REI INK

Hybrid Valuation Tools Are Making Remote Appraisals Easier for the BTR Market

Cost Effective Alternatives for the BTR Investor by Kade Clark Historically low interest rates and thin inventory of available homes to buy have pushed up home prices, creating a hurdle for Americans who want more space for working from home, remote learning, and maybe a treadmill to stay in shape. This combination of factors has attracted investors to the single-family rental market and forced some to create their own opportunities

Read More

Envelope Stuffer to CEO

PIP Group’s Charles Sells’ Real Estate Journey by Carole VanSickle Ellis When Charles Sells, founder and CEO of Platinum Investment Properties (PIP) Group looks back on how he got started in real estate, he proudly admits he started at the very bottom of the ladder. “In my early 20s, I took a part-time job at a company investing in tax liens stuffing envelopes for $10 an hour,” he recalled. Today,

Read More

Alternative Strategies: Off-Market Properties are the Hidden Gems for Investors

Options Within the Single-Family Industry by Rick Sharga For those not interested in splurging on Bitcoin or fighting with hedge funds over GameStop shares, there are no shortage of alternative investment opportunities in real estate. Typical real estate transactions involve working with a real estate agent, finding a property listed for sale on the local multiple listing service (MLS), and competing with other investors and traditional homebuyers to purchase the

Read More

Home Price Increases in Opportunity Zone Redevelopment Areas Keeping Pace with Nationwide Gains

  • by
  • Comment Off
  • 683 views

Median Values Jump At Least 10 Percent in Almost Two-Thirds of Zones ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its fourth-quarter 2020 special report analyzing qualified low-income Opportunity Zones established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs act of 2017. In this report, ATTOM looked at 3,588 zones around the United States with sufficient sales data to analyze, meaning they had at least five home

Read More

Finding Value in the Intellectual Property Assets of Distressed Companies

Buying Intellectual Property as an Investment Opportunity by Jennifer McLain McLemore Last year’s wave of retail bankruptcies will have a long-lasting impact on the structure of modern shopping centers. However, the businesses that sought bankruptcy protection and the diverse outcomes can be instructive beyond the struggles of retailers. These bankruptcy cases provide examples of investment opportunities that arise when distressed companies seek liquidity by selling some or all of their

Read More

Too Much Innovation Can Get You in Trouble

Don’t Get Too Creative with Diversification in 2021 by Bryan Ellis There is a word you should probably get ready to hear a lot in 2021. No, it is not “unprecedented”. That was last year’s word. This year’s word is going to be different. It is already incredibly popular. In fact, some of the world’s best-loved “experts” in investing use this word all the time already. It is a word

Read More