How to Give Yourself That Elusive Edge By William Gottfried Tough times for your rental portfolio lately? You may be thinking you should get conservative by hunkering down, reducing headcount, cutting software expenses, and riding out the down cycle. You’re welcome to try that approach, but you...
A Conversation About the Real Estate Industry and Private Lending Brian Valdivia is the Chief Executive Officer of Beltway Lending, a highly specialized “refi shop” for real estate investors, which was also founded by seasoned real estate investors. Their firsthand industry knowledge and...
Toni Moss & AmeriCatalyst Present the 2024 Climate & Housing Conference Toni Moss, CEO of AmeriCatalyst LLC, never intended to produce conferences. An expert on global mortgage markets, Moss spent much of the 1990s in Europe working as the Director of Corporate Development for Bouwfonds, a...
A Case Study in Leadership By Adolfo Villagomez It is no secret that communities across the United States are experiencing a growing crisis: access to housing. With consumers facing increasingly complex and evolving economic challenges in a post- pandemic world, the demand for affordable housing...
The Case for Legislation That Encourages and Incentivizes New Investment and Development in Housing By David Howard America’s housing market has a problem – we are not producing enough homes. Just consider the following: » In 1970, America...
What to Understand Before Jumping into the Fire By Todd E. Chvat, Esq. and T. Robert Finlay, Esq. SB 567 directly impacts two sets of property owners — fix-and-flip investors planning to substantially remodel or rebuild a property for resale AND property owners planning to move into an occupied...
Licensed Real Estate Agents/Brokers are Invaluable Resources By Doedi Meyer We all know investing in real estate takes some combination of knowledge, money and time. In the REI INK November 2023 article “Industry Professionals That Can Accelerate Your Investment Career,” Nate Zielinski mentions...
Home Rental and Ownership Still Difficult in 2024 for Average Workers By ATTOM Staff ATTOM released its 2024 Rental Affordability Report, which shows that median three-bedroom rents in the U.S. are more affordable than owning a similarly-sized home in nearly 90% of local markets around the nation....
Equity-Rich Portion of Mortgaged Homes Decreases While Seriously Underwater Level Rises; Overall Equity for Homeowners Also Ticks Downward Amid Decline in Home Values; But Nearly 95 Percent of Mortgaged Homeowners Still Have Equity Built Up ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real...
