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After a Two-Year Hiatus, Will Foreclosure Volume Return in 2022?

After a Two-Year Hiatus, Will Foreclosure Volume Return in 2022?

Data from Auction.com and other sources suggest that foreclosure volume will increase substantially in 2022 off a record low in 2021, while staying safely below pre-pandemic levels. The trend of gradually rising foreclosure volume was already established leading into 2022. Completed foreclosure auctions on the Auction.com platform in the fourth ...
State of the Fix and Flip Industry: Mitigating Inventory Issues

State of the Fix and Flip Industry: Mitigating Inventory Issues

00:46:16 |This panel addresses the challenges faced by real estate investors in the fix-and-flip sector due to limited property inventory. It explores strategies for overcoming these shortages, such as sourcing off-market deals, adapting to changing market conditions, and improving operational efficiency. The focus is on how investors can navigate the ...
Economies of Scale: Building Your REI Business Across Multiple Markets

Economies of Scale: Building Your REI Business Across Multiple Markets

00:43:47 |This informational panel discusses how investors can grow their real estate portfolios efficiently by expanding into multiple markets. Other Replays for this Event ...
Reset Expectations

Reset Expectations

The renewed plunge into coronavirus disruptions—this time by the omicron variant—increases the difficulty of separating temporary from longer-term changes to the U.S. economy. Economic disruptions often accelerate trends that had already been brewing under the surface. On-line shopping, remote working and learning, and the reordering of life-work priorities aren’t new ...
Top 10 Ways to Grow Your Portfolio – Advanced Lending with Catalyst Funding

Top 10 Ways to Grow Your Portfolio – Advanced Lending with Catalyst Funding

00:43:56 |Expand your portfolio and make room for more conventional deals. This class is for experienced investors looking for unique ways to up their real estate investment game. We're going to share the top 10 ways to grow your portfolio and answer any questions you may have along the way ...
Infinite Banking, Funding for Your Rental Portfolio with Gary Pinkerton

Infinite Banking, Funding for Your Rental Portfolio with Gary Pinkerton

00:47:09 |Learn how my clients and I 100% fund our rental portfolios with other people's money using the most flexible and lowest (sub-4%) rates in the industry. Avoiding taxes and the opportunity cost/asset risk of locking your funds up in your properties is essential for growing long term wealth. Other ...
What Alternative Investment Strategies are Trending for 2022?

What Alternative Investment Strategies are Trending for 2022?

00:46:19 | This panel highlights emerging alternative real estate investment strategies gaining popularity in 2022. It suggests a focus on innovative approaches, such as investing in real estate crowdfunding, REITs, short-term rentals, or niche markets, offering investors new opportunities to diversify and grow their portfolios. Other Replays for this Event ...
4 Reasons Multifamily Isn’t in a Bubble

4 Reasons Multifamily Isn’t in a Bubble

Over the last decade, this country has printed more money than in the previous 95 years. In addition, there are fewer and fewer places where individuals and institutions can get yield on their cash. When the asset craze finally does bust, the money moving from those assets—stocks, crypto, and single-family ...
Strategies to Boost Your Portfolio Returns

Strategies to Boost Your Portfolio Returns

00:40:05 | This panel will focus on practical approaches for enhancing the performance of an investment portfolio. It focuses on techniques such as diversification, risk management, and optimizing asset allocation to increase overall returns and achieve financial growth. Other Replays for this Event ...
How to Succeed as a First-Time Investor

How to Succeed as a First-Time Investor

In 2022, it’s easier than ever to be a first-time real estate investor. Technological advances are producing accurate property values. Competition is bringing real estate commissions down. And a booming market is driving home prices through the roof. But just because we’re in a flourishing market, that doesn’t mean success ...
Capitalizing on Market Corrections

Capitalizing on Market Corrections

00:41:26 | This panel will focus on strategies for leveraging market corrections in real estate investing. It highlights opportunities such as to acquire properties at lower prices during downturns and positioning for long-term gains as the market stabilizes. Other Replays for this Event ...
How to Prepare for Selling a House

How to Prepare for Selling a House

When you are getting ready to sell your house, there are plenty of things to do to get ready and get the most out of selling your home. Not only should you make sure that the house is in the best possible shape, but you should also do the research ...
Home Design Is Everywhere

Home Design Is Everywhere

Taking on the challenge of flipping or remodeling an investment property can be daunting when it comes to the design side of it. Whether it’s your very first investment project or your hundredth, being creative can be a challenge. Luckily, we live during a time in which home design ideas ...
4 Strategies to Help You Pay Off Your Mortgage Sooner

4 Strategies to Help You Pay Off Your Mortgage Sooner

Many first-time homebuyers get themselves locked into 30-year mortgages, with no real plan of getting it paid off sooner. While it’s fine to simply pay the minimum each month, financial freedom truly comes when you no longer need to make a large mortgage payment each month. For most people, their ...
Current Legislation and Topics that Impact Real Estate Investing

Current Legislation and Topics that Impact Real Estate Investing

00:46:03 | This panel will focus on recent laws and key issues affecting real estate investing. It highlights the importance of understanding current legislation and trends that may influence property investment decisions, including regulatory changes, tax policies, and market dynamics. Other Replays for this Event ...
Think Realty Podcast #227 – How Much is Property Management Really Costing You?

Think Realty Podcast #227 – How Much is Property Management Really Costing You?

If you’re paying someone else to manage your properties, do you know how much it’s really costing you? Our guest Greg Slaughter, is a successful investor who has found the key to managing dozens of properties himself. He’s teaching us a few things about how to save on property management, ...
Invest in Texas, Experience an Economic Boom

Invest in Texas, Experience an Economic Boom

00:48:27 | Texas is currently experiencing significant economic growth, making it an attractive location for real estate investment. This panel discusses how Texas real estate can lead to potential financial gains due to the state's booming economy, driven by factors such as job growth, business-friendly policies, population influx, and rising ...
16 Ways to Find a Good Real Estate Teacher

16 Ways to Find a Good Real Estate Teacher

How do you know which real estate investment teachers to trust? The litmus test is this: They must have earned the right to teach measured by their years of success in real estate—not in selling seminars. Do an internet search for the teacher’s name and company name(s) with words such ...
How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake Every Landlord Makes with Greg Slaughter

How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake Every Landlord Makes with Greg Slaughter

00:33:06 | Whether you are new or been self managing rentals for years there is one big mistake that every landlord makes creating more repairs, 'turns', and hassles. Discover how to avoid this mistake and instead create perfect tenants that stay for 6+ years.  Other Replays for this Event ...
The Best Kept Secret In Real Estate Investing “Manufactured Homes on Land” with Glenn Stromberg

The Best Kept Secret In Real Estate Investing “Manufactured Homes on Land” with Glenn Stromberg

00:28:50 | Experience affordable housing at its finest, with bigger homes on larger tracts of land costing only 1/3 to 1/2 of a typical single-family home, while offering significantly higher investor returns. This is a truly recession-resistant investment opportunity. Join us to learn how you can invest actively or passively—you’ll ...
Leveraging Notes to Grow Your Retirement with Anne Marie Rogers

Leveraging Notes to Grow Your Retirement with Anne Marie Rogers

00:25:35 | This session explores how leveraging real estate notes can help grow your retirement savings. By investing in mortgage notes, individuals can generate passive income, achieve higher returns, and diversify their retirement portfolio, providing a stable and potentially lucrative path to long-term financial security Other Replays for this Event ...
FREE WEBINAR! How To Scale From a Duplex to a 670 Unit Deal

FREE WEBINAR! How To Scale From a Duplex to a 670 Unit Deal

Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On April 28th at 1PM (CST), Liz Faircloth  will be speaking about how to scale from a duplex to a 670 unit deal! Scaling a multifamily portfolio takes a lot of focus, hard work and resilience. Liz Faircloth and her husband ...
Free Listings for Your Real Estate Property

Free Listings for Your Real Estate Property

When it’s time to sell or lease, getting your property in front of as many people as possible is important. But the key to success is getting your property in front of the right people—those who are looking to buy or rent in your area, and whose needs your property ...
Tap into Private Lending When Buying a Short-Term Rental

Tap into Private Lending When Buying a Short-Term Rental

| Damon Riehl | Article | Funding
Until recently, the private lending world had significant concerns about the consistency of income from short-term rentals. Lenders are much more comfortable with an annual lease for a defined rental amount, which results in a low risk of significant vacancy. With the explosive growth of Airbnb and VRBO, however, more ...
Why Using Credit Scores to Screen Tenants Is a Big Mistake

Why Using Credit Scores to Screen Tenants Is a Big Mistake

Everything and everyone in the property management industry teaches us to use credit scores to screen tenants. We are taught to pull credit scores and rent only to prospective tenants with good credit scores. If you are following this practice, you are making a big mistake. In fact, it could ...