A Unique Strategy Keeps American Homes 4 Rent Ahead of the Curve by Carole VanSickle Ellis American Homes 4 Rent is a relatively young company. First conceptualized in 2011 when national indices were ranking “improvements” in housing based on the degree to which a market was losing in the single digits instead of double ones, the company was the first Wall Street institution to snap up single-family homes during the
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by Rebecca Smith It is fair to say that never has a New Year been so anticipated or so welcomed. 2020 was unprecedented and challenging for almost everyone. The coronavirus threatened the health of millions of people and economies around the world. In our industry, the market for single family rentals (SFR) was buffeted by changing preferences and grim market realities. That did not put a halt on activity. On
Read MoreWill Investors Find Inventory in 2021? by Rick Sharga One of the biggest challenges facing real estate investors is the lack of available inventory. According to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), the number of homes for sale at the end of October 2020 was 1.42 million units, down 2.7% from September and down almost 20% from October 2019. The NAR report notes that unsold inventory is at an all-time
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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 the home. When potential buyers pull up to the home, what they see first is crucial because it is going
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…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 third quarter of 2020, or one in 20 transactions. That figure was down from 6.7 percent of all home sales in the nation during
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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 COVID-19 continuing to rage on in all parts of the country despite vaccines in deployment, mortgage forbearance programs set to close but
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