A New Paradigm in Acquisition and Disposition Strategies by Nate Trunfio The U.S. housing market is currently experiencing an unprecedented and severe housing shortage. In 2020, the national housing inventory declined by nearly 40%—leaving 449,000 fewer homes for sale compared to December...
The Trend Toward Renting vs. Owning by Adam Stern The home ownership rate in the U.S. today stands at 65.8%, which is up year over year. But it is a far cry from its height in early 2004, when it stood at just about 70%. Overall, the trend toward homeownership is down. This trend in U.S home...
Options Within the Single-Family Industry by Rick Sharga For those not interested in splurging on Bitcoin or fighting with hedge funds over GameStop shares, there are no shortage of alternative investment opportunities in real estate. Typical real estate transactions involve working with a real...
Renovating a Room With Just a Little Bit of Work by Alyssa Sprague Accent walls have become an increasingly popular way to give your home a unique and personal touch. And they can be designed to renovate any space or style. The walls can range from varying levels of difficulty as well, making it a...
Investors Are Exploring New Ways to Expand Supply by Greg Godderidge The durability and stability of the Single-Family Rental (SFR) market is one of the few real estate investment bright spots of the past year. If the 2020 trend continues, the SFR asset class is positioned to be one of the biggest...
Setting the Mood for Showing Your House by Shannon McNabb First Impressions The old saying always seems to ring true and that is that first impressions are particularly important, and they last. Houses listed for sale currently are often posted online and “for sale” signs are placed in front of...
…But Profits Reach New High ATTOM Data Solutions released its third-quarter 2020 U.S. Home Flipping Report showing that 57,155 single-family homes and condominiums in the United States were flipped in the third quarter of 2020. Those transactions represented 5.1 percent of all home sales in the...
Post COVID-19 Forbearance & Foreclosure/Eviction Moratoria by Michael Jansta Let’s face it, nobody had 20:20 vision for real estate investing going into 2020. Now in 2021, even after all that we’ve seen and learned in 2020, our vision forward doesn’t appear much clearer. What we do see is...
Trent McMurtrey’s journey to becoming an independently owned and operated HomeVestors® Business Owner in 2017 has been uniquely interesting. Trent is a military veteran having spent twelve years in the military. He initially spent six years in the Marine Corps as an enlisted soldier. After his...
