Year: 2020

Valuation Options for Lending

Valuation Options for Lending

As an alternative to traditional appraisals, faster and cheaper valuation options are available to keep your pipeline flowing and your confidence high. In this day in age, where time is of the essence and deals can be completed in a matter of days rather than weeks, there is still one part of the...

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Real Estate Investing Outlook

Real Estate Investing Outlook

What’s the industry look like for the fourth quarter of 2020 and beyond? Heading into the fourth quarter of 2020 is the perfect time to evaluate what impact, if any, the pandemic has had on the real estate industry as well as predict what investors should be prepared for as this tumultuous year...

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Mortgage Forbearance: A Sign of the Times?

Mortgage Forbearance: A Sign of the Times?

Why the COVID-19 pandemic might not lead to a wave of foreclosures The U.S. economy dropped by almost 32% in the second quarter of 2020, leading 55 million Americans to file for unemployment. Under normal circumstances, the disastrous economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic would lead to a...

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Should You Invest in Single-Family Rentals in 2020?

Should You Invest in Single-Family Rentals in 2020?

As Americans consider the need for more space, demand for single-family rentals will likely remain strong. Real estate investing requires capital, patience and discipline. It is a sound way to build wealth, but it is not for the faint of heart. Capital Capital is needed both to make the initial...

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Regional Spotlight: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Regional Spotlight: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Steel City’s innovative spirit keeps the market hot under duress. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has not historically been a city of extremes. During the housing boom, the subsequent housing crash and the Great Recession of the early 2000s, property values remained largely flat relative to the...

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A History of Commitment to Growth in Real Estate

A History of Commitment to Growth in Real Estate

Radian combines strategy, innovation to support the American Dream Single-family rental real estate is an institution that arguably dates to feudal times, and the single-family rental has existed in various forms in the U.S. since the founding of Jamestown. Radian may not date to colonial days,...

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The Importance of Including HOAs in Your Due Diligence

The Importance of Including HOAs in Your Due Diligence

Your real estate due diligence checklist isn’t complete if it doesn’t include homeowners’ associations. The need for due diligence in real estate transactions should go without saying, but many buyers fast-track through some important areas of the process. Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer or...

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Tapping into Trillions

Tapping into Trillions

Using self-directed IRAs for private funding Whether you are a first-time homebuyer, an experienced fix-and-flipper or an expert in rentals, there is always a need for funds. Investors will always need money for deals, and sometimes traditional bank loans aren’t available to everyone. Or others...

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Trends in Interior Paint

Trends in Interior Paint

Just in time for fall—out with the warm and in with the cool! In today’s real estate market, there is a trend that many sellers are overlooking. It is one of the most basic and cost-effective ways to increase the values of their homes—interior paint. What the studies are saying about millennial...

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