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Think Realty Podcast #229 – Turnkey Investing, how much do you REALLY know?
You may know a lot about real estate investing, but do you know what turnkey means? Our guest (and Resident Expert) Jason Engelman from Freaky Fast Home Buyers & Investments, is breaking down the ins and outs of single family turnkey investing and how to use it to diversify your ...
How Tokenization Could Streamline The Mortgage Process
The traditional mortgage industry with its high cost entry and illiquidity is discouraging to smaller players trying to break into the market. However, with the introduction of blockchain technology, tokenization is poised to revolutionize how mortgages work by Improving the liquidity and transparency of these assets while creating the opportunities ...
How to Get a Mortgage to Buy a Rental Property
It’s a great time to buy a rental property. Most real estate investors finance their rental property purchases using home loans. But getting a loan for a home you plan to rent out isn’t quite the same as getting a loan for a home you plan to live in. To ...
Dominion Financial Services Lends $100 MM to Real Estate Investors in a Single Month
BALTIMORE, MD – For the first time in 20 years of business, Dominion Financial Services (DFS) hit the $100,000,000 milestone for loans originated in a single month back in March of 2022. The goal of a $100MM month is a result of a new loan product hitting the market during ...
Capital, Real Estate, Cash Flow, and the Velocity of Money
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson added the phrase “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” It was inspired by the 17th-century scholar, philosopher, and thinker John Locke, who wrote “life, liberty, and the pursuit of property.” Locke was resolute to the idea that common property or possession converts ...
Think Realty Magazine May/June 2022
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Design | Inflation-proofing Your Renovation Budget • Investing in Mobile/Manufactured Homes • 13 Design Trends for 2022 • The 4 Essential Elements of a Successful Real Estate Project • Good Design Can Make or Break Your Business • Redesigning Distressed Properties to Appeal to Modern Buyers • ...
Planning for Your Prepayment Penalty
In recent years, lenders have seen record volumes of long-term loan requests for commercial property acquisitions. This makes sense as a hedge against rising interest rates. That hedge provides certainty that your interest rate will remain the same for a set period, no matter what market rates do. It’s important ...
Where’s the GOLD and Where’s the COAL: Real Estate Investing in 2022 with Eddie Gant
00:36:03 | This session explores the best and worst opportunities in the real estate market for 2022. It highlights high-potential "gold" markets and sectors offering strong returns, while also pointing out "coal" markets—areas facing challenges such as economic downturns or oversupply. Other Replays for this Event ...
What to Know Before Buying a House in San Diego
Are you looking to buy a house in San Diego? If so, then there are some things that you need to know before diving into the process. For instance, did you know that a bank or lender can reject your application even if you have excellent credit and income? It’s ...
State of the SFR Industry: Tenant Boom & Moratoria Impacts
00:47:01 | This session examines the current dynamics of the single-family rental market, including the surge in tenant demand and the effects of eviction moratoria. It discusses how this tenant boom has driven rental growth and influenced investor strategies, while also addressing challenges caused by government-imposed rent and eviction restrictions ...
How Deed Restrictions May Impact Your Real Estate Investment
There are typically two types of restrictions that impact an investor’s plans to develop a property: zoning restrictions and deed restrictions. Investors are generally familiar with zoning restrictions, and they can be easily found when an investor researches a property. Zoning restrictions are developed to better regulate the expansion of ...
A Property Manager’s Perspective on Investing in Real Estate
Professional property managers have a lot of experience that can help both new and seasoned real estate investors make the best investment and property management decisions. I asked my property manager, Jill Powell, of 1st Choice Real Estate to share some of her insights into what investors should be considering ...
How Real Estate Investors Can Benefit from Inflation
What do you think the current rate of inflation is? I start every conversation with investors with that question. Much too often I hear “2%-3%” in response. A common number in recent years, that number is now quite a distance from the “official” numbers. Let’s take a look at how ...
Things to Consider Before Buying Rental Property
The primary reasons for purchasing rental property include making money and using it to build wealth in the long term. Just as it is with any other type of market, prices for housing and demand for rental properties can go up and down, depending on the cycles of the real ...
5 Successful Lead Generation Strategies for New Real Estate Agents
As in any other commission-based industry, real estate brokers and agents must rely on a steady pipeline of clients to keep their businesses profitable. If you are entering the real estate industry in 2022, you are facing a unique combination of a skyrocketing housing market, limited inventory, and intense competition ...
Real Estate Investor & Lender Guide to Digital Marketing
00:53:47 | From this webinar you will learn: • How to evaluate your business's digital presence and understand where the gaps are in your digital marketing strategy. Why Digital Marketing is important The basics of Google and Social Media strategies Which digital marketing tactics work best to achieve your objectives ...
Upgrade Your Real Estate Business Operations: Processes, Strategies, & Tactics
00:43:38 | This session focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of real estate business operations. It covers key processes such as streamlining property management, optimizing workflows, and implementing better technology tools. It also discuss strategies and tactics for scaling the business, enhancing customer service, and improving profitability by adopting ...
Think Realty Podcast #228 – Building Wealth, Peer to Peer!
You can build wealth by using a loan program… sounds like an oxymoron, right? It’s true! Our guest Tom Hallock from PeerStreet explains how using loan programs benefit the borrower and the lender, where are the breakdowns in the learning curve of PeerStreet, and where he thinks the market is ...
Getting Into Real Estate Investment: 5 Key Preparations to Make
Real estate remains to be a popular investment due to its potentially lucrative payoff. It’s also fairly simple to understand and get into. As an investor, you buy a property, let its value appreciate, and cash out after a while. When you compare real estate with stocks, you have a ...
00:37:22 | This session highlights the potential of investing in high-yield, lesser-known real estate markets, often referred to as "honey hole" markets. It focuses on turnkey rental properties—fully renovated, income-generating homes that require minimal effort from investors. The session explores how these properties in select markets can provide double-digit returns, ...
00:44:07 | At this meeting, Isabelle Guarino from the Residential Assisted Living Academy, the #1 Educators on Assisted Living, will share with you what you need to know about this incredibly lucrative niche in Business AND Real Estate. Isabelle’s family has been in the RAL business for years, they’ve owned 6 ...
Alternative Ways to Invest and Gain Passive Income
00:29:57 | This session explores unconventional investment options that generate passive income streams. Eddie focuses on how these alternatives can help investors diversify their portfolios and create steady, long-term income with minimal active involvement. Other Replays for this Event ...
Multifamily Market Disruptions
00:43:57 | This panel examines the challenges and changes affecting the multifamily housing sector. It highlights factors such as rising interest rates, shifting tenant demands, economic volatility, and regulatory changes that are disrupting traditional investment strategies. This session also explores how investors can adapt to these disruptions, capitalize on new ...
Funding Your Deal in Today’s Market
00:42:52 | This panel explores strategies for securing financing in the current real estate environment. It covers traditional lending options, private money, hard money loans, and creative financing solutions. The panel discusses how changing market conditions, interest rates, and lending criteria affect investors, offering insights on how to navigate challenges ...
How To Drive Your Marketing Cost To ZERO with Phillip Vincent
00:45:33 |Phillip shows you the tools and strategies you need to close more deals and help a lot of people in the process. How would you like to learn the lead source that almost nobody knows about so you can fill your pipeline, schedule qualified appointments, and close deals FAST, ...
