A Conversation About Past, Present and Future Rebecca Smith is vice president of business development for asset management (including single family rental) with Radian. She has more than 20 years of experience in the Real Estate and Mortgage Default industry. Smith helped create a vendor network and establish best practices for the valuations operation, which led to her managing the vendor network for all of REO management. In her current
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Give Your Residents the Amenity They Are Asking For By Marshall Friday Multifamily investors across the country are asking the same questions regarding how to gain and retain residents. The coronavirus pandemic, for all of its struggles, actually brought about rapid changes regarding technology adoption in the multifamily space. A sector that is usually a laggard with change was ready for a makeover. Enter property technology, or as it is
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Focusing on Sustainable Communities and Eco-Friendly Projects By Jordan Kavana The rise of the Coronavirus in 2020 marked a before and after stage in the real estate industry. As jobs became remote, and various areas shut down, a vast population from the North started migrating at faster rates than ever towards the South, which brought firms, partners, and CEOs to reorganize their business ideas, and changed the way in which
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[WOOD-shed] Part of speech: Verb Origin: English, 18th century Definition: To practice a musical instrument Examples of Woodshed in a sentence “A musician who woodsheds several times a day will soon become a master of her instrument.” “The Band’s guitarist Robbie Robertson woodshedded so insistently he was known to take his guitar to the restroom.” About Woodshed “Woodshed” is a simple compound of “wood” and “shed,” a variant of “shade” derived from the Old English
Read MoreYounger home buyers want a space to grow their family, but are facing unique challenges and intense competition with Boomer buyers The Millennial Generation, now in their late 20s to early 40s, are entering the housing market in higher numbers than ever before. Just a few years ago, this cohort was derided as forever renters or perpetually living at home with parents, but housing and mortgage statistics today indicate that
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Portland and Austin saw the largest increases, with rents surging more than 30% year over year Average monthly asking rents in the U.S. increased 15.2% year over year to $1,891 in January, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. This was the largest annual jump since at least February 2020. Meanwhile, the national median monthly mortgage payment for homebuyers climbed 25% year over year to $1,595,
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