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National Trends and Regional Investing
To profit at real estate investing, one needs to be alert to both national and local real estate trends. There are macro trends that impact every U.S. housing market: growth/recession and capital costs are national drivers. Local trends include the availability of housing stock and labor/construction costs. It is critical ...
The latest Hollywood superhero series The Avengers featuring Spiderman, Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther, and others has created and revived legions of fans as new and fascinating stories are told about these characters. What is the secret to success for superheroes? How do they remain relevant for ...
The Turnkey Real Estate business is one that comes with numerous opportunities and significant potential. There are many different avenues that companies take when putting their clients into hands-off investment properties. The traditional model of the turnkey space is to sell a client a renovated, tenanted, and managed property in ...
iBuyers: Investor Friend or Foe?
What happens when Main Street real estate investors are pitted against Wall Street behemoths backed by billions? It’s easy to imagine gun-slinging cowboys at opposite ends of a ghost town waiting to draw. Whether a duel is destined remains to be seen, but it’s important to understand the landscape. What ...
As someone who successfully climbed the mountain to financial independence, I have witnessed “uncomfortable truths” that stop many people. Real estate investing can be a rewarding way out of the “rat race,” but we must recognize, discuss, and overcome these uncomfortable truths if we hope to help more investors achieve ...
Increased Foreclosures in the West?
According to a new client survey conducted by Auction.com, Western markets are most at risk for increased foreclosure inventory in the second half of 2019. Most respondents (80%) expect only slight changes in foreclosure and bank-owned (REO) inflow in the next six months. On July 9, 2019, Auction.com, the nation’s largest ...
Sponsored Content provided by Pull the Trigger Enterprises Become the Bank™ is a concept born out of the current market conditions, with lack of REOs and defaults at 4.3 percent of 55 million single-family mortgages. Without the Non-Performing Note (NPN) there are no REOs. The note, whether performing or nonperforming, ...
When the foreclosure crisis hit the nation in 2007, the greatest impact was reported around the periphery of the nation — home prices plunged as jobs were lost and foreclosure levels went through the roof. And investors walked away. However, markets in the middle experienced much less volatility back then ...
Rental Owners Saved from Footing Tenants’ Utility Bills
On April 25, 2019, Governor Eric Holcomb signed HB 1347 into law, giving much-deserved relief to rental property owners in Indiana. Rep.Woody Burton (R-Whiteland) authored the bill and championed its cause, being a Realtor® and rental property owner himself. The bill received some push back during its committee meetings in ...
Think Realty Magazine July/August 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events • Think Realty Benefits: ApplyConnect • Top of Mind Investor Stories | Rebuilding Rural America •Fab and Fearless •Healthy Passive Income Fundamentals | Developing a Niche • Generational Tenants • 9 Steps to a Deed-in-Lieu-of Foreclosure• A Legal View •Doing Well ...
Think Realty Housing News Report July 2019
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Housing News Report | Will Opportunity Zones Boost America's Distressed Neighborhoods? •My Take: Designed for the Conveniences of Today: Even Real Estate Transactions Can Be Done From Home • Market Spotlight: Investors Still Finding Success in the Middle • Big Data Sandbox: Where are the ZIP's that ...
When you see “Bargain Mansions” host Tamara Day on television swinging sledgehammers, grinding metal, and installing sheetrock, it’s not just her construction and design skills on display. It’s also a reflection of a do-it-yourself mindset that was instilled in Day as a child growing up on a small town family ...
5 Ways to Make More Money Off Your Rental Property
5 Ways to Make More Money Off Your Rental Property Sponsored Content Investing in real estate is an inspired choice, according to Investopedia. It’s especially so if you are planning to rent out this property and turn it into one of the best possible sources of passive income. Today, you ...
Not all that long ago, a combination of risky loans and overzealous speculation by real estate investors and developers hit Florida harder than many other parts of the nation, turning it into one of the poster children for the housing crisis that followed. During its darkest hour, the number of ...
How to Find & Invest in the Best Real Estate Markets
00:44:19 | As real estate investors increasingly face markets glutted with the competition or stagnating in natural market slow-downs, the answer is to get out of your comfort zone and look at markets beyond your own backyard. In this Think Realty Webinar presented by Marco Santarelli, president of Norada Real ...
State of Nation’s Housing Report Released
The State of the Nation’s Housing 2019 report, published by The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, was released June 25. The housing report asks what real estate investors — and anyone invested in U.S. housing — want to know: Can the market provide a broader and more ...
Top 10 Metros with the Lowest Property Tax Rate
In a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions on 2018 property taxes, there were a total $304.6 billion property taxes levied on single-family homes in 2018. The report also showed that the average property tax amount on single-family homes in 2018 was $3,498 – an effective tax rate of 1.16 ...
Smart Technology in Apartments
Smart home technology, once reserved for single-family homes, has invaded the multifamily, co-living and apartment space. The trend in property technology isn’t moving out of the industry anytime soon. But while benefits like unlocking the door from your smartphone are attractive to tenants, smart technology may mean even more for ...
The construction phase is exciting, but it’s also one of the riskiest times during your project. Minimizing the risk of a severe injury during this phase is key to retaining your profit, and potentially, protecting your entire business. Whether you are a do-it-yourself-er, or you hire out the rehab process ...
Continuing a Trend, Annual Foreclosures Rates Drop in Every State Except One
For 11 consecutive months, the annual rate of foreclosures has dropped, according to a recent report from ATTOM Data Solutions. In May 2019, the real estate analytics provider found that foreclosure filings were reported on a total of 56,152 U.S. properties, which is a 1 percent increase from April, but ...
When people think of vacation rentals, usually the serenity of the beach or mountains comes to mind, not the hustle and bustle of a city. There is a growing debate in the vacation rental/short-term rental industry if urban properties really are vacation rentals. Short term is considered anything less than ...
Vacation rentals, increasingly referred to as private accommodations, have been around for decades. Historically, a family would buy a second home and then hire a property manager to rent it out during the time it wasn’t in use. With this tactic, the owners used vacation rental income to defray ongoing ...
Cryptocurrency and Real Estate
Cryptocurrency and one of its main underlying technologies, Blockchain, seem poised to transform many industries. Real estate, which tends to be a conservative, slow-to-change industry, is ripe for transformation by these technologies. How can real estate investors take advantage of Bitcoin and Blockchain to set themselves apart from the crowd ...
A Different Kind of Smoke Damage
A home's value generally relates to the condition and features of the property. Homeowners and sellers should understand that certain behaviors by residents have regularly been shown to negatively affect the value of a home by worsening its condition in the eyes of buyers. One example of this is smoking indoors. Most ...
To gain the depth of knowledge essential to becoming successful, it is important for real estate investors to develop a focus. Taking the time to build a deep level of understanding in a specific area is integral to long-term success. Once a particular market is mastered, the investor can move ...
