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Reducing Concerns Regarding Loan Extensions
One of the more common questions asked by real estate investors is, “When will I receive my principal back?” The principal repayment is dependent on the borrower, who must repay the underlying loan before the investor will receive the principal that they originally invested. When some investors hear that a ...
Should You Pay Off Mortgage Points for Your Rental Property?
One way to lower the rate on your next mortgage is to buy mortgage points. But while buying points might make sense for some investors, for others it may not be the right way to go. The question of whether to buy points for your rental property or not is ...
Exploring the Benefits of a Real Estate Qualified Estate Plan
When it comes to thinking about asset protection for real estate investing, we tend to focus on LLCs, corporations, tax strategies, etc. What can get missed in all of the discussions is estate planning. As a real estate investor, you may be looking to create extra income to put your children ...
As a real estate investor, you can’t get around the fact that you need people. You need sellers, you need buyers, and you need everyone in between in order to make deals happen. People are the lifeblood of every good business. People can make or break your success, and investing ...
The Cost is Worth the Coverage
Choosing insurance to protect your investment projects can be tricky – after all, you don’t plan to own this for long, so why opt for additional coverage? Read below for some of the common “cost-saving” insurance missteps: Inadequate Coverage Amounts One of the most common mistakes when selecting an insurance ...
Kansas City: Some Metrics on the Mid-size, Midwest Market
Kansas City is a mid-size metropolis that spans two states: Kansas and Missouri. Let’s take a look at the Missouri side of this former fur-trading post that lies on the banks of the Missouri River. With a population of 463,202 people and 147 constituent neighborhoods, Kansas City boasts a mixed ...
How to Save on Utilities During Tenant Turnovers
One of the biggest costs of owning single-family rental properties is tenant turnover. A vacant rental home, even one that’s empty for just a few weeks or months, will need repairs and maintenance, utilities paid, and a new tenant found and screened. In such situations, any little bit you can ...
Hot Housing Market Predictions
According to the research of my friend Marco Santarelli of Norada Real Estate Investments, as of April 2020, “There is probably no hotter market right now than Kansas City, Missouri. A large, prosperous, self-sufficient, and culturally rich city, which has seen a continuous rise in its employment, directly impacting the ...
Self-Directed Investing – The Journey
Looking back to 2005, it’s hard to believe that a college internship expo would be one of the most pivotal moments in my career. Like every other young and eager college student at the event, I stood in long lines at all the “brand” name firms just to hand over ...
Airbnb Investments during the Pandemic
You have seen the headlines – “Airbnb to layoff nearly 1900 workers” CNBC May 5, 2020 “A Bargain With the Devil’—Bill Comes Due for Overextended Airbnb Hosts” WSJ April 28 The facts are that many investors invested in Airbnb with the expectation of generating considerable rental income to justify the ...
Don’t Let “New Normal” Slow You Down
Turn on any newscast and one of the phrases you are likely to hear is the “New Normal.” There is an expectation that the COVID-19 crisis has permanently altered just about everything we know to be true and that we should accept our fate. I take a slightly different view, ...
Are You Legally Compliant for Raising Rent?
Profitable single-family rental properties depend on regular rent increases. As the market, property values, and demand changes, so too should your rental rate. But like most business decisions, there are both good and bad ways to raise the rent on a rental home. What is more, your strategy to raise ...
Owner Associations and Single-Family Rentals
For some rental property investors, finding out that the bargain property you want to buy is governed by an Owners’ Association is an automatic deal-breaker. But while buying single-family rental properties in neighborhoods with Owners’ Associations can present some unique challenges, it doesn’t necessarily need to disqualify an otherwise high-potential ...
How to Virtually Showcase Your Rental Property
Now more than ever, renters are making leasing decisions virtually. According to research conducted in a partnership between Apartments.com and Kingsley Associates, virtual tour mentions in email leads increased over 140% from March to April 2020, making it that much more important that your property is equipped to handle such ...
Buying at auction can be an excellent way to pick up some exceptional real estate deals, but many investors are unsure how to take the title. As a result, mistakes lead to issues selling the property or potential lawsuits from disgruntled buyers. Buying in Personal Name with Subsequent Transfer When ...
Upzoning is a relatively new feature of real estate markets, and the long-term impact it will have on housing markets, tenants, and rental property investors can be hard to determine because while a few larger cities have started to compile data from upzoning efforts, in other areas the effects remain ...
Tracking Your Business Expense
You know the old saying “death and taxes”? There’s a little truth to that saying. If you are used to going to a CPA firm and just getting a piece of paper back with the results, this article is for you. At the end of the day, taxes can equal ...
The last article discussed how inflation can benefit the properly leveraged real estate investor. Now, let’s go deeper. I lead into every conversation regarding the benefits of inflation by asking investors what they think the current rate of inflation is. Often, I hear “two to three percent,” which is not ...
Is your marketing strategy “so last decade?” Spoiler alert— If you haven’t fallen in line with the death of bandit signs, it might be… Nearly every 2020 Real Estate Investment prediction out there shares at least one common prediction — we’re headed into an extremely competitive market. Now is the ...
What Real Estate Investors Can Expect In Summer 2020
What Real Estate Investors Can Expect In Summer 2020 Just a few months into 2020, the world changed rapidly. The way many of us live, work and interact with one another evolved to contend with a global health crisis. Large, in-person gatherings were limited, demand for telework increased and entire ...
Many times, fix and flip investors have come to us to ask for a small bridge fund to carry them on until their construction lender(s) release the requested construction draw. To avoid any of these shortfalls during the course of construction, it is important to know these rules that construction ...
Hybrid Real Estate Entrepreneurs
Do not read the next sentence if you’re a real estate agent. …You little rebel, I like you! Rebels make powerful real estate entrepreneurs because they challenge rules, defy industry norms, and chart new paths toward success. They’re unhindered by traditional roadblocks and their innovation makes them industry game-changers who ...
With all the real estate financing options out there, it can be hard to know which one is right for you. So, what are your options to finance your next project? Cash (Equity): most expensive capital and could limit your project volume Bank Loan: requires outstanding credit and will not ...
Interest rates are an important part of any investor’s business strategy. Unfortunately, interest rates and your investing goals may not always peacefully coexist because interest rates are also a monetary tool used by the country’s central bank to stimulate an economy and control inflation. In certain situations, central banks may ...
Understanding the 3 M’s: Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular
You know by now that you can stand to make a sizable fortune off of mobile home investing, but do you understand the difference in the “M’s” behind the millions? This is your one-stop shop to understanding the differences between what is regularly encompassed as a mobile home, but is ...
