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As city centers across the country become increasingly unaffordable, homeowners are looking further afield to find affordable housing options. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made this problem worse as the flight from city centers, combined with new migration patterns, continues to raise prices on homes that were previously accessible to ...
One of the best perks of being a real estate investor is you get to choose the specific niche and lifestyle you want. You can create a work and life balance that suits you, your family, your personality, your skillset, and your hobbies. Following are four questions you can ask ...
The Ins and Outs of Real Estate Investing Insurance
Real estate investing moves fast. Especially in today’s market with rising interest rates, and supply chain issues, you don’t have time to waste. If you find a deal, you need to close—yesterday. Understanding the ins and outs of investment real estate insurance is one way you can avoid delays and ...
Think Realty Podcast #234 – It’s the Nation of Inflation!
Our guest and lender extraordinaire Aaron Chapman, is taking us on a deep dive of inflation and how it is affecting the lending industry. Plus he’ll talk about his app where you can see how much you’re really paying for what you borrowed. For more information and to contact Aaron, ...
How to Protect Yourself from the Housing Bubble
Just when you think housing prices couldn’t get any higher, they have. In January 2022, home prices skyrocketed again as home inventories reached record lows. The bottom line is this: When there isn’t enough housing, the price increases drastically. What you’re left with is what we call the housing bubble ...
Why Buying Into Access and Noise Can Lead to Poor Investments
If you’ve ever vacationed overseas, you know that the most interesting spots to visit and the best places to eat aren’t the tourist traps where the masses go. The best spots are usually the ones the locals recommend. They are off the beaten path and away from the crowds, offering ...
Is Wall Street Buying Up Main Street?
There has been a lot of talk in the last few years (and increasingly since the pandemic) that large institutions such as BlackRock and Zillow are buying up the housing stock in the United States. These purchases are driving prices up and making homeownership unaffordable for the regular Jack and ...
Design Your Asset Protection Plan With Diligence
You design a lot of things in your life—the layout of your house, the flow of your business, the requirements for your children. These and many more scenarios are all elements of conscious design. Asset protection is no different. There is an architecture—a cohesive structure—to your properly planned legal safeguards ...
Think Realty Podcast #233 – Why Relationships Are The Key!
Do you know what to look for in a broker? Our guest Jeff Tesch from RCN Capital, is explaining what to look for when searching for a broker, why relationships are an integral part in his 12+ year business and how it gives the borrower security. Plus, he breaks down ...
June 2022 Special Lending Edition
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Special Lending Edition | The CIVIC Difference • Revolutionary or Evolutionary? • How to Build Trust with Your Investors and Borrowers • No More Keeping Up with the Joneses • Taking the Bull by the Horns • The Ins and Outs of Real Estate Investing Insurances • ...
The 7 Keys to a Successful Rehab
Flippers and would-be landlords want a magic tool that will estimate renovation costs and tell them exactly what to fix every time they find an opportunity. Unfortunately, such a tool doesn’t exist (yet). But there are steps you can include in your overall process to help you approach your projects ...
The Best Way to Achieve Consistent Returns in Rental Properties
Do you know the difference between a real estate investor and a portfolio manager? A portfolio manager understands how a diversified rental property portfolio leads to consistency of cash flow. The portfolio manager mindset will help you earn the best returns on investment and allow you to enjoy the experience ...
Best ROI Optimization Strategies for Single-Family Rental Property Owners
There’s no doubt that the real estate market has faced some unprecedented challenges in the last few years. For single-family rental property owners, those challenges have brought about many changes, as well. Volatile markets, economic concerns, and a societal shift in personal and professional priorities have all demanded resilience from ...
Designing the Best Rental Loan
Many real estate investors miss out on the tools available to help customize a rental loan and meet their investing objectives. Make sure you’re not one of them. The fundamentals of a long-term rental loan are similar to those of a conforming consumer mortgage. Most investment borrowers can receive a ...
How to Choose the Best Real Estate Agent
If you’re looking to move, you can look on the internet to research a new area you might be interested in, but that’s only the beginning of your investigative journey. Without having first-hand knowledge of an area, it’s difficult to really get a sense of what it’s like to live ...
Certified Asthma and Allergy Friendly Means Healthier Indoor Air for Everyone
If the global pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that good air quality, especially good indoor air quality, is paramount. In fact, a recent report in The Lancet predicted that climate change events like wildfires, rising pollen, ill health due to rising humidity, and the presence of harmful particulate matter ...
Titan Talk Featuring Garrett Sutton
As a titan of asset protection, Garrett Sutton is not only an attorney, but a best-selling author and business owner. Sutton is who the top investors call when they need to protect themselves and their investments. Sutton helps clients recognize why protecting their LLC is essential, file documents appropriately, and ...
Property Design with a Purpose
Every architectural endeavor starts by considering the function of the building before requesting a construction estimate. What will it be used for? What kind of people will use it? This has been true since the very first structures were built. The primary purpose was shelter from the environment and potential ...
The World Economy Is NOT Your Economy
The global economy inevitably impacts the real estate industry. It is also true that many investors have been using it as a crutch to avoid starting to invest in real estate—or move to the next level. Leveraging the current reality is the key to growing your portfolio, regardless of market ...
Designing Your Entrepreneurial Life
You invest time into the design of your real estate properties, but what about the design of your business, and your life as an entrepreneur? How much time and care do you put into the systems that promote your development—and eventually determine your success? As with anything in life, there ...
Think Realty Podcast #232 – Understanding the Wealth Pyramid
The pyramid has been associated with money for years, but did you realize that it is a model for how to grow generational wealth? Our guest, Gary Pinkerton from Aligned Strategic Wealth, will explain the hierarchy of wealth pyramid and how to use it to grow your investment portfolio. Spoiler ...
What Upgrades Do Millennial Homebuyers Care About Most?
Millennials are the most influential demographic group buying and renting homes today. As such, they are the most crucial target for real estate investors. But to attract millennials, real estate investors must understand the unique needs and preferences of this generation of buyers. Here are the top upgrades millennials care ...
Purposeful Design—Container-Based Homes to the Rescue
Design touches almost all aspects of our experience—from how something looks to how it feels. Interestingly, design also changes how we feel when we experience it. Design in housing is no different. Housing may be one of the most pronounced manifestations of design that transforms us—whether the home is a ...
The health crisis has fundamentally changed how people live, work, rest, and play. Spurred on by the blurring of our professional and personal lives, there is a new set of rules at play in urban planning and multifamily housing. Let’s take a look at some of them. According to One ...
Think Realty Podcast #231 – Let’s Get Financially Fit!
We’ve been told to save our money since we were kids, but with inflation in an evolving market, how can we do that? Our guest Arianne Lemire from Wealth Gym is going to share her tips to get financially fit. Specifically we’re talking about how to invest with what you ...
