The Art of Fix and Flip Real Estate

Turning Houses into Homes and Profits By Chet the Robot This article is the result of a ChatGPT query. We requested this article after learning of a last-minute change to our story budget that left a 900-word hole and received this response within 45 seconds of submitting this request: “Please write a 900-word article on fix and flip real estate.” When evaluated using the Plagiarism Checker by Grammarly, the article

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Smart Upgrades

Leverage Renovations to Maximize Your SFR Investment Value By Doug Ellis Renovations can enhance a home’s value, but owners and operators of single-family rentals (SFRs) have special considerations. If you are thinking about a renovation, it is important to determine your goals for the project. For example, are you hoping to increase your monthly rent, attract quality tenants, reduce turnover or decrease long-term maintenance costs? Because beyond their inherent costs,

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Buy and Hold Property Management

Accelerating Occupancy Through Timely Field Services By Nickalene Badalamenti-Kalas Increasingly, buy and hold property managers and investors are looking to move at-risk or delinquent assets to long-term, income-generating homes. In these scenarios, time literally is money. As a property remains unoccupied, it is not only failing to generate income, but it is also generating losses as maintenance costs continue to accrue to keep buy-and-hold properties in tenant-ready condition. Moving properties

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From Successful Lawyer to Successful Real Estate Entrepreneur

Doing What You Enjoy is Key to Success and Happiness Paul Neil is an independent business owner with HomeVestors® of America, Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona, which he started in 2020 after practicing law for twenty-one years in both Arizona and the Virgin Islands. His primary focus is on fix-and-flips, and he has recently started building his personal real estate portfolio. Life Before HomeVestors Paul attended the Pepperdine University School of

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Incentivizing Residential Leasebacks

A Democratic Solution for Real Estate Investment By Danny Kattan The residential real estate market finds itself in the crosshairs of government scrutiny. The government is blaming residential investors for purchasing properties for rental purposes. Officials argue that these properties should be obtained by those needing occupancy. However, this perspective oversimplifies a complex system and overlooks some significant contributions investors make to the stability of the housing market, the efficient

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The Fix-and-Flip Playbook for Success

4 Key Points for Successful Flipping By Darryl Shelton Buying property, doing some renovation work, then selling rehabbed property is one of the most logical ways for home investors to get started in real estate investing. You likely have heard about this with all the popular press and TV Shows like Flip or Flop…but what does it take to have some success? House flipping is the strategy of purchasing properties

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