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Owning rental properties is always an adventure if you choose to manage those properties personally. While no two days will ever be quite the same, there are some basic processes that you can implement to make the landlording experience a little smoother on a day-to-day basis. Here are three insider ...
3 Proven Methods for Minimizing Risk in Real Estate
We’ve all heard the saying, “There’s no reward without a little risk,” but that doesn’t mean you have to bet the house every time you do a real estate deal. In fact, real estate is one of the least risky investments out there, assuming you are well-prepared and willing to ...
Jay Conner to Present at TREIA Conference in Raleigh
The real estate investor who raised more than $2.1 million in just under three months after being “cut off” from the banks who had been lending on his projects will soon be teaching Triangle Area investors how use a new set of real estate investing secrets: his “Underground Strategy” for ...
Attendees Gain Unusual Access to Real Estate Rock Star at Triangle-Area Real Estate Event
Ron LeGrand and will join forces with other real estate powerhouses at a two-day event in Raleigh, North Carolina, on August 26-27, 2017, to help bring everything together for area real estate investors seeking actionable, practical steps to succeed in the investing business. “Ron LeGrand is a nationally-recognized real estate ...
The Truth About Tax-Free Profits in Real Estate IRAs, TREIA Conference & Expo August 2017
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 ...
Exactly What to Say to Close Real Estate Deals, TREIA Conference & Expo 2017
If you knew exactly what to say to buyers and sellers to maximize your returns on every real estate deal, do you think you could succeed in this business? Of course you could, and the Triangle Real Estate Investors Association (TREIA) is bringing in two of the country’s top experts ...
NASCAR Driver Jennifer Jo Cobb Teams with Think Realty
Think Realty will soon be visible at the head of yet another pack when NASCAR driver Jennifer Jo Cobb hits the racetrack at the end of August. Think Realty parent company Affinity Worldwide recently signed a sponsorship agreement with the motivational figure, and her vehicle and race suit will soon be ...
Most of us happily acknowledge that real estate is a true cornerstone of lasting wealth and, in all likelihood, the most widely accessible means to establish a permanent financial legacy. However, the leap from new investor to successful, active investor is often a wide one. The Triangle Real Estate Investors ...
Highest Average Price Gain in 10 Years Seen in Second Quarter 2017
ATTOM Data Solutions released its Q2 2017 U.S. Home Sales Report July 27, 2017, which shows that homeowners who sold in the second quarter realized an average price gain of $51,000 since purchase, the highest average price gain for home sellers since Q2 2007, when it was $57,000. The average ...
Texas Senate Rulings on Wholesaling, Assignments and Double Closes
If your real estate investor business includes wholesaling, assignments, and double closes, you need to know how you will be impacted by Texas Senate Bill 2212 after September 1, 2017. Perhaps you have been helping buyers who have experienced financial struggles, divorce, the need to relocate for business, or other ...
Where to Start with a Fixer-Upper
When you buy a fixer-upper, you know that there will be hours of work ahead. But it can be hard to know where to start. Not everyone is born a Joanna Gaines — the design mastermind behind HGTV’s Fixer Upper — but that doesn’t mean you’re doomed to a dilapidated dwelling. Here’s ...
Grocery Store Wars & Where to Invest
A new ATTOM Data analysis shows that prospective homebuyers are better off buying near a Trader Joe’s than a Whole Foods or an ALDI; although homes near Whole Foods have seen home price appreciation more closely on par with those near Trader Joe’s possibly thanks to the Amazon acquisition of ...
Property Insurance Series: “It’s Not Covered” – Flood
Welcome to our “It’s Not Covered” - Flood, series. We hope these quick reads help you increase your understanding of your insurance coverage, clear up confusion and avoid preventable losses! **Notice some unusual punctuation or capitalization in this insurance article? These anomalies are not typos, but deliberate. When covering insurance-related ...
The latest course from Think Realty Resident Expert Abhi Golhar is now available. Finding Wholesale Deals provides invaluable lessons over 11 episodes. The course introduces numerous tactics for investors to add to their arsenal and reminds viewers of the work they must put in to find deals. Since deals are ...
6 Truths to Know Before Buying Tax Liens
So, you want to start investing in Tax Liens, but have no idea where to start? If you’re like most investors, you’ve seen the late-night infomercials and read gobs and gobs of information online about what an incredible opportunity tax lien investments are. Unfortunately, most of the things you’ve read ...
Median Home Price Least Affordable Since 2008
ATTOM Data Solutions, released their Q2 U.S. Home Affordability Index on June 29, 2017, which shows the U.S. median home price of $253,000 in the second quarter of 2017 was at the least affordable level since Q3 2008, a nearly nine-year low in affordability. Median home prices rose faster than ...
3 Real Estate Images Social Media Users Can’t Resist
According to Socialnomics, 93 percent of buying decisions are influenced by the purchaser’s social media use. That is incredible! That means for every tenant who decides to check out one of your rental properties, nearly all of them were somehow influenced by Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, or some other social ...
Foreclosure Activity Down 20 Percent First 6 Months of 2017
ATTOM Data Solutions released its Midyear 2017 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 428,400 U.S. properties with foreclosure activity to include: default notices, scheduled auctions, or bank repossessions. In the first six months of 2017, foreclosure filings were down 20 percent from the same time period a year ago ...
Property Insurance Series: “It’s Not Covered” – Named Storms
Welcome to our "It’s Not Covered" property insurance series. We hope these quick reads help you increase your understanding of your insurance coverage, clear up confusion and avoid preventable losses! So, what’s the confusion? If you have properties in coastal locations, it’s not always clear if you have coverage when ...
Tax Reform: A Closer Look at the Possibilities
When President Trump was running for office, he made a lot of big commitments. Whether you love him, hate him, or are just trying to ignore the current political climate entirely, his success or failure in keeping those commitments will affect your real estate investing strategies and returns. One of ...
5 Actionable Rules for Buying Foreclosures at Auction
To say we have seen everything there is to see at foreclosure auctions would probably be an understatement. We have seen fist fights on the courthouse steps, guns pulled, people not having a clue as to what they are buying, or even what it is really worth. You name it, ...
Never Look Back – Except Maybe, Now
We've all heard or been told to live by the mantra of never looking back, that the past is leave it behind you and continue to move forward. I'll admit, I don't disagree with this approach for life or real estate investing. However, there comes a time when you can ...
Tailor Made for Today’s Investor
This article was originally published in the July/August 2017 issue of Think Realty Magazine as part of the American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL)-sponsored “Investor Review” If price was not an issue would you choose to settle for “off the rack” or indulge in “tailor made” goods or services? If you are anything ...
3 Tips for Hiring OSHA Compliant Contractors
Real estate investors juggle a lot of tasks when buying and selling their properties. If you are into fix-and-flips or any exit strategy that involves second party workers coming and going from your property, you need to make sure they are being safe. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ...
3 Social Media Tips for Landlords to Increase Visibility
When most landlords get started in real estate investing, they learn quickly that their new career will require multiple skill sets. If you are like most of my clients, you still spend a great deal of time offline looking at potential deals for new properties, scanning the Multiple Listing Service ...
