Emerald Capital Funding now operates as Pacific Equity & Loan after joining with Pacific Equity & Loan. The deal will allow them to provide more resources and investment opportunities to real estate investors in the Washington market. “The move comes amid a rapidly evolving mortgage...
Year: 2020

The BRRRR Method Is Actually Quite Hot!
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: BuyRenovateRentRefinanceRepeat. It’s a new name for a...

The Rise of SFR 3.0
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),...

Innovation Points Straight to Evolution
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...

Chicago’s “Unbelievable” Industrial Real Estate Sector
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...

The Future of Senior Housing
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....

Real Estate’s Financial Opportunity
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...

2020: The Year of the Platform
How “proptech” innovators are transforming residential real estate Although early innovators such as Zillow have been around for almost two decades, the full impact of the internet on the real estate industry has come into focus in just the last few years. Dozens of new VC-backed companies have...

Ohio Foreclosure Law Changes
The changes bring advantages to investors who take the time to understand them. If you want to invest in foreclosed properties in Ohio, you should know about changes the state made a few years ago to its foreclosure law. The changes make it easier for investors to buy foreclosed properties. But,...