels Wholesale Houses 2,” first got started in real estate, it was for a very simple reason. “I needed more money coming in!” she said honestly. “At the time, I had a ...
