Year: 2020

Foreclosure Buyers Moving Online in Wake of COVID-19 Crisis

Foreclosure Buyers Moving Online in Wake of COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-10’s impact on real estate investing Auction.com’s recently released second quarter 2020 Foreclosure Buyer Insights report focuses on buyer outlook, sentiment and acquisition strategies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing market turmoil. The data in the report comes from two...

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Should I Allow Pets in My Rental Properties?

Should I Allow Pets in My Rental Properties?

Pet-friendly rentals can mean more revenue, a larger pool of tenants and longer leases. Making the decision to invest in residential real estate is an excellent step in the right direction toward building wealth. While this is a wise choice, there are many things to consider to get the best return...

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Do Your Homework on Coinsurance

Do Your Homework on Coinsurance

Coinsurance can be costly if you don’t understand the penalties. You’re a savvy investor. You make sound, confident decisions about the properties you’ve added to your portfolio. And your strategy has been successful. Yet even the most successful real estate investors can be snagged by the...

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Q&A With Growth Group’s Steven Cinelli

Q&A With Growth Group’s Steven Cinelli

Futurist and growth advisor discusses outlook for the national and global economies Steven Cinelli is the founder of California-based Growth Group and the managing director of boutique advisory firm SLAMINA LLC. He also serves as an adviser for London-based fintech incubator and consulting firm...

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5 Economic “Side Effects” of the Coronavirus

5 Economic “Side Effects” of the Coronavirus

How you respond to them could mean the difference between the survival or total failure of your business. For real estate investors, COVID-19 hits very close to home. Literally. In some states, investors find themselves in terrible financial danger because they cannot finish their flips, show...

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One Company’s Experience Dealing with the Unknown of COVID-19

One Company’s Experience Dealing with the Unknown of COVID-19

3 key questions we asked to determine our course of action Renters Warehouse was heading into a spring market that had great potential for us. New clients. New technology. We had just spent a year integrating the largest third-party management company in single-family rental (SFR) with a...

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Charting Your Real Estate Investments Through Troubled Waters

Charting Your Real Estate Investments Through Troubled Waters

Several factors are at play in the real estate market, but cash is still king. There’s been a lot of conversation about how COVID-19 will affect the U.S. residential real estate market. As real estate investors, we want to have current information with accurate updates so we can make informed...

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Keep Showing Properties, Just Don’t Be There

Keep Showing Properties, Just Don’t Be There

Virtual tools expand your opportunities for showing properties. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? That’s a question to debate with your friends during a virtual happy hour. For now, let’s dive deep into a similar philosophical question about your...

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Hands-On Property Management in the Pandemic Era

Hands-On Property Management in the Pandemic Era

Many tenants are poised to adapt to a property management inspection model that is safer, more effective and resilient to social distancing restrictions. Modern innovations like grocery store self-checkout, online retail shopping and webinar conferences weren’t, of course, developed in response to...

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