Succeeding in Real Estate in a Historic Way

Be Agile with Your Dreams and Business Amir Alexander is an independent business owner with HomeVestors® of America, Inc. in Virginia, where he buys, rehabs, and sells residential properties in the Norfolk market which is comprised of seven cities which make up the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. Life Before HomeVestors Upon graduating college, Amir had dreams of going to law school and becoming a lawyer, until “One day, I researched

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Turning a Profit in the Post-Pandemic Housing Paradox

2023 Will be All About Disappointment…and Opportunity By Bruce McNeilage When the New Year rolled around at midnight on January 1, 2023, we entered what could be one of the most opportunity-filled years for real estate investors in more than a decade. On the other hand, we also entered one of the most treacherous years in housing that we have seen in over a decade. Now that the country appears

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the “Lake Next Door” Affects Your Property Values

What Happens When Water-Related Value Goes Down the Drain? By Dana Nutt Imagine this scenario: You own a wonderful cabin near a crystal-clear, blue-ribbon trout stream. Just a couple of miles up the road, there is a picturesque lake that is home to an incredible variety of wildlife, including turtles, beavers, loons, frogs, and osprey. Your riverside cabin is the stuff that sportsmen’s and outdoorsmen’s dreams are made of, and

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Wake up and “Smell” the AI

Why it is Imperative to Implement Artificial Intelligence into Your Business By Richard Katz Artificial Intelligence is here, and it is a watershed moment with impacts that will be greater than the advent of the internet and the invention of the personal computer. The difference is the adaptation will be much faster. You can already feel the disruption, but shortly, the AI revolution will be beyond our current comprehension. Sticking

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Asking Rents Flattened in April

Rent Growth to Cool for the 11th-Straight Month By Lily Katz The median U.S. asking rent rose 0.3% year over year to $1,967 in April—the 11th-consecutive month of slowing growth, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That compares to a revised increase of 1.4% one month earlier and a 16% increase one year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, the median asking rent fell 0.2%, which

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