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What do the growing number of single-family rentals say about the housing market?
Housing Wire magazine has a headline asking whether real estate investor home sales mask a weak housing market, and whether the hype has gotten ahead of the underlying fundamentals. Also, the article asks what has been the real role of large institutional purchases. Writer Trey Garrison interviews several experts, including ...
Home “flips” up 16% in 2013 with average gross profit of $62,000
RealtyTrac's latest report for 2013 shows flips were up, but as many serious investors know, still represented only 4.6 percent of all U.S. single-family sales during the year. Their report shows 156,862 single family home flips — where a home is purchased and subsequently sold again within six months — ...
Is the currency crisis an advantage to U.S. investors?
By Louis S. Barnes Three weeks ago, surprise market movements embarrassed New Year's prognosticators. By last week the moves were big enough to attract a few bottom-fishers, others too queasy. At the end of this week, the defensive huffing, "Just a correction" sounds like Monty Python's amputated knight, "Just a ...
Making Money with Rental Properties- my book is out!
By Kimberly Smith Real estate investment tools are making it easier for individuals to succeed in residential real estate investments and all signs are pointing to 2014 as the start of mainstream acceptance of residential property investments. I has spent the past few years trying to get a real estate ...
Another company plans offering in bonds secured by single-family rentals
American Homes 4 Rent is joining the Blackstone Group in providing bonds for investors backed by single-family rental homes, the New York Times and CNBC are reporting. This is part of the growing trend by Wall Street to find a new way to secure debt tied to single family rental ...
Ten things you can control in your real estate investing
By Larry Arth As investors you love real estate because it can be a strategic and purposeful investment. After all, you work hard for your money and your money should work hard for you. I remember as a child my father saying nothing works as hard as the actual money ...
Best ski resorts for real estate investing
The folks at RealtyTrac have come up with a fun list of the best places to invest in real estate if you would like to own investment property where you ski. So if you are thinking of investing in your favorite mountain town, here are some stats they put together ...
If the tenant skips out, do I still have to pay the agent’s full fee?
By Richard Montgomery Question: A real estate agent did not screen a tenant for rental and collected 6% of one years rent payments. The tenant only paid one month and a partial security deposit. Is the real estate agent entitled to keep the 6% that was pre-paid to her for ...
Want to invest? First invest in yourself
By Brad Sumrok Are you new to the idea of personal real estate investment? Your first decision will be to identify the best investment you can make in the real estate sector. Is it investing in single-family homes? Commercial properties? Or perhaps fourplexes or multifamily apartments? I believe it’s something ...
Why are rates dropping? Look to China, currencies and low inflation
By Louis S. Barnes Most year-end forecasts are now on hold, or ought to be. Expectations for a faster economy and higher rates? Later, dear. Some days the financial markets are beautiful things. Not just because you're winning a bet, but by clarifying who has done what to whom. Not ...
Nine items your property manual should provide to tenants
When jumping into the world of real estate property management taking the time to establish systems, procedures and documents will not only make you more money, they will save you time and potential situations that can cost you money. One of the must haves is a property manual that will ...
Company bringing build-to-rent to Texas
American Housing Ventures has acquired 80 acres of agricultural land east of the Austin airport to build single family homes to rent in a growing national trend of build-to-rent ventures that investors are seeing. The company plans to own the homes for the long term and management them, Mark Wolf, ...
Do you know why jumbo mortgages are so cheap?
RealtyTrac says jumbo loans are now cheaper than conventional loans. It may not make sense, until you look deeper at what is really going on. In this story, RealtyTrac outlines that what you are seeing is really an effort to prevent marketplace competition. The government wants to shift the mortgage ...
Mortgage delinquency too low! What?
By Louis S. Barnes Two things this week: the aftershocks of last week's jobs surprise, and astounding word that delinquencies on new mortgages are too low. The weak jobs report knocked down long-term rates, and although everyone is suspicious of the report, the improvement has held. The all-defining 10-year T-note ...
When it comes to reputation, why real estate investors sometimes shoot themselves in the foot
By Linda Wienandt Real estate investors are not held in high esteem. Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine has commented on this many times. Rather than being recognized for their contributions to helping fuel a healthy economy, they’re often seen as vultures, swooping in and devouring homes in markets that have ...
New home builder confidence levels out and is holding steady
The newly released report from the National Association of Home Builders says builder confidence in the market for single-family homes has leveled out and is holding steady after a slight uptick in December. Real estate investors are watching the new build-to-rent trend that is starting to pop up around the ...
American millionaires hold less wealth in real estate than European and Asian investors
A new report from Savillis says American millionaires hold only seven percent of their wealth in real estate while Asian and European millionaires hold four times that amount. The report defined millionaires as having $30 million or more. The American rich have more of their wealth in financial investments and ...
Three principles to always remember in your real estate investing
Have fun investing in your future, but always remember to respect the fundamentals. The old saying, “kick the tires” is also true in real estate so don’t skip over the basics. Regardless of your real estate experience, there are always important fundamentals that are important for you to remember and ...
Job fizzle will crash any immediate rise in mortgage rates
By Louis S. Barnes Gotta love it. The 2014 consensus forecast for accelerating growth lasted nine whole days. Crashing with it: any immediate rise in mortgage rates. Oh, hopes for faster gross domestic product will be back, maybe quickly, but given a black sense of humor nothing beats the post-surprise ...
How my real estate note deal will earn $30,000 tax free
I recently received a call from a man who inherited a Real Estate Contract on an undeveloped piece of land. The man had no desire to collect monthly payments until the contract paid off and asked if I wanted to purchase his interest in the contract. The Real Estate Contract ...
Denver setting new records in home sales and jobs
The news just keeps getting better for Denver and real estate investors. The latest story from the Denver Post from a report by Metrolist shows single-family home sales in metro Denver last year beat a record set during the housing boom. There were 42,762 single family homes sold last year, compared ...
Apartment Landlords Raising Rents as Supply of Apartments Tightens Up
Apartment landlords raised rents by an average of 0.8% to $1,083 in the quarter according to a newly released report from Reis, Inc. Meanwhile the vacancy rate fell to 4.1% from 4.6% in the same quarter a year ago. "Demand for apartments remains strong," Ryan Severino, a senior economist with ...
Apartment landlords raising rents as supply of apartments tightens up
Apartment landlords raised rents by an average of 0.8% to $1,083 in the quarter according to a newly released report from Reis, Inc. Meanwhile the vacancy rate fell to 4.1% from 4.6% in the same quarter a year ago. "Demand for apartments remains strong," Lower disappointing I oklahoma payment schedule ...
Who are the coming disruptors in the real estate industry?
Ross Gerber writes a thought-provoking piece in Forbes looking at potential disruptors in the real estate investment and home buying space. And, he questions why an industry sector such as real estate, which is so vital to our economy, wastes so much of people's time, energy and money. Changes are ...
What December housing data means to investors
The snapshot reports from various sources help the media promote the message the economy is improving universally and the window for real estate investors may be closing. Looking at trends by market as Altos Research allows us to do does not support such generalized statements. Primary Markets: Reality is “the ...
