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NPLA Announces 2023 Strategic Initiatives

New Partnerships, Mentoring Programs & Events in 2023 and Beyond By Carole VanSickle Ellis The National Private Lenders Association (NPLA) hosted its seventh official membership meeting in Key Biscayne, Florida. The event, which was the best-attended in the association’s history, was also the site of a major change for the private-lending industry. NPLA founding member, executive director, and general counsel Jon Hornik announced during the association’s member meeting that Monday,

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A Home Like No Other

The University of Maine’s Bio-Home Technology is Opening Doors in Affordable Housing By Carole VanSickle Ellis The oldest prefabricated home on record is the “Manning Portable Cottage,” which was created by British carpenter John Manning, who, in 1830, offered buyers the opportunity to commission house components that could be built in London, then shipped around the country or internationally and assembled upon receipt. The concept spread like wildfire due to

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The Long and Short of Short-Term Rentals

Generate Income and Have a Place to Vacation By Jennifer Stoops Investing in real estate is becoming a very common strategy among those looking to build wealth and diversify their investment portfolio. Single family residential assets have long been the key target of real estate investing with multi-family assets coming in at a very close second. In more recent years, a new player has joined the real estate investing strategy,

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The Single-Family Rental Home Industry Has Never Been More Important

Sound Government Policies Are Needed to Create Favorable Market Conditions By David Howard As members of the National Rental Home Council (NRHC) prepare to gather in Nashville this month for the annual SFR Industry Leaders Conference, intensifying headwinds continue to swirl around the global economy. Rising interest rates, a weight on the housing market for the better part of the past year, have now started to curtail growth across a

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Cincinnati, Ohio

The Queen City Remains One of the Fastest-Selling Markets in the Country By Carole VanSickle Ellis When a multitude of large, urban markets began cooling off with the advent of 2023, Cincinnati, Ohio, just kept getting hotter. The midwestern city, also often referred to as “The Queen City” thanks to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1854 poetic reference to it as “The Queen of the West,” was ranked as one of

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In Search of the American Dream

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Take Action and Find Good Leaders As an independent business owner with HomeVestors® of America, Inc., Vee Le has achieved enviable success in the real estate investment industry. In just nine short years, Vee has already accomplished more than most other real estate investors accomplish in their entire career. She has purchased 250 properties in this short time and is the owner of a property management company. And she’s not

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