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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 ...
Think Realty Magazine May-June 2025
+WHAT'S INSIDE Operations | It’s All About the Feels • Empire-Building Starts with Design • Ditch the Annual Plan: Win the Year in 12 Weeks • Federal Rule Reshapes Real Estate Closings • Now is the Time to Leverage • So, Your Property Won’t Rent Design | Light Wisely • Design for ...
13 Tips to Spot Emerging Cities
Use these indicators to dial into new markets—before they boom. The best position for a successful investment in an emerging market is in the front row. Getting in early means lower prices, tons of real estate to choose from, and bigger potential gains. But how do you know which markets ...
Think Realty Podcast #348: From Flipping Houses to Funding Dreams
What if the safest, most stress-free position in real estate wasn’t owning the property... but funding it? In this episode, we sit down with Jean Klinkhamer, founder of Klink Loans in Phoenix, AZ. Jean shares how he went from getting whooped in the 2008 crash to becoming a first-position lender, ...
Can the Office Market Recover?
Real estate investors must align with evolving workplace trends and economic pressures. Real estate markets across the board are constantly changing, but typically they do so in an identifiable and cyclical fashion. During the past few years, the office real estate market has experienced a profound transformation, one that it ...
Use 100% loan-to-cost (LTC) financing to offload exposure on your next project. LTC represents the percentage of a project’s total cost a lender will cover. With 100% LTC financing, the lender funds both the purchase price and the renovation costs, so you don’t need to invest any of your own ...
Think Realty Podcast #347: Easy Money on Easy Street: Real Estate Lending Unlocked
In this episode, we sit down with Riley Bishop from Easy Street Capital, one of the nation’s top DSCR and hard money lenders. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just getting your feet wet in real estate, this conversation is packed with actionable insights you won’t want to miss. Riley ...
Your Borrowing Method Is Holding You Back
Unlock faster, easier access to capital with automatic underwriting. Many entrepreneurs still believe outdated myths about business credit—and it’s hurting their chances of getting approved for funding. The truth is, the way lenders decide who gets funding has completely changed. The old system relied on manual, full-document underwriting. Today it’s ...
Design With an Outside-In Strategy
Sticking to a home’s essential elements will help you create a more salable product. Designing a house for investment purposes must be planned well. Every interior element must be purposefully selected to create a balance with the home’s exterior features; in other words, the home must be designed from the ...
Think Realty Podcast #346: Surviving Crashes, Fueling Growth: Inside Velocity Mortgage Capital
What does it take to not only survive but thrive through the dot-com bust, the 2008 crash, and a global pandemic? In this episode, Eddie Wilson sits down with Marco Castaneda — National Sales Director at Velocity Mortgage Capital — to hear the raw, behind-the-scenes story of how a small ...
How to Make Lenders Compete for Your Business
Prime your deal for multiple bidders to earn more—and more favorable—terms. Real estate investment loans differ from primary residence mortgages primarily in their flexibility and lenders’ evaluation criteria. Investment loans often come with different terms (e.g., interest rates and down payment requirements) that are usually influenced by the projected returns ...
Think Realty Podcast #345: Scaling Wealth Through Real Estate & Beyond
In this episode of the Think Realty Podcast, we sit down with Chihiro Kurokawa from ZT Corporate, a firm that has built a powerhouse investment strategy by combining healthcare, auto dealerships, real estate, and private equity. Chihiro shares how ZT Corporate navigates market shifts, why they prioritize directly operating their ...
Auction Buyer Optimism at Three-Year High in 2025
64% expect purchases to increase in 2025, up from 60% in 2024 and 54% in 2023 33% expect home price decline in 2025, down from 40% in 2024 43% describe market as overvalued, down from 49% in 2024 26% of auction buyers describe themselves as owner-occupants, up from 13% in ...
It’s Time to Toss Your Market Model
If your analysis still prizes these three metrics above all else, prepare to be outmaneuvered. Historically, three economic factors were nearly axiomatic when it came to predicting the relative soundness of a real estate market. If a region could boast a net positive immigration number, a rising number of jobs ...
Midwest Multifamily Market Outperforms Nation
Near-perfect benchmarks signal: If you aren’t considering midwest investments, you’re missing out. Why the Midwest? According to a September 2024 article in Yield PRO Magazine written by Cushman Wakefield, the Midwest has a lot going for it. For starters, it boasted the second lowest unemployment rate, trailing only the Sun ...
Stop Trying to Anticipate the Market
Instead, diversify your capital and dial into a stable volume vs. margin strategy. As Oscar Wilde once said, “expect the unexpected.” This phrase eloquently encapsulates the private real estate market. Striking the right balance between flexibility and rigidity is crucial. A firm foundation of sound business practices ensures successful underwriting, ...
Stable Markets Aren’t Easy Street
As the real estate market evolves, one of the top concerns for investors and real estate professionals is predictability. Will the market stabilize or remain volatile? And how can we position ourselves to thrive in the face of uncertainty? Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), ...
The Bet on Housing Market Recovery
This frequently overlooked indicator signals unexpected price, demand adjustments. Bidding behavior at distressed property auctions acts as a reliable barometer of future retail housing market trends, and that bidding behavior in late 2024 points to a possible rebound in the spring and summer 2025 housing market. As measured by sales ...
