Month: October 2021

Aaron Katz and Jeremy Gavin

Aaron Katz and Jeremy Gavin

Straight From College to Real Estate Aaron Katz and Jeremy Gavin were college roommates at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst when they first decided to get involved in real estate investing. After graduating in 2001, they began searching for their first investment property. With no money...

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Home Flipping Increases While Profit Margins Continue to Drop

Home Flipping Increases While Profit Margins Continue to Drop

Typical Profit Margins Slump to 10-year Low ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its second-quarter 2021 U.S. Home Flipping Report showing that 79,733 single-family homes and condominiums in the United States were flipped in the second quarter. Those transactions...

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A Guide to Property Insights

A Guide to Property Insights

Streamlining Your Operations to Make Your Portfolio More Profitable By Kori Covrigaru Does managing your real estate investment portfolio leave you feeling stressed? Single-family rental (SFR) investors have a host of logistical and operational tasks that can put pressure on their schedules and...

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Using a Self-Directed IRA to Invest in Real Estate

Using a Self-Directed IRA to Invest in Real Estate

Navigating the Rules for IRS Compliance by Erica Campos and Eric Feldman Investing into a retirement fund is one of the most crucial financial decisions a person makes throughout their life. Many individuals choose to do so through use of an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). If one elects to...

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Installment Sales May Provide Tax Flexibility

Installment Sales May Provide Tax Flexibility

It is Impossible to Predict the Outcome of Proposed Tax Legislation  by Scott Roper In today’s hot real estate market, many investors own real estate that is substantially appreciated. Some investors are choosing to cash out and pocket their gain while demand for real estate and selling...

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Life’s Better on the Water

Life’s Better on the Water

How COVID-19 has Affected 3 Different Waterfront Markets by Carole VanSickle Ellis The global pandemic might have lit the fire underneath U.S. vacation real estate, but fundamentals are keeping things frenzied in many waterfront locations around the country from East Coast beaches to West Coast...

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Innovative Solutions for Experienced Investors

Innovative Solutions for Experienced Investors

Temple View Capital has Service, Creativity in Its DNA by Carole VanSickle Ellis Steven Trowern, co-founder and principal at Temple View Capital, does not pull any punches when it comes to explaining how the non-bank lender operates. “When we identify situations where the credit market is either...

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Rethinking Private Loans

Rethinking Private Loans

Facing the Challenges in Housing Demand and Funding by John Beacham The U.S. is experiencing a severe shortage of quality, affordable housing and new construction developments are unable to sustainably meet demand. However, renovation, repositioning and rental of residential properties, fueled by...

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Private Money Has Become Semi-Institutional

Private Money Has Become Semi-Institutional

What Does the Future Hold for These Capital Sources? by Barry Harari Are you a real estate investor looking for funding capital? As plentiful as cash seems to be right now, real estate speculators may find it challenging to secure the capital they seek to get a project off the ground. While cash...

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