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Pick Up These Golden Nuggets from Atlanta’s Top Investor’s Agent
Johnny Gonzales, aka “Johnny Intown,” is one heckuva great real estate agent in Atlanta, Ga. He’s a top “investor’s agent,” and in Episode 6 of my video series “Real Estate Deal Talk,” he sat down with me and shared several “golden nuggets” about dealing with investors, what sets a great ...
Are You Stuck? Try ‘Wholetailing’ to Jumpstart Your Investing in 2016
Here it is the first weekend in February already, and if you are a new or part-time investor, you may been hit with the realization that, “Hey, I have already lost a month of this year.” And those months will continue to fly by, as we all know they do ...
U.S. Home Sellers In 2015 Realized Biggest Price Gains Since 2007
RealtyTrac’s Year-End 2015 U.S. Home Sales Report shows that U.S. home sellers in 2015 realized an average price gain since purchase of 11 percent ($20,378), the biggest average price gain for U.S. home sellers since 2007 — an eight-year high. The 11 percent average price gain in 2015 marked the ...
Do You Want to be Rich or Do You Want to be Wealthy?
There is a profound difference between being rich and being wealthy, and there are differences—plural—with regard to part-time real estate investing. And it is not merely a semantic difference. So let me ask you: Do you want to be rich or do you want to be wealthy? Well, I’ll tell ...
Do These Numbers Look Good for a New Build?
In Real Estate Deal Talk Episode 5, I’m going to share the basic details for a project involving a new build on a lot where only the bare bones of the previous structure still remain. The lot is located on Stokeswood Avenue in Atlanta, and as you can see in ...
Alternative Financing Solutions: Why Crowd Investors are the Financiers of the Future
I’ve hinted in recent articles at how real estate crowdfunding (and crowd investors) may well become the primary financing source for active real estate investors. Why? Because it better fills the needs of both those active investors and the thousands (maybe eventually millions) of ordinary “passive” investors who want to ...
Seasoned Investors See It Big and Keep It Simple
Over the past decade many investors either won big or they lost big because of the Great Recession. The losers included rehabbers who got stuck with properties for which they paid too much and then could not sell. Buy-and-hold investors saw their tenants move out to share housing with friends ...
John and Corinne Tesh’s distinct and complementary skills have made Citygate Homes a leading turnaround specialist. Teaming up with HomeVestors has turbocharged it. By LINDA WIENANDT John Tesh started out the way many real estate investors do—as an “accidental” landlord. As a professional photographer back in the ’90s, he was ...
A Quick Tale of Two Profitable Options
In Episode 4 from my video series “Real Estate Deal Talk,” I discuss two options for a real estate deal from last year that will help other real estate investors understand a few ways to think through a deal. The property, at 361 Kendrick in Atlanta, was under contract and ...
Magical Returns from Mobile Home Investing Are No Illusion
As a child, I was always fascinated with magic. I was enthralled by the mystery and thrill of the event. There was always a build-up and then an unbelievable outcome. When I was younger—as many of us do—I even went through a phase of trying to perform the typical magic ...
Locking Down Real Estate Investment Success in 2016
One of my favorite parts of real estate investing involves the planning. How, at the beginning of a new year, can you “lock down” what it will take to ensure you meet your goals for the year? At the same time, I should acknowledge that most people consider this—planning around ...
5 Benefits You Get From an Owner-Occupied Investment
As an investor and a person who loves the water, when I read about an open house for a duplex that has water access and a deeded dock for $109,000, I sit up and take notice. When I read on to see it has a double attached garage and a ...
Not All Retirement Accounts Are the Same
A simple understanding of how they work. Most people in America don’t have enough money for retirement. That’s a fact. Many people have retirement accounts, but they are lax with their own personal oversight of their investments. Self-directed retirement accounts allow you to invest in real estate and real estate ...
Real Estate Investing in 2016: Not Easy, But Definitely Worth It.
I have spent a lot of time over the past several weeks reflecting on my business in 2015, as many of the rest of you probably have, regardless of your profession, or whether you’re an investor or not. The end of the year is always a great time for me ...
Using IRAs to Invest in Real Estate
Your Self-Directed Retirement Account Albert Einstein is quoted as saying “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.” At Think Realty, we celebrate real estate investment as an asset class that embodies appreciation or compounding value ...
Street Smart: Why Use Professional Property Managers?
Thoughts from pros in an age where a disgruntled tenant and a premises liability lawyer could cost you more to prove your case than your property is worth! Kimberly Smith CEO/Founder, AvenueWest Corporate Housing 800-928-1592 Yes, we can all manage our own rentals, but will this make us the most ...
Equity Financing in Real Estate Deals
I’ve written before about one investor’s borrowing experience with crowdfunding lenders, but in this column, let’s take a look at what things look like on the equity side. The equity financing capabilities usually come on with larger commercial projects. Single-family projects, for example, don’t usually get additional equity financing unless ...
A 7-Point Checklist That Ensures You Are Buying Great Investments in 2016
2016 is upon us and everyone is telling you to get your goals set right? When it comes to those goals around investing, I always like to share with my investors some good practices to include in their investing endeavors. I have found with hundreds of conversations each year on ...
Multifamily Housing Outlook for 2016
One of the questions that I get all the time is: Is this the top of the multifamily market? Have I missed the boat? There are still excellent opportunities ahead. Let’s take a look forward to what the apartment investment market holds for 2016. So, what will 2016 look like ...
Street Smart: Why is Integrity an Issue in Personal Real Estate Investing?
Nate Armstrong Founder, Calhoun Ventures 651-789-5386 The truth is, there is plenty of room in my business for unscrupulous people to make a quick buck. I must emphasize, though, that a quick buck can only be made once. We live in a world where people know what Kim Kardashian ordered at ...
5 Things To Do To Make 2016 Your Best Investment Year Ever
In the fourth quarter of the year, I always hear investors talking about closing the year’s investments strong and wondering what the next year will have in store for them. This reminds me of a consultant friend of mine who said, “Predict the future by creating it.” Wise words indeed ...
7 Ways to Overcome the Fear of Buying Your First Rental Property
When I was still in the corporate world and just beginning my career as a part-time real estate investor, I started by purchasing a single rental property. It was a very simple, low-risk approach. Like many would-be investors, I was fearful of taking that first step – buying that first ...
Case Study: How Rehabbing Saved a Great Deal
The following is a case study of one rehabbing deal, courtesy of John Tesh, who with his wife, Corinne, owns Citygate Home, LLC, in Greensboro, N.C. By John Tesh We found this house by a referral from a past customer. She knew we paid cash for houses and closed quickly ...
Real Estate Investing in 2016: Simple, Straightforward Keys for Success
As each year draws to a close—even as early as October or November—my focus turns more and more to evaluating my performance that year as a full-time real estate investor and planning how to improve the next year. It’s always enlightening to look back at the goals you started with ...
I am always reluctant to offer predictions for the year ahead because of the arrogance involved. But, shoot, as in the gallows humor of the Eighth Air Force, “No guts, no Air Medals.” Evaluating Last Year’s Predictions Let’s begin with reviewing successes and embarrassments one year ago today. Two mistakes: ...
