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How Home Service Plans Can Help Protect Your Investment

The Importance of Implementing A Risk Management Plan By: Brett Worthington In the world of real estate investing, finding the right property at the right time is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to building and protecting your portfolio. Successful investors understand the importance of implementing an effective risk management plan along with strategies focused on value appreciation, expense management, occupancy and many other critical functions. For

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Investor Profile

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Almas and Asif (AJ) Jadavji THE ENTREPRENURIAL SPIRIT Prior to becoming independent HomeVestors® business owners, Almas and Asif (AJ) Jadavji already possessed the two main ingredients for success: THE ENTREPRENURIAL SPIRIT and WORK ETHIC. While still living in Canada (they both have dual citizenship), Almas worked as an Accountant and later as an IT Director. However, both Almas and AJ came from entrepreneurial families and knew that eventually they would

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U.S. Foreclosure Activity Drops to 16-Year Low in 2020

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Foreclosure Starts and Completions Hit New Record Lows Nationwide Amid Pandemic ATTOM Data Solutions, licensor of the nation’s most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac (www.realtytrac.com), a foreclosure listings portal, released its Year-End 2020 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings—default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions—were reported on 214,323 U.S. properties in 2020, down 57 percent from 2019 and down 93 percent from a peak of

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From Dentist to Real Estate Executive

Five Brothers’ Nickie Kalas is Dedicated to Growth & Service by Carole VanSickle Ellis Nickie Badalamenti-Kalas grew up in the business of real estate. As the youngest child of Joseph “Joe Bada” Badalamenti, founder and present-day chairman emeritus of field service solutions provider Five Brothers Asset Management Solutions, the industry was always operating in the background of her childhood home. “My dad started [Five Brothers] with my mom, who worked

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Design Tips: Accent Walls

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 perfect homeowner DIY project that elevates a room to a more upscale feel that fits

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The Single-Family Rental Market Has Become a Search for Supply

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 stories of 2021. With the backdrop of a national housing supply/demand imbalance, the SFR growth trend is so

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