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The Best Ways to Identify a Long-Term Investment Property in a Hot Market
Historic lows in interest rates have helped fuel 2020’s hot real estate market. As a result, more and more individuals are seeking to add investment properties to their portfolios. While there is no better time than the present to peruse these opportunities, it is important that investors approach the process ...
Real Estate Property Investment as a Career
The housing market is approaching record high prices, currently dictating many opportunities for investors. This allows sellers to make huge profits. If you are considering buying and flipping homes or doing total home rehabs as a career, there are things that can affect your profits. Funding the Project If you ...
When a Potential Investor Says, “I Like the Project, But…”
Chances are, you've been in the situation where you’re talking with a potential investor for your next project. You know they are qualified, and they appear to be truly interested in your project. They are asking all the right questions: “What’s the total investment, expected return, time to completion?” Then ...
The Best Way to Retain Tenants: Spoiler–It’s Good Maintenance
A new tenant might be impressed by all the bells and whistles of your newly furnished property, but after a while, that magic will wear off. A nice looking house is great for getting a property leased, but it is insufficient for keeping a property leased. The best way to ...
New Think Realty Gift Subscription!
Shopping for real estate just took on new meaning! With the new Think Realty Gift Subscription, you can provide anyone interested in or already investing in real estate with access to real estate investor tools and education designed to give them a smart advantage. Think Realty Gift Subscriptions can be ...
7 Benefits of Hiring a Moving Company
Moving from one place to another is not just time-consuming, it can also be a daunting task, especially if you have a busy schedule. If you’re planning on relocating soon, you need to decide whether or not to hire a moving company to help you with your moving needs. You ...
Think Realty Honors the Life of Oliver Somoza From Turnkey Property Pro
Think Realty honors the life of one of our partners, Oliver Somoza, Principal at Turnkey Property Pro in New York. He passed away on Thanksgiving night and will be missed by many in the real estate investing industry. His passion to use real estate as a vehicle to help others ...
3 Questions Entrepreneurs Have Before Investing in Real Estate
As real estate investing experts with more than 18 years of success, we have heard just about every question you can possibly think of. While you may think most of these questions come from first-time investors, just as many come from clients on their second or third property. No question ...
Think Realty Podcast #172 – What Purpose Feels Like
Don’t let the Rat Race distract you from why you started in the first place! This episode reminds us how to go back to our roots and revisit our WHY for REI instead of just chasing the next dollar. Plus, how to start a real estate wholesaling business, tech tools, ...
How to Find a Bank to Refinance Your Investment Property
Finding a bank that is ready to offer you financing at good rates is vital if you are trying to make it as a real estate investor. Obtaining good, long-term financing is something close to a law for real estate investment and financing. Getting Started It is very expensive to ...
5 Signs You Should Try REI Management Software
Did you know that commercial real estate firms that are slower in embracing technology are getting left out? Commercial real estate has grown into a business that involves many functions, some running simultaneously. Imagine having to deal with bringing together investors, raising capital, and recording and analyzing manually. You’re most ...
Think Realty Magazine December 2020
+WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories | Contributor Corner Featuring Abhi Golhar • Presidents' Circle Featuring Gary Pinkerton Engagement | Realty Matters: New Supply Chains for Low-Cost Housing Fundamentals | Reflect and Prepare • Profiting from Single-Family Rentals • Real Estate Licensing • Association Management: A Profitable Growth Strategy Investor Review | ...
Think Realty Podcast #171 – Not Robin Hood
More, more, and more assets! You might think REI is all about asset accumulation. But on this show, honorable U.S. veteran and real estate investor Gary Pinkerton shares unique wealth strategies and business hacks beyond AUM. Why do the rich get richer and the poor get poorer? The answer might ...
One bad deal can cost you many more good ones in the future. Indeed, if bad enough, it has the capacity to break an investor’s future in real estate. This is why there are critical steps you need to take when purchasing a piece of real estate. And due diligence ...
5 Reasons Real Estate Investment Software Is Helpful During Market Shifts
The real estate industry has always been an attractive investment option because of its handsome returns and the potential growth of capital. However, just like any other industry, real estate is not absolutely risk-free. Sometimes market shifts compel the investors to look for new opportunities and, at the same time, ...
5 Secrets to Living Your Best Life
Do you sigh when you look at your bank account balance? If you’re not excited when you look at your bank account, then keep reading. Have you ever asked yourself why you’re so broke? Or why you still haven’t been able to secure that lifestyle you daydream about? It might ...
Seller Financing is a valuable tool that will put more money in your pocket when you sell a property and help you sell faster especially as banks tighten lending. Plus, you are able to sell that loan at any time you want to raise cash. Last month we discussed tips ...
Real estate investors have the power to do more than just buy and sell properties. The investments you acquire, and what you do with them, can have a significant impact on your community. Turn Losses into Opportunities Homeowners in forbearance will often decide to sell their home in order to ...
We all know the old saying: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This is true in business. It seems that most people let out a collective sigh after April 15th. This is not true with business owners. If you are running a business and you are only ...
The landlord-tenant relationship is not always as straightforward as it may seem. This is especially true when a property owner may need to compensate a tenant, as opposed to the more usual rent payments from tenant to landlord. While it is true that there are reasons why a property owner ...
Investing in Residential Real Estate Online
Passive real estate investing is defined as an investment, or the acquisition of something with the expectation of generating income, in real estate that requires no investment of your time to operate or manage the asset. Investors invest a sum of money into an income generating asset that is backed by ...
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 ...
The ranch was the most popular architectural design style post-World War II, and with the abundance of land available then, subdivisions full of ranch style houses popped up everywhere, in all price points. Some were, as my dad would call them; " stick and chewing gum" houses, others were beautifully ...
3 Keys to Guaranteed Growth in 2021
Wow, what a year 2020 has truly been. There were the murder hornets, fires that seemed to never end, hurricanes that seem to show up every other week, and heck let’s not forget that invisible enemy we call COVID. Just twelve months ago, many of you probably had 2020 marked ...
Managing Costs in Build-to-Rent
One of the biggest challenges for any real estate developer or home builder is managing costs. Land, materials, and labor can all fluctuate from a project’s inception to completion, which makes predicting final costs a bit of a moving target. If you are building houses to sell, most of these ...
