Today’s Residents Have Higher Tech Expectations By Peter A. Gudmundsson In many industries outside of real estate, products and services evolve according to a technology adoption curve. This means that today’s luxuries become tomorrow’s must-have requirements, fast. Think air conditioning, power...
The City of Trees Still Has Room to Grow By Carole VanSickle Ellis Boise, Idaho, has long been a center for travel and trade. Since the city’s founding in 1863 at the intersection of the Oregon Trail and trade routes connecting Idaho City and Silver City, it has played a central role as a meeting...
Why BFR Communities Have Taken the U.S. Market by Storm By Mark Peterson As we head into 2022, the commercial real estate industry is continuing to see new Build-for-Rent (BFR) communities popping up all over the county. These BFR communities of newly-built detached or attached single-family...
Global Real Estate Services Combines Personal Services and Technology for Investing Success from Start to Finish By Carole Vansickle Ellis Mike McMullen, founder and CEO of Birmingham-based Global Real Estate Services, started investing in real estate in 2002 at the behest of his accountant. “He...
Average Risk-Adjusted Annual Return for BTR Investments Now about 8% By Greg Godderidge Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the build-to-rent (BTR) model was quietly gaining ground across the country, fueled by a shortage of housing supply and increasing demand for single-family rentals (SFR). Still,...
Auction is Ray of Hope for Homebuyers Frustrated by Tight Housing Market By Miriam Moore In a market where bidding wars and soaring home prices have become the status quo, consumers — especially 25- to 40-year-old buyers — are embracing a broader range of homebuying options. Specifically, three...
Analyzing the Differences Between BTR and SFR By Michael Cook Build-to-Rent (BTR)’s breakthrough in the Single-Family Rental (SFR) asset class is officially old news. In 2018, Toll Brothers teamed up with BB Living to create one of the first builder/operator partnerships. Other homebuilders...
