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Proptech Companies Are Taking a Customer-Centric Approach

Combining Technology with the Human Element By Matt Olsen Henry Ford once said, “Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” This quote perfectly captures how real estate companies should approach technology advancements in today’s digital age. It’s not enough to simply implement a new solution and expect it to resolve every problem; instead, the real estate industry is shifting toward a

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The Evolution of the Single-Family Rental

Investors Need to Plan for the Economic Shift Everyone is Feeling Right Now By David Hicks Real estate investing can be a great way to curate long-term, and even generational, wealth. The most common type of real estate investment is single-family rental (SFR) – as opposed to multi-family or commercial properties. Reportedly, there are 108.5 million Americans who rent their housing and 35% of those rentals are single-family homes. Sure,

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An Ounce of Prevention — Best Practices

Preventive Maintenance Plans Can Save You Time, Money and Hassle By Doug Ellis As they build their portfolio of single-family rental (SFR) properties, owners and operators focus on key business strategies—to find quality renters, reduce tenant turn times and maximize their investment. But there is one step a lot of owners and operators often overlook: preventive maintenance. Part of maximizing your SFR investment is ensuring that each of your properties

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For SFR, Adversity Is in Our DNA

It’s Far Too Early to Write Eulogies for the Late, Great SFR Market By Greg Godderidge From humble beginnings, the Single-Family Rental (SFR) market has grown into an asset class worth trillions of dollars. Today, institutional investors own approximately 500,000 properties of the 16 million single family rental homes nationally, representing a fraction of all rental units in the United States. But their importance to the national housing industry is

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The Factors Driving Rental Property Insurance Underwriting Decisions

Creative Solutions are Needed to Serve Real Estate Investors By Scott Phillips It seems you cannot go a day without hearing about the ongoing economic inflation that has been ushered in on the heels of the global pandemic. There seems to be no aspect of life unaffected by inflation, including rental property insurance. But why? What are the factors that are truly driving rental property insurance underwriting decisions? Hopefully, the

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From Business to Carpenter to Real Estate Investor

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Learn From Others and Drop Your Ego to be Successful Robert Sturrock is an independent business owner with HomeVestors® of America, Inc. in Southeastern Wisconsin, where he buys, rehabs, and sells residential properties. But his professional journey is far from typical. Life Before HomeVestors Sturrock graduated from the University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point in 2001 with a degree in Business Administration. Upon graduation, he began his business life in the restaurant industry

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