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See the Full Webinar! Voices of Reason: Managing Your Real Estate Business During COVID-19
The current Coronavirus situation is unlike anything we have experienced in our lifetime. And while some of you are enthusiastic for positive opportunities, others are concerned and anxious. Regardless of which side of the emotional fence you’re on (and it might change daily), Think Realty and the American Association of ...
Perspectives: Coronavirus and the Short-Term Rentals Industry
Time for Creativity and Adaptation The spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. has affected all aspects of the real estate industry, but the impact has been most sizeable for short-term rentals. Analysis from Mashvisor, a real estate data analytics company, shows major declines in Airbnb activity in March ...
Think Realty Podcast #120 – Jacob Therrien with Bridge Loan Network
Eddie Wilson speaks with Jacob Therrien with Bridge Loan Network and how it empowers brokers to be more successful. They also discuss the importance of technology in the private lending industry and who benefits the most from this technology. Plus, find out where Jacob sees the market going for both ...
From the Designer Growing up assisting my father building and investing in strip malls, it was clear at an early age that real estate investing was a natural path for me to take. I received a formal education in design from the Interior Designers Institute of Newport Beach, California, and ...
Think Realty Magazine April 2020
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Supplier: Home Depot Pro Investor Stories | Presidents' Circle Featuring Jason Engelman • The Tax Whisperer Featuring Clint Coons Engagement | Realty Matters: Evictions • Easy Answers Fundamentals | Embracing Opportunity Without Sacrificing Returns • Three Ways to ...
Death, taxes, and stress. A triad seemingly inevitable for any American taxpayer. Roughly 52 percent of American adults report that they find the process of filing taxes to be a stress-inducing mess, according to a survey by TaxSlayer. The Internal Revenue Service now has more than 800 unique filing forms ...
Presidents’ Circle: Jason Engelman
When Think Realty Presidents’ Circle member Jason Engelman and his wife Tori Martin moved to Nashville in 2017, it wasn’t for his real estate career. It was for Martin’s country music career. While Martin’s music artist career was taking off, Engelman found himself wanting something different from managing investment portfolios ...
Most lenders require some level of experience before they will fund a deal. Experience shows that you have a team, understand your market, are capable of managing a project, and have made and learned from past mistakes. Good lenders typically have more projects to fund than they can handle. Typically, ...
When you’ve helped thousands of clients prepare successful tax strategies, you’re likely to have a trove of insight to share. Such is the case for Clint Coons, a founding partner at Anderson Business Advisors. As Tax Day looms, Think Realty caught up with Coons to learn some of his broader ...
Most real estate investors know two traditional paths to profitability: big, multifamily buildings with hundreds of units, or single-family homes used for rental income or as a flip. But a new trend in on the rise. Build-to-rent single-family-home neighborhoods is a viable investment option that is a hybrid of the ...
GROUNDFLOOR Finance is an alternative financing platform dedicated to real estate investors looking for financing on your next project. Whether you have a project in hand, are a new flipper or are just interested in ways to gain from real estate, GROUNDFLOOR has options for every real estate investor. Invest ...
Talking Loudly: More Dream Deals
Search Google for information on private lending in real estate. You’ll get 127 million results. Wow! Thanks to the digital age, real estate entrepreneurs have access to a wealth of information for free. That’s a wonderful thing. As a private lender, I place a heavy emphasis on educating our real ...
RentRange, an industry leader in market data and analytics for the single-family rental (SFR) housing industry, found in its recent data report that the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (Raleigh MSA) provides ample opportunities for real estate investors. Job Growth According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Job Report ...
As described in the December 2019 article, I worked with Dr. John Abernathy, Accounting Professor at Kennesaw State University to create a tool to calculate how inflation impacts compound interest. It is reasonable that when entertaining financing a property, one looks at interest and how much they might be forced ...
Rental housing providers have all experienced (or will eventually) the unfortunate predicament of having to evict a renter. Those unfortunate events are complex and costly, with $48 billion in losses filed annually by independent investor housing providers according to IRS data. While it ultimately comes down to a business decision ...
The home-buying process is comprised of several moving parts, but few are as misrepresented and under-appreciated as title insurance. In essence, title insurance protects you against anything that could’ve happened in the past regarding the ownership and finances of a property. It identifies, addresses, and corrects any potential title defects ...
Everyone has some form of tax anxiety. This anxiety can stem from the fear of audit, the unknown, or the amount paid in taxes. We have all heard the term innocent until proven guilty. That’s the society that we feel we live in. But with the IRS, it is the ...
Profitable single-family rental properties take many different forms from simple, affordable homes, to high-end properties that allow you to charge an equally high-end rental rate. But profitability in rental homes has less to do with the price of the property itself and far more to do with how high your ...
Customizable Relationship Tools
Look, if you’re like me—a fellow Real Estate Investor—you’re over it. The mere glimpse of these three letters makes you cringe. If you’re fortunate enough not to know what I’m referring to, count yourself blessed. But for the rest of us, you probably feel my sentiment deep down in your ...
As always, this asset class never ceases to amaze. Regardless of location, there are numerous benefits to mobile home park investing: cost per unit ratio, low repairs and maintenance, low risk, high demand, low turnover, and less competition. Mobile home parks allow you to acquire more units for less money ...
Embracing Opportunity Without Sacrificing Returns
In today’s world of always trying to make “the next big impact” in community, business, or life, real estate investors often end up overlooking the big picture of their investment strategies. They abandon one strategy for another and pride themselves on ruthlessly cutting deals. The constant need to shift, change, ...
Clint Coons Clears Up Investment Misconceptions
Through nearly 30 years of business, Clint Coons has seen real estate investors employ a variety of strategies based on fallacies, misinterpretations, and just plain bad advice. Here are three such misconceptions that Coons most frequently sees in his work: Your insurance will protect you from lawsuits While you should ...
Growth in the real estate investment industry over the past decade has been staggering. As opportunity has grown more abundant, big banks have seized the opportunity to make money by pumping capital into the sector. This has made financing more available for private lenders and real estate investors. But it ...
The Best Time to Purchase at Auction
Sponsored Advertising Content Finding the right property at auction isn’t just about having the means or experience, it’s also about timing. In the same way that traditional home sales have peak seasons and downturns, the best time to buy a property at auction can be impacted by everything from the ...
A common question for many real estate investors is where I should set up my LLC or corporation. Unfortunately, there is not an easy answer because, like all planning, it will depend on several factors. Here are two primary factors that should aid many investors in answering this question. Where ...
