Invitation Homes Inc. announced the promotion of John Gibson to executive vice president and chief investment officer, effective immediately. Mr. Gibson joined Invitation Homes in December 2016 as senior vice president, Asset Management. He was promoted to Executive Vice President, Portfolio...
Year: 2021

Alex Seehaver and Don Cameron
Going From “Putting Your Toe in the Water” to National Recognition Being named the HomeVestors® National Franchise of the Year for the fifth time over the last ten years is no small feat. Yet that is exactly what happened to Donald Cameron and Alex Seehaver of Hi-Land Properties, an independently...

Leading the Way in the Leasing Lifestyle
Invitation Homes Continues to Leverage the Shift in American Thinking on Housing by Carole VanSickle Ellis Invitation Homes has an 80,000-home inventory spread across 16 U.S. markets, has been classified as an “all-weather” asset by market analysts at Seeking Alpha, and serves the increasingly...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...