Jeffrey Hotz From Musician to Real Estate Entrepreneur As the son of a real estate agent mother, Jeff Hotz always had a passion for real estate. He also had a passion for music. After graduating high school, Jeff joined the United States Marine Corps with the express goal of being a musician in...
Scaling Your Residential Real Estate Portfolio Through SFR Properties 2021 could be the ideal year for investing in SFR properties. Here’s where to find the support you need to grow your residential property portfolio. “More U.S. households are renting than in any point in 50 years.” When Pew...
Starting a New Chapter and Looking Ahead REI INK had the opportunity to interview Jennifer McGuinness, the president of Invigorate Finance, a newly formed partnership between Mortgage Venture Partners and Fay Financial. McGuinness brings over twenty-five years of lending and aggregation, banking,...
The “Hostess City” is Primed for Growth, Perfect for Investors by Carole VanSickle Ellis In March 2020, the outlook seemed uncertain for the Savannah, Georgia, economy. Analysts looked at the city that is host to the largest and fastest-growing container terminal in America, the Port of Savannah,...
RealtyTrac is Ready to Optimize Established Strengths & New Ones by Carole VanSickle Ellis RealtyTrac, one of the oldest and most established names in the web-based real estate space, is putting “the pedal to the metal,” as parent company ATTOM Data Solutions’ CEO Rob Barber puts it—and, as is...
Use Smart Technology to Strike Gold by Tim Reilly A confluence of forces has turned the market for single-family rental (SFR) properties into something resembling a gold rush. As buyers, speculators and institutional investors lean into the market in search for real estate value, the odds of...
A New Sought-After Amenity by Adam Meshekow Everyone remembers their first time renting an apartment and having to put up a security deposit. I certainly remember. After finishing college, I moved to New York City and, after an exhausting search, found my dream studio apartment in Greenwich...
What You Need to Know Before They Go! by Kerry Medel and Alyssa Mountain The federal ban on evictions is putting pressure on investors and landlords who are unable to directly access Covid-19 rental relief funds. Many impacted tenants would be surprised to find that the application process for...
Three Key Disruptions in the SFR Asset Class by Stephanie Casper In his highly acclaimed book, “Innovator’s Dilemma,” Clayton Christensen details how established companies focusing on incremental improvements or innovations to address their biggest customers’ evolving needs often miss the...
