Regional Spotlight

Know Your Chicago Neighborhoods

Know Your Chicago Neighborhoods

Sidebar to January 2020 Regional Spotlight: Why Chicago Works for Investors in 2020 One thing you will hear repeatedly from real estate investors with capital in Chicago is to “know your neighborhood.” For Scott Larson, vice president at Chicago-based bridge lender Pangea Mortgage Capital, that...

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Why Chicago Works for Investors in 2020

Why Chicago Works for Investors in 2020

The Windy City is weighted with opportunity if you know where to look. Chicago, Illinois, was dubbed “The City That Works” during the more than two decades that Richard J. Daley was mayor. Daley, whose son also served as Chicago mayor for a record-breaking 22 years before refusing to run for a...

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Boston’s “Buried Treasures” Await Bold Investors

Boston’s “Buried Treasures” Await Bold Investors

For investors willing to work for it, Beantown rewards are waiting. Two words will nearly always come up in any discussion covering Boston real estate: “tight” and “expensive.” Given a decade of population growth and a phenomenal jobs market based in high-demand, recession-resistant sectors like...

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Georgia on My Mind

Georgia on My Mind

The Real Estate Investor’s Ongoing Love Affair with Atlanta Housing By Carole VanSickle Ellis It had been more than three years since Atlanta, Georgia, had posted a double-digit temperature, but it did so this past June when the heat index hit 100. It’s also been about three years since the city’s...

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Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh, North Carolina

Dedicated to an Upward Trajectory Raleigh’s real estate market is the product of careful and strategic planning—227 years of it, to be exact. The capital of North Carolina, Raleigh was designated such in 1788 in the wake of the Revolutionary War and incorporated shortly after. At that time, the...

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Kansas City: Stable Growth  in a Hot Market

Kansas City: Stable Growth in a Hot Market

Many locals boast that Kansas City, Missouri, is experiencing a modern-day Renaissance. They aren’t alone in their assessment. The metro has been racking up numerous national accolades the last few years.

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Memphis, Tennessee: A Hot Market for Investors

Memphis, Tennessee: A Hot Market for Investors

Hot real estate markets like Las Vegas and Phoenix can generate a lot of hype in the real estate world, but Jeremy Brandt, CEO of WeBuyHouses.com, would argue these aren’t always the most ideal markets for investors. His most successful affiliates work in secondary markets.

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