Pushing Boundaries, Protecting Investors and Representing the Industry By Carole VanSickle Ellis One of the earliest documented examples of private lending dates back to roughly 2,000 B.C., when a Mesopotamian farmer borrowed money against the seeds he had planted and promised to pay back the loan with seeds yielded when his new crop bore fruit. The enterprise must have been successful for the farmer and his unnamed lender because there
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Why Multifamily Assets Should be a Major Contender By Jennifer Stoops With our current economy being ever changing and uncertain, people have been looking now more than ever at diversifying their retirement, personal and wealth building investment portfolios. The days of relying on a 401K, Roth IRA, stocks and bonds as your retirement portfolio are no more. While these conventional options for building wealth are still beneficial, market trends are
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The “City of Subdued Excitement” Could Turn a Corner in 2023 By Carole VanSickle Ellis Although Washington state remains the third-most expensive state in the country in which to buy a home, many analysts believe prices in the Bellingham, Washington, area might ease in 2023. Bellingham, known to locals as the restrained “City of Subdued Excitement,” has been anything but subdued when it comes to home values in recent years.
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From Simple Fixes to Longer-Term Strategies, These Ideas Will Help You Make Sure You AreNot Leaving Money on the Table When you’re seeking to maximize the value of your single-family rental (SFR) investment, you’re strategically thinking about the property’s entire lifecycle. And ensuring a successful future for your SFR properties means having comprehensive investment property services in place now. Those services should span remodels, repairs, ongoing maintenance, tenant turns and
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Three Phases of the Multifamily Investment Life Cycle By Sean Thomson Asset managing multifamily projects is difficult enough in the best of times, but when things go wrong it can become challenging. There are three major phases of a multifamily investment life cycle: acquisitions, operations, and dispositions. Each phase has its own processes, strategies, and challenges. Within each phase are also a variety of roles that make it all possible.
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A Conversation About SFR, Multifamily, and Institutional Buyers Mahesh Shetty is the CEO of ILE Homes, a privately held single-family rental and asset management company. ILE generates current income and capital appreciation through investments in single-family rental homes and mitigates risk through diversification across the best residential rental markets so investors can build wealth with little active management. Dan Brady is the Vice President of Acquisitions for ILE Homes. Dan
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