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U.S. Foreclosure Activity Drops to 16-Year Low in 2020

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Foreclosure Starts and Completions Hit New Record Lows Nationwide Amid Pandemic ATTOM Data Solutions, licensor of the nation’s most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac (www.realtytrac.com), a foreclosure listings portal, released its Year-End 2020 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings—default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions—were reported on 214,323 U.S. properties in 2020, down 57 percent from 2019 and down 93 percent from a peak of

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From Dentist to Real Estate Executive

Five Brothers’ Nickie Kalas is Dedicated to Growth & Service by Carole VanSickle Ellis Nickie Badalamenti-Kalas grew up in the business of real estate. As the youngest child of Joseph “Joe Bada” Badalamenti, founder and present-day chairman emeritus of field service solutions provider Five Brothers Asset Management Solutions, the industry was always operating in the background of her childhood home. “My dad started [Five Brothers] with my mom, who worked

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Design Tips: Accent Walls

Renovating a Room With Just a Little Bit of Work by Alyssa Sprague Accent walls have become an increasingly popular way to give your home a unique and personal touch. And they can be designed to renovate any space or style. The walls can range from varying levels of difficulty as well, making it a perfect homeowner DIY project that elevates a room to a more upscale feel that fits

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The Single-Family Rental Market Has Become a Search for Supply

Investors Are Exploring New Ways to Expand Supply by Greg Godderidge The durability and stability of the Single-Family Rental (SFR) market is one of the few real estate investment bright spots of the past year. If the 2020 trend continues, the SFR asset class is positioned to be one of the biggest stories of 2021. With the backdrop of a national housing supply/demand imbalance, the SFR growth trend is so

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Queen City Real Estate Ramps Up in 2021 by Carole VanSickle Ellis Charlotte, North Carolina, is probably best known for banking. Despite trailing 21 other U.S. cities in size and falling firmly into the “second-tier” or 18-hour city categories in economic parlance, the Queen City is the second-largest banking center in the United States (behind only New York City) and has been successfully luring major employers, including Fortune 500 behemoths

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Paving the Way for Investor Success

DLP’s Company Culture Creates Laser Focus on Productivity & Returns by Carole VanSickle Ellis After Don Wenner, founder and CEO of DLP Real Estate Capital, attended his eighth-grade career day, he plotted his career path as a financial advisor based on a salary chart that showed financial advisors made more money than doctors, lawyers, and accountants. “I was good at math, entrepreneurial, and driven. I thought, ‘Hey, I could do

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