Investor Sentiment Index Drops 14 Points, Recording Lowest Score in Three Years. Investor Ban on Home Purchases Viewed as a Non-Issue Real estate investor sentiment fell by 14 points in the first quarter of 2026 according to the Spring 2026 RCN Capital/CJ Patrick Company Investor Sentiment Index...
Nationally, 43.3 percent of homes considered equity rich; Seriously underwater homes account for 3.2 percent of mortgaged properties ATTOM, the leading provider of property data, AI-powered analytics, and real estate intelligence solutions, released its first quarter 2026 U.S. Home Equity &...
In this episode of Uncontested Investing, we dig into one of the least glamorous but most important parts of real estate investing: financial bookkeeping and administrative work. Once a deal is in your portfolio, the real test is not just finding the next opportunity. It is managing the money, the...
In this episode of Uncontested Investing, we wrap up our two-part conversation on how AI can help real estate investors get ahead and stay ahead by focusing on one of the most time-consuming parts of the business: deal sourcing. If Part 1 was about analyzing deals faster and with more confidence,...
Redfin reports more homeowners are putting their houses on the market, with new listings increasing for the second week in a row after five straight months of declines U.S. pending home sales rose 2.7% year over year during the four weeks ending April 26, the biggest increase in six weeks. That’s...
Optimizing Property Management in Measurable & Historic Ways by Carole VanSickle Ellis When asked about the future of property management, Ray Hespen, co-founder and CEO of the cloud-based, property-maintenance-operations platform Property Meld, has an unusual answer: optimization....
The “Horse Capital of the World” Remains Stable as 2026 Progresses by Carole VanSickle Ellis Last year, home-flipping rates plummeted in most U.S. cities as returns fell in roughly 70% of those metro areas. In Lexington, Kentucky, however, fix-and-flip investing was still going strong as the...
How to Ensure Confidence All the Way to Closing by Andy Bates Fraud and its impact on the real estate industry remain a topic of interest and particular concern in 2026. This comes after the recent, and now notorious activity of a group of bad actors in the real estate investment space in the...
The SFR Investment Industry is Ultimately a Relationship Business by Paul Jackson The single-family rehab and rental (SFR) investment industry has matured dramatically over the past decade. What was once viewed as a fragmented landscape of independent investors and local operators has evolved into...
