In the third quarter of 2019, overall home flips dropped 12.9% over the previous quarter and were down 6.8% from a year ago, according to ATTOM Data Solutions' third-quarter 2019 U.S. Home Flipping Report. Home flipping rates were down in 78% of the local markets (115 of 147) analyzed in the...
A well-documented and consistently used screening process can help you select better tenants. Residential landlords dream of renting to the right tenants—conscientious individuals or families who care for their rental property, notify the landlord of maintenance issues and pay rent without causing...
Single-family rental inventory is accessible to a broader pool of buyers. Wall Street-backed institutional investors have largely curtailed their acquisition of single- family rentals in recent years, but strong demand from medium-sized investors on Main Street and mom-and-pop investors on...
For investors willing to work for it, Beantown rewards are waiting. Two words will nearly always come up in any discussion covering Boston real estate: “tight” and “expensive.” Given a decade of population growth and a phenomenal jobs market based in high-demand, recession-resistant sectors like...
Matt Rodak’s perfect timing creates wealth and opportunities while enhancing communities. Matt Rodak, founder and CEO of Fund That Flip, decided to be a real estate investor before he was old enough to drive. Even as a young teen, the appeal of generating wealth while building up a local community...
Following the trends of 2017 and 2018 (which saw five of the 15 costliest catastrophes in history), 2019 continued to see property and liability rates rise—and more stringent underwriting requirements. Some insurers’ once-strong appetites for risk in the habitational insurance market are waning....
Make sure you understand what you’re buying and what it covers. If I pay an insurance premium, does that mean I’ll get paid if something goes wrong? That question is difficult for the average insurance agent as well as the typical insurance consumer to answer. Understanding some insurance...
The industry isn’t sexy or magic, but self-storage is a powerful asset that can grow your finances and solidify your future. It isn’t likely that you’ll find a self-storage facility on Madison Avenue or Rodeo Drive, and you probably won’t find one next door to a trendy, high-end restaurant owned...
Real estate technology company HouseCanary has introduced ComeHome, a proprietary platform built for mortgage lenders to attract, retain and convert customers into their suite of loan products. ComeHome is a co-branded mobile and desktop experience that offers an integrated digital home...
