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How the COVID-19 Crisis Continues to Impact Real Estate Investors

The economy is open, but that doesn’t mean we’re “back to normal.” Things have changed dramatically for real estate investors since the start of 2020. In January, real estate investors were still shaking hands with everyone at seminars, slapping each other’s backs at networking events and doing everything they could to “get out there” in competitive housing markets around the country. Now, just six months later, investors are bumping elbows

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Will The 2020s Be The Decade of Single-Family Rental?

The sector appears well-positioned to become an even more important option in the coming decade. As we enter a new decade, housing observers across the country are making predictions for what the next 10 years will bring. With structural factors like the shortage of affordable housing and high rental demand continuing to shape markets large and small, one sector that is poised to continue its momentum in the 2020s is

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An Introduction to the BRRRR Strategy

The BRRRR approach isn’t sexy or quick, but it does provide a clear path for building wealth consistently and with lower risk. The BRRRR—Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat—strategy is all the rage today in real estate investment. Essentially, the BRRRR strategy is just buy and hold, but it approaches real estate as a flipper would. The big difference is, of course, that instead of selling to convert the built-in equity

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Single-Family Rental Industry is Growing Up

Single-family rental inventory is accessible to a broader pool of buyers. Wall Street-backed institutional investors have largely curtailed their acquisition of single- family rentals in recent years, but strong demand from medium-sized investors on Main Street and mom-and-pop investors on Wisteria Lane—the stereotypical suburban street made famous on the television show “Desperate Housewives”—is continuing to buoy this growing marketplace. “I’ve actually seen interest increase every year since about 2012 (when)

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4 Things to Consider When Investing in Single-Family Homes

Trends, opportunities and investment strategies for this growing asset class By Kendall Krawchuk Many real estate investors swear by multifamily investments, but investing in single-family homes can also be a great way to increase cash flow and your bottom line. For many, the single- family asset class is also  a way to diversify their  real estate portfolios. If you’re thinking about investing in single-family homes or single-family rentals, here are

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The Exurbs are Returning, But Not Necessarily for the Right Reasons

The exurbs, a region where people live in a metropolitan area outside the main city and suburbs, showed the most substantial gains in single-family home growth, according to a report the National Association of Home Builders released during the final week of May.

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