In this episode of Uncontested Investing, Nate Zielinski and Suzanne discuss how real estate investors can create a five-star customer experience throughout every stage of a transaction. From the first phone call and property walkthrough to presenting offers, maintaining communication through...
Year: 2026
Redfin Reports Monthly Payments Tick Up For First Time in 8 Months As Home Prices Hit Record High
Pending home sales increased 0.4% week over week The median U.S. housing payment posted its first year-over-year increase since October during the four weeks ending June 28 as home prices and mortgage rates rose. That’s according to a new report from Redfin, the real estate brokerage powered by...
TrustPoint AI Names Construction Lending Veteran Tres Seippel as Chief Innovation Officer
The construction lending executive joins TrustPoint AI to drive the roadmap for AI and proprietary data models. TrustPoint AI, the innovation leader in asset and portfolio management (APM) technology for construction, renovation, bridge, and land development lending, announced the appointment of...
After Years of Waiting, Buyers Are Getting Their Summer: Realtor.com® June Housing Report
List Prices Drop 2.5%, the Steepest Decline Since 2017, According to Realtor.com Data; Pending Sales Just Hit a Seven-Month Growth Streak Asking prices fell 2.5% year over year in June, the steepest annual decline in Realtor.com® data since 2017, and the eighth consecutive month of price drops,...
S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index Reports Annual Gain in April 2026
The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index posted a 0.8% annual gain for April 2026, up from a 0.7% rise in the previous month. For the 11th consecutive month, U.S. home values fell in real terms, as April's 3.8% inflation ran roughly 3 percentage points above the 0.8%...
Why Great Tenant Experiences Build Stronger Real Estate Portfolios
In this episode of Uncontested Investing, Nate Zielinski and Suzanne Andresen examine how exceptional customer service can transform tenant relationships into long-term assets for real estate investors. We explore proactive communication, preventive maintenance, transparency during rent increases,...
AvantStay
Looking at Hospitality Holistically by Carole VanSickle Ellis When Sean Breuner was a kid, some of the best times of the year involved his entire extended family going on vacation together. “We would travel and stay in nice three- or four-star hotels, and I remember all of us staying in different...
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Prices & Inventory are Up in the “Brew City” by Carole VanSickle Ellis While much of the national housing market seems to be trending toward a buyers’ market after a long-running sellers’ market trend, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the real estate market appears delicately balanced on a fine line...
Navigating Short-Term Rental Investing in a Post-Boom Market
Securing the Path to Profitability by Andy Bates Short-term rentals first existed in the United States in the 1950s, when vacation-home owners began renting out their properties for the months the homes were not in personal use. The first formal, online services for the short-term rental came with...









