A Network of Consummate Professionals By Carole VanSickle Ellis When Deanna Alfredo, senior vice president of the ZVN Properties Inc.’s Single-Family Rental (SFR) division, thinks about how the company is evolving with the times and the industry, she can sum up one of the biggest changes with one word: email. The ubiquitous electronic mail communications upon which most of the world has relied for several decades when it comes to
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“The Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains” Attracts Visitors & Investors By Carole VanSickle Ellis Gatlinburg, Tennessee, has always been an attractive destination. Hundreds of years before the city was settled in 1806 as the settlement White Oaks Flats, Native American tribes traversed the area regularly as they hunted up and down the peaks and valleys of the mountain range we know today as the Great Smoky Mountains. Gatlinburg would
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Jeff Watson, Home Depot’s Senior Director of Pro Sales West By Carole VanSickle Ellis When Jeff Watson was framing houses in college, he had no idea that his decision to leave that job and look for “more consistent” work at The Home Depot would result in a career with the company spanning more than 29 years (and counting). That initial decision shaped Watson’s professional life — for the better, he
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Bringing Relentless Customer Focus to Investors Everywhere By Carole VanSickle Ellis When Cornerstone Building Brands director of retail sales Jorge Castro talks to a potential or current client about their door-and-window needs for a project, he tends to ask a lot of questions. However, they are not always the questions his customers expect from their suppliers. That is the key, Castro says, to Cornerstone’s history of satisfied, repeat clients. “The
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Using All Available Data to Your Advantage By Mitchell Zagrodnik The real estate market has been in a state of flux in recent years. Since the middle of 2022, the higher rate environment combined with an overall lack of inventory throughout the U.S. has left many prospective buyers and sellers to navigate an extremely challenging real estate market. One of the most popular investment strategies utilized today is fix-and-flip investing.
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What Savvy Real Estate Investors Should Look for in a Title Company By Radian Title Services As real estate investors, you are always on the lookout for the next great opportunity. But in building your asset portfolio, are you giving enough thought to the foundation of every transaction — the title company? This often-overlooked aspect of real estate investing may help make or break your success in the long run.
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