Renovating a Room With Just a Little Bit of Work by Alyssa Sprague Accent walls have become an increasingly popular way to give your home a unique and personal touch. And they can be designed to renovate any space or style. The walls can range from varying levels of difficulty as well, making it a perfect homeowner DIY project that elevates a room to a more upscale feel that fits
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Investors Are Exploring New Ways to Expand Supply by Greg Godderidge The durability and stability of the Single-Family Rental (SFR) market is one of the few real estate investment bright spots of the past year. If the 2020 trend continues, the SFR asset class is positioned to be one of the biggest stories of 2021. With the backdrop of a national housing supply/demand imbalance, the SFR growth trend is so
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Queen City Real Estate Ramps Up in 2021 by Carole VanSickle Ellis Charlotte, North Carolina, is probably best known for banking. Despite trailing 21 other U.S. cities in size and falling firmly into the “second-tier” or 18-hour city categories in economic parlance, the Queen City is the second-largest banking center in the United States (behind only New York City) and has been successfully luring major employers, including Fortune 500 behemoths
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DLP’s Company Culture Creates Laser Focus on Productivity & Returns by Carole VanSickle Ellis After Don Wenner, founder and CEO of DLP Real Estate Capital, attended his eighth-grade career day, he plotted his career path as a financial advisor based on a salary chart that showed financial advisors made more money than doctors, lawyers, and accountants. “I was good at math, entrepreneurial, and driven. I thought, ‘Hey, I could do
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Do Your Diligence on Foreclosure Homes by Rick Sharga Buying a property always comes with some degree of risk. That is true when buying a brand-new home or buying a property that is a century old. The trick, for real estate investors and homebuyers alike, is to do the due diligence necessary to minimize that risk. Foreclosure Properties: Higher Risk, Potentially Higher Returns Buying foreclosure properties adds a few elements
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Will diligence standards degrade based on competition and lack of inventory? by Jennifer McGuinness Currently, there are approximately 49 million rental units occupied in the United States of which, approximately 12 million are Single Family detached rental homes and 2.8 million are leased townhomes. Most of these units are existing homes on scattered lots versus new construction. To date, over 5 million homes have been converted from owner occupied properties
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