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Existing Home Sales Pick Up as Annual Value Growth Slows
While the annual pace of U.S. home value growth dipped in August, existing home sales experienced solid growth, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Existing home sales in July increased 1.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.49 million in August — which is its ...
Think Realty Housing News Report October/November 2019
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This article is an excerpt from a Kevin Shortle Show Podcast episode featuring TJ Osterman and Rick Allen of Paperstac and the Money With Meaning Fund. You’ve shown that you’ve changed the industry for Paperstac and I think you’re going to change it once again through this Money With Meaning ...
In most business deals, you need to have a firm understanding of your target audience in terms of your customer or client from whom you plan to ultimately profit. In mobile home investing, there is a substantial addition to that factor and a savvy investor needs to understand more than ...
Photos by Rob Kavaler | Though his roots might be far from residential and commercial financing, RCN Capital CEO Jeffrey Tesch’s first foray into real estate investing opened his eyes to a world of opportunity. In the 1990s, while Tesch operated several Subway restaurant franchises, he sought hard-money lenders to ...
The non-performing note (NPN) is the nucleus of real estate investing, and Become the Bank™ is the Road to Wealth. The note business in real estate starts with a mortgage, or a promise to pay. In the course of investing, one of the disciplines that I enact is understanding trends ...
Veterans Buy America: Marine Juan Cristales
Like most men who joined the Marine Corps during the relatively peaceful 90s, Juan Cristales couldn’t have envisioned the hardships and sacrifices that awaited him. Cristales originally enlisted in 1996, and the Marine Corps recognized his leadership potential and selected him for the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program. Receiving his ...
Managing the Business Risks of Animals
There are two Ps that can cause property damage: People and Pets. If you are a property manager, then you deal with both daily. Pets are animals but animals are not always pets. This is demonstrated when dealing with Assistance Animals (e.g., service/companion/emotional/therapy/etc.) These animals are not pets, but rather, ...
Focusing on Millennials for Real Estate Investors
Millennials make up the largest group of homebuyers, according to a National Association of Realtors report, but so far their home ownership is at a lower rate than their parents and grandparents. However, this may be changing. A study from Chase Home Lending reported that 52 percent of first-time Millennial ...
Research has shown that when people are faced with too many options, they sometimes experience what is known as “analysis paralysis.” This term refers to a situation in which an individual is trying to make the best choice out of an overwhelming number of options, resulting in overthinking and, ultimately, ...
Strike Gold with Proven Opportunities, Not Flashy Substitutes
The problem with shiny things is that people chase them without much thought. During the Gold Rush of 1849, people like Levi Strauss made more money outfitting gold miners than many miners made finding gold. The lesson? Don’t get distracted by shiny real estate trends: mobile home parks, lease ...
I am a very simple person and use basic principles in all facets of life and business. Wanting to find a more elementary way to evaluate I started looking at the very basic numbers on a potential investment property purchase. I believe the 30-year fixed loan to be the greatest ...
When I went to my first real estate investment conference, I was so excited about all I had to learn. During our first bathroom break I noticed something unusual — no line for the women’s room. The men’s room had a line going out the door. That was strange. When ...
Saving the Planet Without Sacrificing Real Estate Returns
Loggerhead sea turtles eat their weight in jellyfish each day. When you weigh 400 pounds or more, that’s a lot of jellyfish. Unfortunately, when the turtles swim through swarms of jellyfish, vacuuming them down, they eat quite a few plastic bags in the process. When that happens, over time the ...
by Aaron Chapman and Marco Santarelli The world of real estate finance is riddled with varied forms of verification. Since taking someone at their word has been jeopardized by the unscrupulous, having a disinterested third party verify the data has become the standard. Most of this third-party data is based ...
According to a recent KPMG survey, 97 percent of real estate industry professionals think that digital and technological innovation will impact their business, and 93 percent agree that traditional real estate organizations need to engage with PropTech companies to adapt to the changing global environment. According to Entrata Research, nearly ...
Designer, Realtor®, investor, and mentor Lorraine Beato is as much a Renovation Rockstar as are the properties she flips. She shares her reasons for real estate and some advice for newcomers. Why are you passionate about real estate? My why is creating beautiful living spaces that are affordable for first-time ...
Real estate investing can be the best approach to build and preserve wealth. The value of real estate assets typically increases over time, yet regular and predictable currency devaluation can exacerbate increases. Plus, real estate is notorious for a lack of liquidity and a slow pace for buying and selling ...
1031 Exchanges, Opportunity Zones & Self-Directed Retirement Accounts
Whether you have been in real estate for one day or more than a decade, you can’t miss the current buzz about opportunity zones. Did you know the deadline for investing in a qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) is almost here? As that deadline approaches, investors and fund managers are becoming ...
For many people, daily commutes to work consist of thinking about tasks and projects they need to do once they arrive at their destination. Often, the entire drive has been a blur. Ironically, real estate professionals and investors experience a similar journey to those commuting to an office each day ...
Now that vacation rentals are mainstream, thanks mostly to Airbnb and Vrbo, the question is coming up on regulations. The popularity of using a vacation rental, also known as a short-term rental, has brought about much dismay from the hotel industry. The hotel industry is heavily regulated with ADA (Americans ...
Investors Edge University: The Real Estate Rock Stars
Diversity is the key to being a successful Real Estate Investor. Investors Edge University is a family-owned business that prides itself on helping people. Our motto is: People Before Profits! Whether we are teaching you on the national speaking arena or sitting down over coffee, we teach this business so ...
Where Can You Find Funding You Can Trust?
We at the American Association of Private Lenders field hundreds of emails and phone calls monthly asking for referrals to lenders that real estate investors can trust. We’ve heard the bait-and-switch stories, the haphazard and stressful closings, the exhausting search of shopping a deal around. Real estate investors are looking ...
Norada Real Estate Investments
Marco Santarelli started investing in real estate at the age of 18. He purchased, renovated, leased and managed a simple townhouse by himself. Over the years he continued building his real estate portfolio with over 84 out-of-state units including single-family homes, duplexes and small apartments. Founded in late 2003, Santarelli ...
James E. Glasgow, a real estate investor for more than 35 years, has successfully connected the growing opportunity for Mobile Home Parks (MHPs) with the growing senior population in the U.S. Mr. Glasgow has created a Mobile Home Park Investment Fund, dedicated towards the development of a class “A” senior ...
