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Digital Curb Appeal Drives Value in BTR

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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 door locks on cars, wireless internet connectivity, or even home kitchen refrigeration as examples that started as novelties, became modern conveniences, and ultimately baseline prerequisites. Technology deployment in the

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Boise, Idaho

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 place for merchants and business operators. Today, Boise, also known as the City of Trees,

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The Build-For-Rent Evolution

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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 rental homes have taken the U.S. market by storm in a few short years, helping to fill the immense housing shortage for renters and

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Build-to-Rent in a Brave New World

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 asked me why I had so much money in the stock market when I knew nothing about it and suggested I work in what I

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Build-to-Rent Turns Stress Into Success

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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, it was not on the radar for most SFR investors. However, as the pandemic exacerbated the supply and demand imbalance throughout 2020 and 2021, the BTR

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Buying a Home at Auction

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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 out of four millennials and a majority of consumers across generations told ServiceLink through a recent consumer survey that they would consider

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