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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 ...
We all know the old saying: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This is true in business. It seems that most people let out a collective sigh after April 15th. This is not true with business owners. If you are running a business and you are only ...
Leveraging Your Retirement Account
When it comes to purchasing real estate with an IRA, the typical scenario works as follows: Roll you traditional IRA into a self-directed IRA Identify the investment then contact your self-directed IRA custodian to close on the property Going forward all income will flow to your self-directed IRA Consider Frank, ...
How to Find the Right Fix-and-Flip Property
Sponsored Advertising Content With the potential benefit of buying at a discount, adding value to a property and its surrounding community, then turning a profit for your hard work, what’s not to love? Fix-and-flip investments can have plenty of upsides, but to be successful, you’ll need to start with finding ...
Expand Your Real Estate Social Network
Building a strong real estate social network does not happen on its own. To build a network that can help you achieve your real estate goals, you must be proactive in seeking connections. The most convenient medium to do this is social media. Today, the average American spends an average ...
Most lenders require some level of experience before they will fund a deal. Experience shows that you have a team, understand your market, are capable of managing a project, and have made and learned from past mistakes. Good lenders typically have more projects to fund than they can handle. Typically, ...
GROUNDFLOOR Finance is an alternative financing platform dedicated to real estate investors looking for financing on your next project. Whether you have a project in hand, are a new flipper or are just interested in ways to gain from real estate, GROUNDFLOOR has options for every real estate investor. Invest ...
As described in the December 2019 article, I worked with Dr. John Abernathy, Accounting Professor at Kennesaw State University to create a tool to calculate how inflation impacts compound interest. It is reasonable that when entertaining financing a property, one looks at interest and how much they might be forced ...
Everyone has some form of tax anxiety. This anxiety can stem from the fear of audit, the unknown, or the amount paid in taxes. We have all heard the term innocent until proven guilty. That’s the society that we feel we live in. But with the IRS, it is the ...
Profitable single-family rental properties take many different forms from simple, affordable homes, to high-end properties that allow you to charge an equally high-end rental rate. But profitability in rental homes has less to do with the price of the property itself and far more to do with how high your ...
Customizable Relationship Tools
Look, if you’re like me—a fellow Real Estate Investor—you’re over it. The mere glimpse of these three letters makes you cringe. If you’re fortunate enough not to know what I’m referring to, count yourself blessed. But for the rest of us, you probably feel my sentiment deep down in your ...
