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Think Realty Podcast #103 – Demetrios Barnes from Smart Rent
On this episode, we’re talking how to take intelligence from home to community. Demetrios Barnes from SmartRent talks about expansion beyond just the smart home with smart delivery, parking, maintenance, amenities, and more. And that’s just the beginning! Learn about SmartRent’s Alloy Fusion Hub launch, which assists residents with controlling ...
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 February 2020
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Supplier: Sherwin Williams Paint Investor Stories | Presidents' Circle Featuring Greg Slaughter • A Different Path to Success • Get Smart Engagement | Easy Answers • Realty Matters: Technology Fundamentals | Quick to Close • The Morals of ...
The Possibility of Real Wealth
I want to show you how to make $100,000 in five short years on just three properties. Let me illustrate. Start by buying three $90,000 properties each requiring a 25 percent down payment for a total of $67,500. Can we make at least $100,000 on this $67,500 down payment and ...
Urban redevelopment can open new opportunities for single-family rental home investors. But could it also guide your investing strategy? As increasing numbers of entrepreneurs have entered the single-family rental home market, savvy investors are looking for new ways to expand their portfolios. Long popular with house flippers, starting or joining ...
I am often asked about what options we as a company offer to the real estate investor. What methods do I use to aid in the rapid success of the real estate investor? I encourage people to set aside previous thoughts associated with acquisition of real estate from the consumer ...
With over 2.5 billion people on social media, potential customers are more accessible now than ever. Social media allows business owners to reach and target desired audiences, regardless of physical location, at little cost. A real estate investing company’s goal with social media should be two-fold: increase its following and ...
From food stamps to millions… We all have a story. A history of life’s highs and lows. No matter our unique qualities and differences, we all share these similar threads with each other. These similarities allow us to see ourselves in others. It’s what makes sharing our life’s story and ...
The start of a new year is traditionally a time of reflecting on the past and setting goals and intentions for the future. One of the most common resolutions people make is to take better care of their finances — and this is especially true for real estate investors. If ...
Protecting Your Assets, Part 2
Last month’s article discussed how a separate tax-paying entity can help the real estate investor appear more bankable. Here are two more important considerations. #2 Using Disregarded LLCs to Hold Multifamily or Commercial Real Estate It’s tempting to set up an LLC for asset protection and at the same time ...
Technology is all around us. The second you think you’ve secured the next great breakthrough, there’s a new version, new roman numeral, new 2.0, 3.0 and so on. And, I’m not just talking about the Holy Grail otherwise known as the iPhone or equivalent. Technological advances today run the gamut ...
It isn't glamorous, and it's not met with intrigue or fervor at social gatherings. It sounds quite dull. However, if you saw the bank accounts of most mobile home investors, you might be compelled to find out more about this profitable investing method. Many investments are risky. I've even heard ...
When the absolute truth seems too good to be true, how do you know whom to trust? That statement is the most-often-cited reason investors give for why real estate investors have not yet gotten involved in tax lien and tax deed investing. Many aspects of this strategy just seem too ...
Lucas Haldeman started his career as a software developer at one of the first companies to put a database of apartments online. Today, he leads a cutting-edge PropTech firm, SmartRent, based in Scottsdale, Ariz. SmartRent is an enterprise home-automation company developing software and hardware that helps owners, property managers, and ...
Technology and the Modern Investor
Every day, mobile technology becomes more ingrained in the real estate space. Consumers and industry professionals alike benefit from the tech tools that are rapidly changing the way property owners buy, sell and invest at auction. In 2019, smartphone usage increased, with 90% of smartphone time being on mobile apps ...
Is Your Private Lender Technologically Ready for 2020?
Real estate in 2020 will exist in a unique environment: a market in which private capital is clamoring for placement. In 2020, most experts agree that institutional money will reach new levels of desperation when it comes to generating the yields its investors demand. This desperation will drive many “mega-funds” ...
"If you’re in the luckiest 1 percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.” - Warren Buffett Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Angelina Jolie. These modern-day activists promote human welfare and social reforms and help to save lives across ...
If you are a new business owner, you must wear many hats until the company achieves a level of success to warrant support staff. You might find yourself being everything from CEO to receptionist. Eventually, though, most business owners will start replacing themselves, which is the proper way to grow ...
Meetups are one of the most beneficial ways to market your business and to meet like-minded individuals, and there are so many available. From interests like real estate investing to hiking, there are meetups for almost everyone in every city. Organizers post these networking events on meetup.com. To join, go ...
Selling a home isn’t as easy as finding a willing buyer in the market. Aside from having to iron out the necessary paperwork, you’ll need to ensure that people would be able to see the true value in having your house as theirs. Although you may think that your house ...
The Median Home Age Across the U.S.
Home age is one of many factors to consider when investing in real estate. Which areas have the newest homes? Where are the oldest homes located? House Method recently conducted a study on the median age of homes in the United States. They analyzed data from the U.S. Census on ...
How To Find Success With Off-Market Property Deals
With the right circumstances, an off-market property deal is ideal for real estate investors. Here’s why: many listed properties today receive multiple offers from competing investors. And it can be difficult for your offer to stand out. Here’s the secret, though: there are strategic tactics to find off-the-market homes to ...
Renovation Issues in Older Homes
Fix and flip investors often acquire older properties, which can bring a host of their own issues. These properties can have a lot of character but also underlying problems the investor will need to tackle. Older properties might have been built to different building standards, make use of hazardous materials ...
The real estate industry continues to be a profitable business. Housing keeps on being of high demand, with not enough homeowners supplying it, making now an optimum time to sell. Whether you’re going for an upgrade or selling surplus property, you can stand to gain a handsome profit when you ...
My goal is to provide the best information I have gathered since starting in the real estate finance industry in 1997. I have spent years personally working to improve my outlook and intellect. I have heard many of those considered to be the great thinkers of our present and past, ...
