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Q&A With Colonial Funding Group LLC & NoteSchool

Eddie Speed’s creative real estate strategies stand the test of time. Eddie Speed, founder of the educational company NoteSchool and owner and president of Colonial Funding Group LLC, has been a leader in the real estate-secured note business for nearly 40 years. Throughout those decades, he has become known for his take-no-prisoners honesty and relentless strategic creativity. He leverages both on behalf of students and investors who are focused on

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Will The 2020s Be The Decade of Single-Family Rental?

The sector appears well-positioned to become an even more important option in the coming decade. As we enter a new decade, housing observers across the country are making predictions for what the next 10 years will bring. With structural factors like the shortage of affordable housing and high rental demand continuing to shape markets large and small, one sector that is poised to continue its momentum in the 2020s is

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“Experience” Real Estate

Understanding the experience economy will position real estate professionals to deliver a unique customer experience. Over the past decade, a monumental shift has occurred in the way consumers are experiencing real estate. With the advent of online travel agencies, the mobility of the millennial generation and consumers’ desire for unique experiences, traditional real estate has been going through a transformation.  Understanding and adapting to these market dynamics will create newfound

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Technology Is Crucial to Lower Your Property Management Risk

Relying on a firm that uses modern technology and data not only mitigates risk but also creates significant trust and transparency between property managers and their management firms. The property management industry has needed a tech infusion for quite some time. Until recently, the property management space has been inefficient because many companies still manage in a very manual way. They’re mainly reactive, consisting of small and nonscalable teams managing

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The Evolution of the Single-Family House Space

The new asset class on Wall Street is single-family homes, with a new focus on build-to-rent communities. In 1979, I purchased my first single-family investment property. It was located in Williamsville, New York, and I paid $23,200 for it at a mortgage foreclosure. After investing slightly more than $10,000 to renovate it, I sold it for $57,000, netting a profit of $20,000. That deal changed my life. I’ve been involved

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Hamilton Zanze Acquires Two Maryland Apartment Communities

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San Francisco-based real estate firm Hamilton Zanze has acquired two apartment communities in Columbia, Maryland, including the Timbers at Long Reach apartments and the Chimneys of Cradlerock. The deal closed Dec. 31, 2019, with seller Aimco. HZ now owns and operates six residential apartment communities in the D.C. metro area. HZ’s capital improvements plans for the properties include exterior maintenance and improvements, landscaping and interior unit renovations. At the Chimneys

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