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The single-family rental market in the United States has witnessed impressive growth and stabilized net operating income figures over the last two years. A combination of strong underlying demand and a limited supply of affordable single-family rental housing options has largely driven this growth, bringing ample opportunities for investment in ...
2020 Women to Watch: Susan Harper
Think Realty shines a light on some of the many women who are making waves in the real estate investing industry. Formerly a teacher, Susan Harper, was looking for something to keep her busy during her summers off. Her brother-in-law owned several properties and a property management company so she ...
2020 Women to Watch: Elizabeth Maora Sickels
Think Realty shines a light on some of the many women who are making waves in the real estate investing industry. When the politics of corporate America had gotten a little too heavy for Elizabeth Maora Sickels, a corporate engineer by training, she decided to trade working all over the ...
2020 Women to Watch: Heather Self
Think Realty shines a light on some of the many women who are making waves in the real estate investing industry. The first home Heather Self purchased was through Habitat for Humanity. She was a single mom in her 20s, working full time, teaching life-skills classes to welfare recipients, the ...
2020 Women to Watch: Bettina Hernandez
A former police officer in San Antonio, TX, Bettina Hernandez was faced with one of the most important decisions of her life. Her newborn unfortunately had some health issues and Bettina needed to find appropriate childcare or stay home to take care of her daughter. The decision to give up ...
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2020 Women to Watch: Sonia Booker
Think Realty shines a light on some of the many women who are making waves in the real estate investing industry. Real estate entrepreneur, speaker, and author Sonia Booker was exposed to real estate investing long before she purchased her first investment property. Originally from Mississippi, she was introduced to ...
3 Reasons to Invest Your Tax Return in Real Estate
Wondering what to do with your tax return? Why not add another property to your portfolio and increase cash flow? It’s no coincidence that spring happens to be the ideal season to invest—the weather’s warming up, tax returns are hitting bank accounts, and there’s an influx of properties on the ...
2020 Women to Watch: Deborah Razo
Think Realty shines a light on some of the many women who are making waves in the real estate investing industry. Just over 10 years ago, real estate investor Deborah Razo had an opportunity to start over. She was in a car accident that left her literally crushed; her head ...
2020 Women to Watch: Carrie Cook
Think Realty shines a light on some of the many women who are making waves in the real estate investing industry. Carrie Cook with Ignite Funding has 15 years’ experience in the real estate investment industry. In a time when many in the industry were getting out, Cook stuck with ...
Ask a busy investor how things are going, and you will often hear them say with desperation in their voice, “I’m so busy! But that’s a good thing, right?” You can tell that they are starting to wonder if it is really as great as they’re telling themselves it is ...
2020 Women to Watch: Jamie Wooley
Think Realty shines a light on some of the many women who are making waves in the real estate investing industry. Real estate investor Jamie Wooley has always been an entrepreneur at heart, having a few businesses when she was in her early twenties. But those businesses didn’t lend to ...
Make the Points on Your Hard Money Loan Work for You
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a hard money loan without points—they’re essentially the fee for getting fast cash from a private lender for your flip. They’re the lender’s way of making money for extending you their funds. Each point is the equivalent of 1% of your loan amount and, depending ...
2020 will be a year of caution for investors. Home prices have peaked in some markets and could be headed downward; the economy continues to slow; and trade wars or real wars could upset all economic plans. In this environment it pays to look at the low risk options: markets ...
Talking Loudly: The History of Hard Money
Typically, we think of credit as a relatively modern invention. However, “hard money” loans have been around since the earliest civilizations. The concept of hard money is one of the oldest kinds of credit financing. Many history experts believe that Hammurabi, the ruler of Babylon during the 18th century B.C.E., ...
Presidents’ Circle: Nancy Wallace-Laabs
In 2005, Think Realty Presidents’ Circle member, Nancy Wallace-Laabs, lived in Phoenix, AZ. When the uptick in home prices went even higher, she and her husband Brian decided to cash in. They sold their home for a substantial profit, packed up, and moved to Frisco, TX. It was a time ...
Manufactured Homes: America’s Smart Solution
Here is some information that might very well surprise you. The cost of a manufactured home is on average less than HALF the cost of what a site-built home cost to build. It’s definitely not because you’ve sacrificed quality. In fact, that is a misguided concept that some less-than- scrupulous ...
Many of the world’s greatest real estate moguls achieved their status by making it a continued daily habit to step outside their comfort zones. Instead of getting comfortable, they push limits, embrace change, accept fear, and continually grow. Stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing change might excite you, ...
Spring is just around the corner, which means your real estate business is in full swing. As you look towards adding new projects to your roster this year, you’re probably also looking to find new sources of financing. With all the options out there, how do you choose the one ...
Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are often trusted because of their accreditation, not because of what they can do. This sounds harsh but is simply the truth. Taxes for a business are not equivalent to personal taxes. Here are insider tips from a CPA on what to look for in a ...
2020 Women to Watch: Susan Naftulin
Think Realty shines a light on some of the many women who are making waves in the real estate investing industry. Susan Naftulin has been in the mortgage/real estate investing world since 1998. This former Philadelphia-based attorney left law for the mortgage industry where she managed the foreclosure and bankruptcies ...
How to Find Off-Market Properties
A multiple listing service (MLS) is the most common place to find residential homes for sale, but it isn’t the best place to look if you’re hunting for an investment property, or a low-cost fixer upper. Experienced investors find off-market properties so they can find a deal that makes sense ...
Think Realty Podcast #111 – Glenn Stromberg with Stromberg Investment Group
Every real estate investor likes to talk money! We’re getting down to the bottom profit line on this episode of the Think Realty Podcast when Abhi talks with Glenn Stromberg about his business model and why it provides profitable investment opportunities. Stromberg Investment Group structures lucrative real estate joint ventures ...
'Roll Up Strategy' One trend Haldeman sees is a “roll up strategy” of consolidating products into one company, rather than each “new whiz bang thing” existing on its own. The end result will be fewer vendors providing more functionality to owners, he said. Coworking + Living As the gig economy ...
Why It’s Important to Have a Residential Lease Agreement in Place
A residential lease agreement is a legally binding contract connecting the landlord and tenant for the latter to rent an apartment, house, or place of residence from the former. Other names of this contract include a rental lease agreement or a landlord-tenant lease. As a landlord, you should have this ...
