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The Market Has Shifted. Have You?
With Tighter margins and higher rates, here’s how investors are pivoting. Deals are not penciling. Prices are falling in more markets. Agents and mortgage brokers are getting skinnier and skinnier. Bottom line? The markets are changing, and not always in the way investors expected. At the start of the year, ...
Kiavi Expands Leadership Team to Further Bolster Construction Lending Growth
Industry veterans Tom Hallock and Robert Jayne join tech-enabled lender to drive growth of construction financing product in newly created roles Kiavi, a leading tech-enabled lender to residential real estate investors, today announced the strategic hires of Tom Hallock as Head of Construction Lending and Robert Jayne as Head of Originations, Construction Lending. With ...
Want to Invest Like a Pro? Take Lessons From the Field
Get the real numbers, real roadblocks, and real strategies that helped these four investors thrive. Ever wonder what a real estate success story looks like from the inside? Our four investors break down their best deals, biggest challenges, and smartest moves—offering practical, real-world insights you can learn from. Their stories ...
Think Realty Magazine July-August 2025
+WHAT'S INSIDE Design | Hood Ideas That Turn Up the Heat Investment Strategy | Want to Invest Like a Pro? Take Lessons From the Field Market & Trends |Find Predictability in an Evolving Rental Landscape • The Market Has Shifted. Have You? Funding |Kiavi Breaks Records, Again • Avoid the Top 3 ...
Hood Ideas That Turn Up the Heat
No longer content to blend in, today’s range hoods take center stage and give kitchens a bold new identity. It’s time to find the perfect hood design for your next project–and trust me, this is a must in today’s kitchen design. A bold, stylish hood instantly gives any kitchen that ...
Are You Lending Across State Lines?
Check licensing regulation. What’s routine at home could pose serious risk somewhere else. Expanding into a new state may offer fresh deals, but also be prepared for a maze of new regulations. Activities that seem routine at home (e.g., loaning money to a buyer, buying a mortgage note, or managing ...
Think Realty Podcast #353 – LLCs, Loans, and Long-Term Wealth — Aaron Chapman’s Blueprint
Mortgage pro Aaron Chapman made a massive move after 10 years with the same firm — and it’s shaking up the real estate investing world. In this high-impact episode, he reveals: Why he left a successful operation to rebuild from scratch The game-changing DSCR loan that lets investors buy under ...
Flip More, Risk Less with 100% LTC Financing
Scale your real estate portfolio faster with no-cash-in fix-and-flip loans. Fix-and-flip investments can be highly profitable, but they often require significant upfront capital. Loan-to-Cost (LTC) financing at 100% can make a huge difference by allowing investors to maximize their capital and scale their businesses. LTC represents the percentage of a ...
Want to Invest Like a Pro? Start With Their Playbook
Top investors break down exactly what they consider before making a move in today’s market. Real estate investing is a pathway to financial independence that many aspire to traverse. Property investment offers unique advantages for those looking to build wealth outside traditional employment. Among them are portfolio diversification, passive income ...
In this inspiring episode of the Think Realty Podcast, we sit down with longtime real estate investor and passionate changemaker Kim Slaughter, founder of Together Saving Paws. Kim shares how she and her husband built a life through real estate—flipping homes, managing rentals, and weathering the 2008 crash—to ultimately gain ...
5 Design Trends to Maximize ROI
Style is not just window dressing—it determines how quickly and for how much your property sells. Let’s talk about something that adds a little spice to the world of real estate—design trends. Whether you’re flipping houses, investing in rentals, or listing properties, the design choices you make in 2025 could ...
Vibrant Trend Blends Nature, Luxury
This season invites a return to organic elements, soothing finishes, and thoughtful layers. Interior design is a constantly evolving tapestry, woven with threads of personal expression, technological advancement, and a deep-seated desire for comfort and connection. As we enter spring/summer 2025, vibrant trends are emerging, promising to transform your living ...
Pricing, prep, and presentation are make-or-break factors—fix them to fill your vacancy. You’ve listed your rental property, posted the photos, and waited for the applications to roll in—but it’s still sitting vacant. A vacant property means lost income, and the longer it sits empty, the more frustrating it gets. So, ...
Kiavi’s tech-driven approach just made it the first to fund 100,000 investor loans. Kiavi has surpassed 100,000 funded loans, representing more than $27 billion in volume. According to data from ATTOM, Kiavi is the first and only business-purpose private lender to real estate investors to reach this milestone. A Data-Driven ...
Think Realty Podcast #351 – From Drugs to Deals: The Eric Cline Story
What happens when a man who once smoked crack for eight days straight, weighing 135 lbs and staring death in the face, turns his life around to become a multimillionaire entrepreneur and elite sales coach? In this jaw-dropping episode, we sit down with Eric Cline, whose story of survival, reinvention, ...
As Los Angeles neighborhoods begin recovery, rebuilding efforts offer an opportunity to reimagine safety, structure, and sustainability. As Los Angeles recovers from the devastation of recent wildfires, homeowners are grappling with rebuilding homes that can better withstand future disasters. Wildfires are an increasingly common threat in California, fueled by a ...
Create cozy comfort or dramatic impact with natural lighting and statement fixtures. How you light a home can make or break your project’s overall look, but with so many factors at play in every project, it’s easy to see how this crucial component can be overlooked. Put simply, illumination is ...
Think Realty Podcast #350: How to Break Into Multifamily Real Estate With Eric Stewart
Thinking about jumping from single-family to multifamily investing but not sure where to start? This episode is your roadmap. Host Eddie Wilson sits down with Eric Stewart, founder of Atlantic Investment Capital and a financing expert who’s helped countless investors make the leap. From his start in equipment leasing to ...
Think Realty Podcast #349: The Capital Connector: How Mark Burch Powers Real Estate Deals
💸 Want to Scale Your Real Estate Game? This One’s a Must-Listen. In this episode, Eddie Wilson sits down with Mark Burch of Temple View Capital to break down what really moves the needle in real estate investing—access to capital. Whether you're flipping your first house or brokering private money ...
Housing availability, age, and construction gaps Give investors an edge when powered by private capital. Real estate investing is an attractive investment for most people. Whether you’re seeking passive income or to diversify your investment portfolio, real estate has been the investment of choice for many investors. Investing in real ...
How Home Staging Can Transform Your Space and Accelerate Your Sale
In today's competitive real estate market, the difference between a home that sits on the market for months and one that sells quickly often comes down to presentation. Home staging—the art of preparing a residence for sale by making it appealing to the broadest range of potential buyers—has evolved from ...
Federal Rule Reshapes Real Estate Closings
Financing methods and ownership structures are under the microscope in a sweeping federal update. In August 2024, the federal government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a new rule that affects residential real estate that is transferred to a legal entity or trust but is not financed. Once in effect, ...
Ditch the Annual Plan: Win the Year in 12 Weeks
When you condense your timeline, you eliminate excuses and see real progress, faster. According to the book “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, having yearly goals doesn’t work because a year is too long to focus on. We tell ourselves stories during the year as ...
Empire-Building Starts with Design
Success isn’t just about numbers—it’s about how well your brand, properties, and processes align. When you think of real estate investment, design might not be the first thing that comes to mind. You’re likely focused on market trends, financial projections, and operational efficiencies. Yet design is a crucial factor that ...
create a brand that instills trust, comfort, and competency by leaning into (your audience’s) emotions. It is surprising to still see real estate marketing that looks as exciting as a permission slip. Logos with generic roofs, websites flagged by Google’s SEO gods for crimes against page speed, pitch decks slapped ...
