Q&A with Phillip Yates, VP of Operations & Head of Leasing & Marketing How Technology Sets Us Apart from the Competition Q: To begin, tell me a little about Kairos Living? A: Kairos Living began operations in July 2019 based out of Chicago. We are a vertically integrated real estate company that handles all aspects of property ownership and operations from sourcing and acquisitions to renovations, leasing and property management.
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Improve Your Bottom Line by Offloading Risk by Adam Meshekow Every real estate investor can recall with great clarity and detail a time when a defaulting tenant caused thousands of dollars in damage to an apartment or home rental. While infrequent occurrences, when they do happen, they can ruin an otherwise strong annual financial performance. In a year of unprecedented rent default and massive unemployment, missed rents and bad debt
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Act Quickly, Honestly, and Decisively by Adam Stern The residential housing market is HOT. Inventory is down in all major markets acrossthe country, prices have risen precipitously for consecutive years since the late 2010’s, and the influx of capital into the rental housing space has been steady and ever increasing. Low inventory, cheap money, and the driver? People are renting homes at a faster pace than ever before. The confluence
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…And Why So Many Housing Economists Got It Wrong by Brian Fluhr One year ago, at the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, housing economists were making dire predictions for the market. The demise of housing did not play out the way many anticipated for several reasons but foremost because strong economic housing fundamentals were already in place pre-pandemic. These fundamentals included the durable credit of borrowers, balanced debt-to-income ratios, and
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“New England’s Rising Star” City Could See Falling Home Prices Before 2022 by Carole VanSickle Ellis Hartford, Connecticut, is home to a lot of long-established locations, including the country’s oldest public art museum, the oldest publicly funded park, and the oldest continuously published newspaper. The city has also served as home to many historic figures, including Mark Twain, John M. Browning (inventor of the automatic pistol), and Alice Young, the
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Appraisal Nation’s Loyalty to Clients & the Industry Stands Out by Carole VanSickle Ellis Michael Tedesco and his partners founded Appraisal Nation in 2007, just in time for one of the worst housing corrections in history. It might sound like a terrible beginning, but Tedesco proudly notes it was the crisis that formed the cornerstone of Appraisal Nation. “We lived through one of the worst housing recessions in history, and
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