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The 7 Questions You Must Ask Yourself Before Joining a Mastermind
Real estate investors educate themselves in many different ways. Some take the traditional route of attending college, while others read hundreds of books, attend seminars, and listen to podcasts as they self-educate and network their way to the top. There are as many routes to success in real estate as ...
Residential Assisted Living Academy
The Residential Assisted Living Academy is America’s #1 source for senior care home investment and business education. Headed by leading national expert, Gene Guarino, the RAL™ Academy has trained thousands of people throughout the United States how to… “do good and do well”. We teach you in a real-world, step-by-step ...
Investing in Vacation Rental Properties
Getting a mortgage loan for a short-term rental property to list on sites such as VRBO and AirBnB can be tricky – especially if you don’t plan to use it as your primary residence. You may require a different kind of financing and fortunately hard money lenders like Constructive Loans ...
Did you know the cost of a manufactured home is, on average, less than HALF the cost of what a site-built home cost to build? And, what may be even more surprising, it’s NOT because you’ve sacrificed quality. In fact, that is a misguided concept that some less-than-scrupulous site-built contractors ...
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. When a financial institution does a loan modification or a reinstatement, the loan process starts ...
Many real estate investors are looking for properties that can be renovated for a profit. Finding the right property at the right price in a condition that can be easily updated can be a real challenge. However, if you can find the right property, money can be made in renovating ...
5 Must-Have Investor Fundamentals
It’s no secret that many markets are beginning to overheat. This is not a time to invest without knowledge about core real estate principles. While you want to avoid bad deals passed off as great deals, you do want deals in the right markets that continue to outpace other investment ...
A Hard Money Loan (HML) is an effective financing tool for many real estate investors. Many investors have heard of these loans but may not understand their benefits or proper use. When most people hear the term HML they believe it is only for people with poor credit. Others that ...
When a real estate investor experiences the shift in mindset from consumer to business owner, the investor becomes vastly different from the average home buyer. Your new or expanding business is based on the ownership of cash-flowing assets. No longer are you spending money for a commodity. No longer are ...
Renting an investment property that you own, or finding the perfect single-family house to rent requires making some big decisions, and the help of a professional property manager is critical either way. First, there’s expert knowledge of the market to think about. What are the current rental rates? Will the ...
All investing carries a certain amount of risk. But diversification helps mitigate the risks that are specific to the industry or place. Portfolio diversification works by spreading your investment dollars across different markets, which may include geographical, asset class, or risk profile diversity. Common methods of diversification include buying property in different ...
Presidents’ Circle: Aaron Norris
Not many real estate investors can say they started their career in real estate when they were in preschool. But Aaron Norris can. He began rehabbing houses with his dad before he could tie his own shoes. “My first memory of flipping was being armed with a vacuum sucking up ...
When it comes to success in the United States military, training is certainly imperative. However, some of the most inexplicable acts of gallantry displayed throughout the history of war have occurred when motivated individuals followed their instincts and took the initiative. The same can be said of those who have ...
Military service requires every individual who takes the oath a certain willingness to embrace service and sacrifice self. For many, dreams of a college education are put on hold while they embrace the rigors of life in uniform. Others postpone entrepreneurial aspirations in exchange for low pay, mediocre food, and ...
Making it clear that the United States would care for its veterans, Abraham Lincoln coined what would later become the Veterans Administration motto by saying, “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and for his orphan.” With these words in mind, veterans who ...
From sea to shining sea, rural America has taken its hits over the past century. Often, when economic times are hard, citizens will move to cities looking for work and higher wages. Moreover, the lure of new adventures is often enough to take the best and the brightest from rural ...
On the Walls Gray walls lasted a lot longer than I expected! What's in now? All white walls, which can be crisp and cool or warm and soft depending on the undertone. Two of my favorites - Sherwin Williams Extra White for a true crisp white and Sherwin William Alabaster ...
From the Designer Tamara Day is a purveyor of the glam and cozy. This busy wife and mother of four styles for the spirited home, mixing glam, comfort, and family. Tamara’s sense of style and eye for what works has created an insatiable demand for her interior design expertise, furniture ...
Think Realty Housing News Report September 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Housing News Report | The New Path Toward Tomorrow's Real Estate Profits •My Take: What is Property Data API? • Market Spotlight: The Southeast • Data in Action: The Home Affordability Struggle • Big Data Sandbox: The Home Affordability Maze: The Search to Buy a Home ...
Think Realty Magazine September/October 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Benefits: Home Depot Pro Investor Stories | Passion for Green • Presidents' Circle Featuring Aaron Norris •Veterans Buy America Fundamentals | A Good Start • Portfolio Diversification • Women as Resources • A Legal View •Saving the Planet ...
Photos by Beth Caldwell. When Chrissa Pagitsas first took on her executive leadership role at Fannie Mae in 2010, there was no existing road map to show how she should deliver on her mission: positive environmental and social outcomes through mortgage finance. “When I came on board there wasn’t the ...
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 ...
When you’re looking at investment properties, you’re always exploring your options. In the world of real estate investing, there are almost as many strategies to consider as there are properties out there! With all the investing options, I have found buy and hold works. 5 Reasons Why Buy and Hold ...
ATTOM Report: Over 1.5 Million Vacant U.S. Homes
Attom Data Solutions recently released its Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report. The results showed there are 1,530,563 U.S. single-family homes and condos vacant in third quarter of 2019, which represents 1.6 percent of all homes. Attom Data collects and analyzes publicly recorded real estate information like foreclosure status, equity, and owner-occupancy status matched ...
The 3 P’s of Real Estate Note Investing
A real estate note is simply an IOU secured by property. In a conventional real estate transaction, a buyer makes a down payment, obtains a loan, and signs a note promising to pay a certain amount each month to the lender until the loan, plus interest, is paid. In a ...
