I grew up in Damascus loving soccer. My position was goalie. In and of itself, that was a challenge! In Damascus, unlike in the U.S., the fields I played on were dirt and concrete. I loved swimming too. And, of all things, volleyball was a favorite (we won’t mention my height handicap). So, let’s just say I had a lot of imagination and heart! Wishing Upon a Star Once, when
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The rental market is hot, but be realistic when setting rental prices. It’s no secret that the rental market in the U.S. has seen incredible growth in the past decade. Rental prices have steadily increased 3-5% annually, with an average increase across the last decade of about 3.11% year to year. From millennials to retirees, more and more people are choosing to rent rather than to buy. The steady growth
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Dedicated to an Upward Trajectory Raleigh’s real estate market is the product of careful and strategic planning—227 years of it, to be exact. The capital of North Carolina, Raleigh was designated such in 1788 in the wake of the Revolutionary War and incorporated shortly after. At that time, the city was laid out in a careful grid pattern that remains intact, in large part, to this day. One of the
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Turn-key notes could be a valuable addition to your investment portfolio. It’s hard to dispute this quote from Robert Kiyosaki: “Toobtain financial freedom, one must be either a business owner, an investor orboth, generating passive income, particularly on a monthly basis.” Passive monthly income investments are available in the realestate market today in the form of “turn-key notes.” Record inventory levels of performing notes (PN) werecreated in the years following
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Private equity and venture capital funds are investing heavily in all types of furnished monthly rentals. 2nd Address, a rental platform for furnished monthlyrentals, just received an additional $10 million in additional funds tocontinue to expand their service area providing a transactional platform forprivate property owners offering furnished monthly rentals. Stay Alfred, a company trying to add professionalism toAirbnb by leasing thousands of apartments and offering a standardized furnishedresidential hospitality
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Regulatory changes open up more investment opportunities in parking lots. Real estate investors seem to be enamored by the latest trend. It’s essentially a game of buy low, sell high—and what‘s everyone else doing? You may have a REIT in your portfolio, or you may be hands-on with your properties. But, you probably don’t have a parking facility generating income for you. In fact, most people don’t. For the longest
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