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Black Knight is Dedicated to Giving Investors the Most Transparent Market Possible By Carole VanSickle Ellis In Arthurian legend, the recurrent motif of the Black Knight is brave, exceptionally strong, and highly dynamic. In the modern day, the Army West Point Black Knights represent the United States Military Academy and prize similar character traits including courage, justice, mercy, generosity, faith, nobility, and hope. While the archetype may be centuries old,

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New Technology Accelerates Fix-And-Flip Buying and Lending

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Forward-Looking Investors and Lenders Will Be Beneficiaries By Danny Byrnes Ultra-tight inventory, strong demand and generationally low interest rates are the tailwinds driving today’s record home price appreciation. While these factors have created new opportunities for fix-and-flip investors and their lenders, they have also created new challenges. Properties that used to be on the market for weeks, now go in days, and in some cases, even without listing. For investors

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Fix-And-Flip Projects S-Curve Spend

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Financial Discipline Is the Only Way to Keep Projects Clean and Honest By Jake Harris As cashflow analysts, we charted a random sampling of fix and flip projects and graphed their cashflow comparing Total Spend (Y-axis) vs. Time (X-axis). A clear trend emerged with insights you will want to see before you start another fix and flip project; fix and flip project spend follows a clear S-Curve. We observed that

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The Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence is Here

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Investors Leveraging the Power of AI Will Be the First to Gain an Advantage By Steve Gaenzler Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a buzz word in many industries for years. Yet, innovation has been slow when it comes to the real estate transaction. Many processes are still manual, inefficient, and uninformed by useful data and insights. But, as we have seen over the last eighteen months, the COVID-19 pandemic has

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2022 Homebuying Trends

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Which Changes Are Here to Stay? By Matthew Woodhouse Now that the frenetic pace and unprecedented challenges spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic have calmed a bit, the residential real estate market is settling into a steadier balance as we look toward the new year. The record low mortgage rates that lured so many homebuyers into the market in 2020 and 2021 are forecast to creep upward yet remain favorable, the

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The Housing Market

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A Look Back at 2021, A Look Ahead at 2022 By Rick Sharga As the year comes to an end, it’s time to take a look back at the real estate market in 2021 and begin thinking about what might be in store for 2022. The Housing Market Continues to Thrive Despite historically low levels of inventory, the housing market had an exceptionally strong year. Existing home sales will likely

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