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The Off-Market Property Struggle

The Off-Market Property Struggle

00:47:32 | We hear all the time about how investors are struggling with finding properties that make financial sense. They aren’t finding off-market deals that were once readily available, foreclosure auctions had been minimal given Covid moratoriums, etc. In this webinar, Dana Georgiou of Foundation CREF will explain how traditional ...
28 Free (or Inexpensive) REI Investor Tools

28 Free (or Inexpensive) REI Investor Tools

You’ve probably heard of the acronym OPM: Other People’s Money (not to be confused with the 1991 movie with Danny Davito). It’s an acronym that’s bandied about in the real estate world to refer to the money one can borrow from investors or lenders to increase purchasing power. Whether you ...
Know Your Investment: Risk-Reward Analysis, Observation and Exit Strategy

Know Your Investment: Risk-Reward Analysis, Observation and Exit Strategy

00:44:21 | In this session, subject matter experts will discuss all the caveats to knowing your investment. They will cover risk-reward analysis, liquidity, and exit strategies for specific investments. Other Replays for this Event ...
Think Realty Webinar - Oil & Gas: The Missing Piece to Your Alternative Investment Portfolio

Think Realty Webinar – Oil & Gas: The Missing Piece to Your Alternative Investment Portfolio

Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On March 29th at 6:30PM (CST), Carson Jones from Carson Passive Investments will be speaking about "Oil and Gas: The Missing Piece to Your Alternative Investment Portfolio." Investors are looking for the best hedge against the looming down market. In this ...
Fix and Flip: Best Rehab Practices, Growth Strategies and Inventory Issues

Fix and Flip: Best Rehab Practices, Growth Strategies and Inventory Issues

00:42:36 | This group of subject matter experts will be discussing the current market trends for the Fix and Flip Industry. They will discuss the best rebab practices, growth strategies, and inventory issues in the current market cycle.   Other Replays for this Event ...
Zombie Title

Zombie Title

| Think Realty | Glossary | Operations
When the title to a property remains either with a homeowner who has deserted the home, believing they have lost it to foreclosure or in “limbo” with neither homeowner nor foreclosing lender taking ownership of the property. Zombie titles create neighborhood blight because there is no party responsible for the ...
Wholesaling

Wholesaling

A real estate investing strategy wherein one party, the wholesaler, places a property under contract for attractive terms and then assigns that contract to another party who either assigns the contract again or transacts the deal. Usually wholesalers market to other investors and there are certain types of contract that ...
Vertical Development

Vertical Development

| Think Realty | Glossary | Operations
Also referred to as vertical construction. Usually used to refer to building design and construction ...
Urban Sprawl

Urban Sprawl

The expansion of human populations away from central, urban areas into low-density, usually car-dependent communities. Also may be referred to as suburbanization ...
Upcycling

Upcycling

| Think Realty | Glossary | Operations
The reuse of discarded objects or materials in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original ...
Underwriting

Underwriting

| Think Realty | Glossary | Funding
In real estate, the term underwriting is usually used in reference to underwriting a mortgage loan, specifically. Underwriting is the process a lender uses to determine if the risk associated with lending to a particular borrower is acceptable. Generally, loans are underwritten based on the borrower’s credit, the amount of ...
Turnkey Rental

Turnkey Rental

A real estate investment purchase rent-ready, often with a tenant already in place paying rent. A property purchased for the express purpose of renting it out. A turnkey investment may already have a tenant in place, or a turnkey provider may sell a property with the promise of an appropriate ...
Turnkey Provider

Turnkey Provider

An investment company that offers turnkey properties or transactions to other “passive” investors. Turnkey providers locate properties, renovate them, usually place tenants, and may provide property management after the purchase ...
Turnkey Property

Turnkey Property

A turnkey property has historically been defined as a piece of real estate that can be purchased as-is and immediately rented out. Turnkey has expanded in recent years to include anything that can be conducted from a distance (i.e. a turnkey fix and flip) and generally refers to rental properties ...
Traditional IRA

Traditional IRA

A tax-favored retirement account that provides a tax deduction for contributions and tax-free compounding of profits. Income taxes are due when withdrawals are made ...
Title Search

Title Search

| Think Realty | Glossary | Operations
The process of researching the history of legal ownership for a specific property and identifying any existing claims on that property. Claims may include ownership interests, judgments, and liens ...
Title Insurance

Title Insurance

| Think Realty | Glossary | Operations
An insurance policy that protects the holder of the policy, who may be a real estate owner or a lender, from financial loss due to defects in the title of a property ...
Term Financing

Term Financing

| Think Realty | Glossary | Funding
A loan with a specific repayment schedule and a fixed or floating interest rate ...
Tax Sale

Tax Sale

An auction at which investors bid on properties with delinquent tax liens. In some states, investors pay a price for the lien, while in others, investors may bid down the interest rate on the lien ...
Tax Lien

Tax Lien

| Think Realty | Glossary | Operations
Government entities place liens against properties to compel the owners to pay back taxes. If the taxes remain unpaid, then that lien may be used to seize the collateral (property). When you buy a property tax lien, you pay for the right to collect the lien and associated fees and ...
Supply Lines

Supply Lines

| Think Realty | Glossary | Operations
The connections in a kitchen that supply utilities including hot and cold water and natural gas. When you remodel a kitchen, you need to make sure that the supply lines are equipped to handle the volumes that upgraded appliances and layouts require ...
Single-Family Residential (SFR)

Single-Family Residential (SFR)

A designation used to describe real estate used for living space by a single household ...
Subject to Deal

Subject to Deal

| Think Realty | Glossary | Funding
When a buyer purchases a property subject to the existing mortgage. The buyer agrees to make the payments on the property and the seller transfers ownership but is still legally responsible for making payments on the property ...
Starter Home

Starter Home

A relatively small, economical residence that meets the requirements of a first-time homebuyer. Usually these properties appeal to younger buyers, but the aesthetic requirements for starter homes have changed as millennial buyers often delay their first home purchase until they are in their 30’s ...
Single Family Investing

Single Family Investing

An investment strategy revolving around the purchase of single-family real estate. Single-family investing usually is assumed to involve the purchase of single-family residential real estate for rental purposes ...