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Outside the Box: Marketing Different Properties
Real estate professionals in 2020 may benefit from rethinking their listing marketing strategies. Here’s the traditional flow: The agent signs a listing and enters it into the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). On the appropriate date, she saves the listing as active. The agent then initiates--sometimes this is handled by an ...
Think Realty Podcast #139 – Bridge the Gap
This episode has the information YOU need to be a smarter real estate investor! If you are a Commercial real estate investor, where should you start looking? Will suburban office space thrive in a post-COVID world? And, let’s talk Millennials – why is this generation such a big topic for ...
Given the current status with Covid-19 and Maryland restrictions on how many people are allowed at gatherings, we have made the decision to again postpone the Baltimore conference until October 24-25, 2020. We originally thought that by pushing into July we could avoid having to reschedule again, but unfortunately that ...
Think Realty Podcast #138 – Multiply Your Opportunity
Start small before you go big? Not necessarily. On this episode, learn about the long-term profitability of having hundreds of doors in one property and why investing in multifamily assets might be right for you. Also, what is the number one reason going bigger is better? And, what is the ...
How to Keep Calm and Pivot Your Fix and Flip During COVID-19
What a difference a few short months can make. Back in February of this year, mortgage applications reached an 11-year high and it’s safe to say that no one in real estate, or any industry for that matter, foresaw what was about to happen. By April, sales of existing homes ...
How to Virtually Showcase Your Rental Property
Now more than ever, renters are making leasing decisions virtually. According to research conducted in a partnership between Apartments.com and Kingsley Associates, virtual tour mentions in email leads increased over 140% from March to April 2020, making it that much more important that your property is equipped to handle such ...
Titan Talk with Glenn Stromberg hosted by Eddie Wilson
Glenn Stromberg has become the authority in turning mobile homes into real wealth in the real world. In nearly four decades working in the real estate market, Glenn Stromberg has realized that the misconceptions surrounding mobile homes has kept most investors and hedge funds out of that niche market ...
Outdoor Living: Summer’s Big Value-Add in Real Estate
As summer begins and most states initiate some form of economic reopening, there are many signals indicating that outdoor living is going to be the “big boost” for real estate this summer. With slow spring sales pushing many buyers’ home-seeking activities into the summer months, this probably would have happened ...
Think Realty Podcast #137 – Data Drives Decisions!
How do public records play a role in real estate? The golden goose of real estate is that every customer and potential customer is already in public records with lots of data about them. You can know every future customer’s name, equity, home sale prices, and more … but this ...
Mitigate Risk with Build-for-Rent
In early April, I read a well-known real estate website and came across an article that discussed potential ramifications of the COVID-19 crisis on the real estate market. In one scenario, the article stated that potential listings will remain low, interest rates will remain low, and homes are likely to ...
Think Realty Podcast #136 – Let’s Play IRA
You probably already know that IRA stands for Individual Retirement Account. Or does it? Maybe it really means Investing Rules Apply. If investing with your IRA were a game, playing it is similar to many games in life: Learning the rules is important. But knowing the roles of everyone involved ...
How to Leverage Your Network to Grow Your IRA
01:11:11 | In this webinar, you will learn: - What is a Self-Directed IRA & why you should have one Types of Plans How to use your network Case Studies Borrow/Lending Partnering ...
Equality: A Human Right for All
Think Realty is deeply saddened by the current events in our nation. We believe that all people are created equal and that every person — regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or religion — deserves respect and common decency. Equality is a basic human right that all people ...
Think Realty Podcast #135 – The Sticky Factor
How many opportunities exist in the world of real estate investing? Too many to count! But one you might not have thought about is Self-Storage. This episode explains why Self-Storage should be on the top of your REI strategies list. Highest returns compared to other asset classes is just one ...
Economic Zombies and the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll. The deadly infection has spared no nation. Millions have contracted the disease and hundreds of thousands have died. However, in the United States a broad-based reopening of our economy is underway. States feared that remaining shutdown would rock the economy to its very ...
Think Realty Magazine June 2020
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Supplier: Sunbelt Rentals Investor Stories | Coaching • Presidents' Circle Featuring Abhi Golhar • Titan Talk Featuring Glenn Stromberg • Passion With A Purpose Engagement | Realty Matters: Calculating Risk • Preparation Investor Review | The Five Most ...
Realty Matters: Risk Management
When talking to prospective clients for my property management business, I always say, “rental property management is really about Risk Management.” I often tell the story of a client, who had previously decided to self-manage. Although he always tried to do the right thing, a small, innocent error led to ...
Buying at auction can be an excellent way to pick up some exceptional real estate deals, but many investors are unsure how to take the title. As a result, mistakes lead to issues selling the property or potential lawsuits from disgruntled buyers. Buying in Personal Name with Subsequent Transfer When ...
Talking Loudly: Navigating Through Turbulence
Since COVID-19 has necessitated social distancing and closing non-essential businesses, it has slowed the economy and caused concern amongst Wall Street and the capital markets. Investment banks like Goldman Sachs have predicted the U.S. GDP will shrink by 34 percent in the second quarter. Now, major housing lenders have updated ...
Upzoning is a relatively new feature of real estate markets, and the long-term impact it will have on housing markets, tenants, and rental property investors can be hard to determine because while a few larger cities have started to compile data from upzoning efforts, in other areas the effects remain ...
Tracking Your Business Expense
You know the old saying “death and taxes”? There’s a little truth to that saying. If you are used to going to a CPA firm and just getting a piece of paper back with the results, this article is for you. At the end of the day, taxes can equal ...
In his early days of real estate investing, Joe Fairless was living in an unairconditioned apartment, attending Rich Dad Poor Dad seminars and taking improv and standup classes. Each was a formative experience that led to his national success as a real estate investor, businessman, author, and famed podcaster of ...
The last article discussed how inflation can benefit the properly leveraged real estate investor. Now, let’s go deeper. I lead into every conversation regarding the benefits of inflation by asking investors what they think the current rate of inflation is. Often, I hear “two to three percent,” which is not ...
Is your marketing strategy “so last decade?” Spoiler alert— If you haven’t fallen in line with the death of bandit signs, it might be… Nearly every 2020 Real Estate Investment prediction out there shares at least one common prediction — we’re headed into an extremely competitive market. Now is the ...
Reducing Risk in Rental Properties
There is always some risk associated with buying a property for the sole purpose of renting it out, whether on a monthly or a daily basis. But regardless of rental timelines, here is a checklist to follow that will help reduce your real estate investment risks. Budget Rationally The first ...
