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The Eviction Tsunami That Won’t Be
As the federal eviction moratorium continued to linger, headline after headline screamed hysteria such as the following: “According to one study, as many as 40 million people in 17 million households risk eviction by the end of the year.” - The New York Times “Mass evictions are a looming threat ...
Rental properties more often than not guarantee you a steady return on your investment. This, alongside forming a fairly strong protective hedge around your financial future. The two most important benefits of rental properties are that they can provide cash flow and generate value from appreciation. Rental property investment continues ...
Creating a Stress-Free Rental Portfolio
As investors, we enjoy the thought of reaping the benefits of passive income, thus many of us look to rental properties when considering our options. Utilizing leverage to acquire properties can allow us to enter the market with a relatively low capital output. Although, there is a difference between passive ...
4 Steps for Vetting a General Contractor
Embarking on a development project of your own is an exciting and rewarding endeavor. However, it is also a venture that comes with many obstacles. This is particularly true if you are a first-time developer and not familiar with navigating the construction process. The key to a successful build is ...
Will Moratoriums Kill the Market?
People braced for mass eviction of renters when the CDC’s moratorium expired on July 31, 2021.1 But as someone who has been one of the more outspoken advocates of a group of people without one (landlords), I am more concerned about a country that needs to brace for a lack ...
Workarounds and Exceptions When Working with a Lender
When applying for a loan in hopes of securing a real estate investment property, there are always lender guidelines to keep in mind. These guidelines are crucial as they allow lenders to set a baseline of expectations for borrowers to meet when starting the application process. However, it can often ...
Five Ways SFR Investors Can Optimize Operational Efficiency
For single-family rental (SFR) investors, owners, and operators, running an efficient operation is crucial when acquiring, renovating and leasing large portfolios of homes across the country. Acquiring large portfolios of SFR properties has become commonplace in today’s red-hot market, but in order to survive and turn a profit, SFR investors ...
Unfortunately for real estate investors, separating fact from fiction when it comes to land trusts can be difficult. A land trust is a simple tool that has been around since King Henry VIII ruled England. Its purpose then, to hide ownership of land (so a commoner would not have to ...
For real estate investors, fixing and flipping property is an attractive way to diversify their portfolio and make a relatively fast profit off a property. There are certainly various advantages to fixing and flipping, as there are pitfalls to also be wary of, especially as a first-time flipper. In this ...
Alternative Construction Methods Reduce Emissions
We need housing. The U.S. is underbuilt by 5.5 million housing units (at least). And yet, we also have a global imperative to reduce emissions into the atmosphere, especially carbon emissions. Is there any way to create this housing without adding to carbon emissions? Can we get to “net zero” ...
Title Companies and Your Wholesaling Business
You have jumped into the wholesaling world, and you are ready to complete a transaction and ensure the investment pays off. But you question, “How can I be confident this deal will go through free and clear?” It’s simple, use a title company. A title company will certify the property ...
Alternative Financing for Buy & Hold Real Estate Investors
Whether you are looking to acquire single family or multifamily residential, or a commercial property, real estate prices are soaring across all zip codes and price ranges. However, with today’s low-interest rates driving lofty valuations, patient buy-and-hold investors like you can quickly find yourself with tons of money stuck in ...
Borrowers, Real Estate Investors, Real Estate Entrepreneurs
The real estate world can be complicated. There’s a significant amount of terms and concepts that you need to understand to be successful in the field. Real Estate Investors, borrowers, and entrepreneurs are some of the most fundamental terms you’ll need to know. Luckily, these are very self-explanatory and easy ...
Think Realty Podcast #203 – Home Sweet Home
Many investors are on edge, worried about where real estate markets are headed. Well, today’s guest isn’t concerned. Host Abhi talks with esteemed guest, William Tessar, President of Civic Financial Services, who is no stranger to trends, lending and pretty much everything real estate! What are opportunities you can get ...
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Think Realty Podcast #202 – Secure Your Investment with Proper Screening
Is doing a background check enough when it comes to screening your tenants? Not even close! This show is all about simplifying the rental process and gaining truthful tenant info so you can prevent evictions from the get-go. You might be surprised to learn how unreliable traditional screening methods are ...
When Is It Time to Sell Your Rental Property?
Rental properties offer real estate investors long- and short-term profits. From the start, you can charge rent that will cover the cost of the mortgage, expenses, and taxes while producing a steady stream of income. Owning a rental property also yields long-term results. At some point, you will sell your ...
How to Get a Hard Money Bridge Loan with Bad Credit
If you’re a borrower looking for financing options for your investment property, your only options are to reach out to conventional institutions (banks), mortgage companies, and direct private money lenders. However, if you are a real estate investor with bad credit, many of the traditional funding sources would not be ...
How to Use a Private Money Loan
Banks used to be the only option for real estate investors trying to take out loans. Nowadays, private money lenders are allowing investors to borrow money under more flexible conditions. Banks and traditional financial institutions can reject your loan application for multiple reasons—your credit score, your debt-to-income ratio, employment status, ...
Think Realty Podcast #201 – Sleep Better at Night
When fear and uncertainty take over the market, how do real estate investors sleep at night? This show addresses market trends, private capital, interest rates, and how you can protect your investments in time of turmoil. Is slow and steady the way to go? Find out what you should be ...
4 Real Estate Questions That Buyers and Sellers Need to Ask
Real estate is a great business to be in. But it is also one of the most heavily regulated businesses you can be in. There is a very good reason for that heavy regulation. There was a time when the real estate game was dreadfully corrupt. Sadly, this is why ...
It’s no surprise that new smart tech wellness innovations continue to invade the residential marketplace as many consumers have a heightened concern for killing germs and bacteria, especially in wet water areas like the kitchen and bathroom. A 2021 Home Upgrade study was released showing that bathrooms are one of ...
How Real Estate Professionals Can Impress Clients During Boom Periods
The real estate market waxes and wanes, as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic — and when it waxes, there’s a lot of money to be made. Real estate professionals need to not only take note when interest surges (and prices surge) but also respond accordingly, upping their efforts and ...
Free Webinar! Kathy Fettke’s Mid-Year Real Estate Market Update
Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On August 23rd at 2PM (CST), Kathy Fettke from RealWealth will be speaking about what real estate investors can expect in the coming months, along with what the experts are saying about the future. Attend this webinar to find out: Will ...
Should You Invest in Commercial Real Estate?
For the investor looking to build wealth over the long term, save for retirement, or simply achieve a greater level of financial freedom, real estate, whether residential or commercial, offers ample opportunity to do exactly that. Real estate will diversify your portfolio and offer considerable tax benefits, but when it ...
