Optimizing Property Management in Measurable & Historic Ways by Carole VanSickle Ellis When asked about the future of property management, Ray Hespen, co-founder and CEO of the cloud-based, property-maintenance-operations platform Property Meld, has an unusual answer: optimization....
The “Horse Capital of the World” Remains Stable as 2026 Progresses by Carole VanSickle Ellis Last year, home-flipping rates plummeted in most U.S. cities as returns fell in roughly 70% of those metro areas. In Lexington, Kentucky, however, fix-and-flip investing was still going strong as the...
How to Ensure Confidence All the Way to Closing by Andy Bates Fraud and its impact on the real estate industry remain a topic of interest and particular concern in 2026. This comes after the recent, and now notorious activity of a group of bad actors in the real estate investment space in the...
The SFR Investment Industry is Ultimately a Relationship Business by Paul Jackson The single-family rehab and rental (SFR) investment industry has matured dramatically over the past decade. What was once viewed as a fragmented landscape of independent investors and local operators has evolved into...
Serious Investors Are Turning to Professional Property Management at Scale by Jackie Lee There comes a point in every real estate investor’s journey when growth stops feeling simple. At the beginning, managing a handful of homes might feel manageable, even rewarding. But as your portfolio expands,...
Proactive Risk Management and the Right Insurance Coverage by National Real Estate Insurance Group The United States has around 15 diverse climates with cities spread across nearly 2.3 billion acres of land. Keeping up with changing weather conditions and preparing properties for severe summer...
2026 Is the Year to Choose by John Santilli There is a quiet divide opening up in private real estate lending, and most brokers won’t see it until it has already defined their next three years. On one side of the T-chart: brokers who are closing deals, moving volume, and collecting fees. On the...
NARPM Presses Forward for a Solution by Tyler Craddock Nearly everyone who has purchased a property built prior to 1978 will be familiar with the issues associated with lead paint. After all, in order to acquire that property, they had to review and sign a federally mandated lead-paint disclosure...
The Hidden Cost Problem in SFR Portfolios by Blake Adams, SeekNow SFR rent growth has decelerated. Operating costs have not. That gap is where portfolios quietly lose ground. Signal 1 // Rent growth is normalizing while costs keep climbing Nationwide same-location rent growth for single-family...
