Investors are using this method to heat up their real estate portfolios. by Christian Pepe You’ve probably heard of the famous BRRRR method, the phrase made popular by Bigger Pockets’ Brandon Turner. The BRRRR method involves five steps: Buy Renovate Rent Refinance Repeat. It’s a new name for a time-tested strategy to create wealth through real estate. Whether you know the acronym or not, all seasoned real estate investors understand
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Technology is shaping the latest phase of single-family rental—and new opportunities await both investors and renters. Single-family rental (SFR) investing has existed for as long as landlords have owned detached single-family rental homes. In modern times, a landlord is any individual(s), government body or institution that provides housing for people who either can’t afford or don’t want to own their own homes. Great Recession Triggers SFR 2.0 Although various new
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Industry behemoth Altisource is helping every investor scale When Stephen R. Covey observed in the 1980s, “The key is not in spending time, but investing it,” he could have been describing the problem Altisource would be solving roughly three decades later. Altisource, an integrated service provider and marketplace for the real estate and mortgage industries, offers a tailored suite of services for real estate investors. Altisource Vice President Ben Hall
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Sidebar to January 2020 Regional Spotlight: Why Chicago Works for Investors in 2020 Local brokers are finding it difficult to find enough positive adjectives to describe Chicago’s warehouse market. “The demand has been unbelievable,” said Fred Regnery, principal broker at the Colliers Rosemont office, noting that even trade tensions with China have not dampened demand for this type of property. “The underlying fundamentals have been so good the tariffs haven’t
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Investment opportunities will continue to grow. Perhaps better than any other group, America’s Realtors understand how property ownership has the potential to change lives and enhance futures for individuals from every background and in every corner of this country. Homeowners volunteer, serve on community boards and vote in local elections at a higher rate than the general population. And studies have shown that the children of homeowners perform better in
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Co-housing may be the solution to senior citizens’ housing needs—and an opportunity for investors. From McMansions to mini homes, the housing market is ever changing. A major shift that’s occurring right now is being fueled by the aging of the baby boomer generation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 National Population Projections report, every person in this cohort of the population will be 65 or older by 2030—just a
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