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OWNING A HOME MORE AFFORDABLE THAN RENTING IN NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF U.S. HOUSING MARKETS

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ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its 2021 Rental Affordability Report, which shows that owning a median-priced three-bedroom home is more affordable than renting a three-bedroom property in 572, or 63 percent of the 915 U.S. counties analyzed for the report. That has happened even though median home prices have increased more than average rents over the past year in 83 percent of those counties

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Investor Profile

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Vince and Noelle Mora ACHIEVING WORK-LIFE BALANCE Achieving a “work-life” balance is a basic human need and desire that everybody strives for, but few ever achieve. For Vince and Noelle Mora, that is the very reason they started VinLex Ventures LLC, an independently owned and operated HomeVestors® franchise, in 2014. “I needed to be my own boss and get some balance in my life,” said Vince. “I needed to avoid

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A True Team Player

Home Depot’s Frank Blake Will Never Stop Building by Carole VanSickle Ellis Frank Blake will be the first to tell you he’s extremely grateful for his team. In fact, that is the mantra you will hear over and over in conversation if you speak with him for any length of time. “You are only as good as your team,” the Bronze Star recipient and current Home Depot general manager for

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November Foreclosure Filings Dip from October

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Foreclosure Moratorium Extended to 2021 ATTOM Data Solutions, licensor of the nation’s most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac (realtytrac.com), a foreclosure listings portal, released its November 2020 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 10,042 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings—default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions—in November 2020, down 14 percent from a month ago and down 80 percent from a year ago.

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Connect the Dots to More Seller Leads

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Utilizing Technology and Data to Optimize Marketing Performance by Robert Rakowski Lead generation and financing are likely the two most challenging aspects of real estate investing. HomeVestors®, the We Buy Ugly Houses® people, is America’s #1 Homebuyer and generates more motivated seller leads than any competitor in the discount homebuying business. Enter Charlie Calise and Imaginuity Charlie Calise is the Chairman of Imaginuity, an integrated marketing agency located in Dallas,

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The Future of Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits for Real Estate

A Legal Perspective on Benefits, Requirements and Criticisms by Jenny Connors The opportunity zone (“OZ”) tax incentive, which was enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, has been a major catalyst for real estate investment over the past three years. Initiated as a bipartisan effort for economic growth and job creation, the incentive was intended to promote long-term, private investment in America’s low-income communities. The incentive, however,

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