But Will Reduce Inflow of Distressed Properties Into Housing Market -- Though Black Knight research shows just 7% of homeowners in forbearance have less than 10% equity after including 18 months of deferred payments, the potential for foreclosure activity persists regardless -- While homeowners...
Year: 2021
REAL ESTATE INVESTORS HAVE SOURED ON THE CURRENT MARKET
Individual residential real estate investors are concerned over the impact that rising home prices and the lack of housing inventory are having on their real estate investments. Perceived risk of losing market share to iBuyers and other institutional investors is also on the rise. RealtyTrac®...
To Afford Rent, Teachers and Nurses Are Living in Smaller, Older Homes
Manageable rent burdens mask affordability challenges for many workers who can afford only a small pool of available rentals - Rent burdens for many workers in fully in-person jobs, including teachers and nurses, have remained largely unchanged over the past five years, even as rent prices have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...









