Foreclosure Starts and Completions Hit New Record Lows Nationwide ATTOM, licensor of the nation’s most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac, the largest online marketplace for foreclosure and distressed properties, released its Year-End 2021 U.S. Foreclosure Market...
Childhood Lessons Taught Me to be a CEO By Tami Bonnell Real estate was always a part of my life. I did not exactly grow up in the typical real estate family of people listing and selling; my dad was involved in building and developing. He had an eye for two things, people and possibilities. I am...
How Kyle Amerson Built His Real Estate Business Serving Others As a student at Dallas Baptist University, Kyle Amerson learned a lot about “servant-leadership.” Not only was it the university’s mission, but it was soon to become a way of life for the young business school graduate. He applied...
Only a Small Percentage of SFR Investors Take Advantage of Readily Available Key Data Points By Kori Covrigaru SFR investors collect and utilize property data for various reasons, but surprisingly, many do not take advantage of the full gamut of benefits. In a recent survey we conducted,...
Today’s Residents Have Higher Tech Expectations By Peter A. Gudmundsson In many industries outside of real estate, products and services evolve according to a technology adoption curve. This means that today’s luxuries become tomorrow’s must-have requirements, fast. Think air conditioning, power...
The City of Trees Still Has Room to Grow By Carole VanSickle Ellis Boise, Idaho, has long been a center for travel and trade. Since the city’s founding in 1863 at the intersection of the Oregon Trail and trade routes connecting Idaho City and Silver City, it has played a central role as a meeting...
Why BFR Communities Have Taken the U.S. Market by Storm By Mark Peterson As we head into 2022, the commercial real estate industry is continuing to see new Build-for-Rent (BFR) communities popping up all over the county. These BFR communities of newly-built detached or attached single-family...
Global Real Estate Services Combines Personal Services and Technology for Investing Success from Start to Finish By Carole Vansickle Ellis Mike McMullen, founder and CEO of Birmingham-based Global Real Estate Services, started investing in real estate in 2002 at the behest of his accountant. “He...
Average Risk-Adjusted Annual Return for BTR Investments Now about 8% By Greg Godderidge Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the build-to-rent (BTR) model was quietly gaining ground across the country, fueled by a shortage of housing supply and increasing demand for single-family rentals (SFR). Still,...
