A Winning Strategy for Main Street and Wall Street By Stuart Denyer It is no secret that the single-family housing market faces a severely constricted supply of inventory. Reports suggest that the country has experienced an “underbuilding gap” of 5.5 to 6.8 million units since 2001 with only a 1.7-month supply of homes currently for sale. The perfect storm of low supply and high demand has created record prices and
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Will Other Factors Impact the Industry in 2022? By Tim Reilly This time last year, I compared the Single-Family Rental (SFR) market to the great Gold Rush of 1849. Supply constriction, low interest rates, rising home and rental prices and strong returns created a highly attractive environment for a growing population of professional investors searching for the same hidden treasure. The “Goldilocks” market conditions triggered in part by the COVID-19
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Transitioning From a Default Property to a Paying Asset By Nickalene Badalamenti-Kalas The government-mandated forbearance period on default properties expires this coming June. These properties will increasingly require eviction and asset stabilization services to ready them for new tenants. What many may not be aware of is the delicacy — and absolute compliance — with which these services must be administered. A single misstep anywhere in the process, and the
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Single Family Homes vs Multi-Family Homes By Scott Sklare As an investor, real estate broker, advisor, and owner of a property management and rehab company, I am often asked, what I prefer: Single Family Homes (SFH) or Multi-Family Homes (MFH). My honest answer is “it depends!” I happen to prefer SFH, but I invest, own, and manage both types. In reality, there is no right or wrong answer. Most everyone
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Title Clearing is An Often-Overlooked Area for Risk Mitigation By Dax Junker Risk and reward have always been intrinsically bound together across investment types – including real estate. The more risk an investor is willing to take on an investment, in general, the higher the potential rate of return and reward. Over the last 15 years, with interest rates stable or declining, the real estate market has, overall, been appealing
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There’s a Lot to be Learned from Homebuyer Behaviors By Miriam Moore The dramatic real estate landscape of the past two years has given lenders, servicers and investors the opportunity to see just how directly market conditions can shape homebuyer behaviors and influence their perspectives. And while the surge in buying and refinancing activity came as no surprise to anyone given the extraordinarily low interest rates, it is worth looking
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