By Carole Vansickle Ellis As 2021 drew to a close, real estate investors began looking forward to the 2022 real estate market with the now-all-to-familiar word in the back of their minds: “unprecedented.” When COVID-19 first breached U.S. shores in early 2020, many investors feared another housing crash. Instead, many facets of the market boomed. As the pandemic dragged on into 2021, many commercial investors feared the “end of office
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What it Means for Investors By Rick Sharga The anticipated wave of foreclosure activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic has failed to materialize, due in large part to concerted, and surprisingly well coordinated efforts by the Federal Government and mortgage industry to prevent unnecessary defaults from happening. The most obvious actions were part of the government’s CARES Act: a moratorium on all foreclosure activity, and a mortgage forbearance program that
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The Incenter Family is Raising the Bar on Performance in 2022 By Carole Vansickle Ellis In today’s economy, the ability to turn on a dime while identifying new issues and resolving them using innovative, far-reaching strategies is integral to the success of any company in the real estate industry. The Incenter family of companies, which the group describes as “best-in-class companies” in the mortgage lending, servicing, and real estate sectors,
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Buy-to-Rent is Here to Stay…At Least Until the Next New Normal By Glenn Brooks It is no secret that property acquisition and disposition are tough subjects right now. Until recently, residential real estate investors were able to keep buying, remodeling, and selling single-family homes with great returns and not a worry in sight. But then 2020 happened and this once-reliable investment model got turned on its head. The landscape of
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Your Best Investment Is in Comprehensive Financial Planning By Joe Fraser For real estate investors, disposition of an asset is an opportunity to re-invest capital into the next project, but not without first paying taxes on your gains – with a few exceptions. Your capital gain from a recent or upcoming disposition is a good problem to have. Fortunately, there are several means of deferring and/or reducing your tax liability
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Investors Need to Read the Market and Plan Accordingly By Andrew Oliverson While the real estate market continues its upward trajectory, a disposition strategy is not likely to be top of mind for most investors. However, there is no crystal ball to predict how the market will perform in the coming years. It is important to have an exit strategy in place now to be prepared for market changes that
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