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6 Profitable Niches For Real Estate Investors By Frank McKinney     What is your real estate niche?  The most successful real estate investors have answers to this question, because when you work within a specific real estate niche — your area of specialization — you develop in-depth knowledge about one particular aspect of the real estate… Read more: 6 Profitable Niches For Real Estate Investors

What’s the Best Way to Find Houses to Flip in 2021?     House flipping can be a big moneymaker. Here’s how to find inventory. [Updated: Mar 03, 2021 ] Mar 12, 2020 by Maurie Backman If you’re looking to make money in the real estate market, flipping houses is a good way to do it. But… Read more: What’s the Best Way to Find Houses to Flip 2021?

Possibility of a 2021 Housing Market Crash?   By Mark Mathis, VP of Sales for Homes.com   With the real estate market experiencing surging prices, scant inventories and a backlog of new home construction, many consumers are wondering if what’s gone up must come back down—in other words, are we headed for another housing market… Read more: Possibility of a 2021 Housing Market Crash?

Predicting the Vaccine Rollout’s Impact on the Housing Market   January 11, 2021 Author: Christina Hughes Babb     Expect the housing market in 2021 to “settle somewhere in between where we were before COVID and where we were during COVID,” says Danielle Hale, Chief Economist for Realtor.com’s recent article entitled, “How the Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines… Read more: Predicting the Vaccine Rollout’s Impact on the Housing Market

7 Insider House Flipping Secrets To Help Find the Path to Profitability   By Dawn Allcot Jan 27, 2021 (Ridofranz/Getty Images)   Is 2021 the year you’re going to buy a real estate investment property? If you have your sights set on flipping a house for a big profit, you likely know how much work is… Read more: 7 Insider House Flipping Secrets To Help Find the Path to Profitability

The 2020 Top 10 Most Popular Home Improvements Amid COVID-19   Stuck at home, homeowners have been fluffing their nests.   Marilyn Lewis • February 6, 2021 Halfpoint / Shutterstock.com Spending on home improvements grew in 2020, driven both by higher costs for labor and materials and by homeowners’ shifting priorities amid the coronavirus pandemic. Spending averaged… Read more: The 2020 Top 10 Most Popular Home Improvements Amid COVID-19

By Dawn Allcot | Jan 27, 2021 Is 2021 the year you’re going to buy a real estate investment property? If you have your sights set on flipping a house for a big profit, you likely know how much work is involved. Sure, popular real estate reality shows like “Flip or Flop” and “Flipping Across America” make fix-and-flip… Read more: 7 Insider Secrets About House Flipping To Put You on the Path to Profitability

12 Exterior Paint Colors to Help Sell Your House   Find a hue for the exterior of your house that you—and homebuyers—will love. By Marie Proeller Hueston Spruce Up the Exterior to Sell 1/14 Like the hues you choose for indoors, exterior house colors should be ones you love coming home to day after day. That… Read more: 12 Exterior Paint Colors to Help Sell Your House

How the Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Help—and Hurt—the U.S. Housing Market   By Clare Trapasso | Jan 11, 2021 Mike Kemp/Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing financial crisis have caused immeasurable hardship and pain across the U.S. Paradoxically enough, the crisis has also served as a turbocharged shot to the housing market. Feverish buyers rushed… Read more: Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Help and Hurt U.S. Housing Market

As any real estate agent knows, leads are the lifeblood to success. This is why it is no secret that a high percentage of most agents’ time is dedicated to uncovering possible leads via as many conduits as possible.  That being said, all leads are not created equal. Some leads roll in thanks to expensive… Read more: Investors: A Real Estate Agent’s Most Powerful Partnership

Buying a home is an important – and exciting – decision. After all, having a place to call your own, to raise your family in, to do as you wish with no landlord to answer to are all motivating factors in starting the process. But, in addition to these emotional reasons, buying a home can… Read more: How Pre-Qualification Can Help You Get Your Dream Home

How To Sell A Home In The Summertime     10 Tips For Selling A Home During The Summer         We’re still a few weeks away from the beginning of summer, which begins on June 21st this year, but it’ll be here before we know it! If you’re thinking about selling a… Read more: 10 Tips For Selling A Home During The Summer

How to Hang an American Flag Around the Home: 10 Embarrassing Mistakes to Avoid   By Adriana Velez | Jul 4, 2017 MilosJokic/iStock If you’re wondering how to hang an American flag without offending someone, you’re not alone. Plenty of holidays (the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and more) might inspire you to hang a flag… Read more: How to Hang an American Flag Around the Home: 10 Embarrassing Mistakes to Avoid

How to Prepare for a Long-Distance Move   Follow these 10 tips for getting your family and home ready to relocate to a new city or state.             By Lisa Larson , Contributor |June 12, 2020, at 9:12 a.m.   How to Prepare for a Long-Distance Move A long-distance move can get pricey,… Read more: How to Prepare for a Long-Distance Move

LGBTQ Homeownership: There’s More Work to Do June 9, 2020   It’s Pride Month, and while the LGBTQ community is gaining more acceptance on some legal fronts, its members continue to report high levels of fear over discrimination in housing, according to a newly released report from the National Association of Gay & Lesbian Real… Read more: LGBTQ Homeownership: There’s More Work to Do

Selling Your Home in the Age of Coronavirus? Here Are All Your Top Questions, Answered   By Larissa Runkle | Jun 4, 2020 Melpomenem/Getty Images With every day of this pandemic feeling like it brings a fresh batch of news, you’d be forgiven for feeling confused about the actual state of things now. While many cities start to… Read more: Answers on How to Sell Your Home During Coronavirus

8 Steps To Buying a House Remotely   Real Estate | 05/13/2020 | By:Laura Mueller The real estate market never sleeps, which is good news if you need to buy a house remotely. No matter where you are or what you’re looking for, there are plenty of people and processes set up and ready to help. So much so in fact… Read more: 8 Steps To Buying a House Remotely

5 Tips for Moving During COVID-19 BY FRANCES THOMAS ON 9 APR 2020 By taking extra safety precautions and minimizing social contact, you can still move safely. Amid travel bans, widespread stay-at-home orders and social-distancing mandates, millions of Americans are learning to adapt to the changes brought about by COVID-19. Countless events have been rescheduled or cancelled, but… Read more: 5 Tips for Moving During COVID-19

4 Financial Moves to Make After Losing Your Job Rebecca Lake FEB 14, 2020   Losing your job unexpectedly can be emotionally and financially devastating but unfortunately, it’s something all too many Americans have found themselves dealing with in recent years. While the national unemployment rate has been on a steady decline since 2009, it remained… Read more: 4 Financial Moves to Make After Losing Your Job

Let’s Get Cooking! 2020’s Top Kitchen Trends You Absolutely Must Have   By Clare Trapasso | Jan 9, 2020 chandlerphoto/iStock     The top must-have kitchen feature of 2020 is (drum roll, please) the kitchen island.   Nearly two-thirds of renovated kitchens include an island, according to a recent survey from design and remodeling site Houzz. The site… Read more: 2020’s Top Kitchen Trends You Absolutely Must Have!

Three Reasons Why This Is Not a Housing Crisis     In times of uncertainty, one of the best things we can do to ease our fears is to educate ourselves with research, facts, and data. Digging into past experiences by reviewing historical trends and understanding the peaks and valleys of what’s come before us… Read more: Three Reasons Why This Is Not a Housing Crisis

How to clean your home to prevent coronavirus spread Shira Feder Mar 5, 2020, 6:52 PM Clean first, disinfect after. Getty Schools and businesses across the US have closed for deep cleanings to mitigate possible spread of the novel coronavirus. The CDC suggests you clean and disinfect all “high-touch areas” in your home, from doorknobs to smartphones.… Read more: How to Clean Your Home to Prevent Coronavirus Spread

Record number of borrowers can now save on a mortgage refinance as rates drop from coronavirus fears PUBLISHED FRI, MAR 6 2020 11:24 AM EST UPDATED FRI, MAR 6 2020 2:48 PM EST Diana Olick KEY POINTS The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to a record low of 3.29%, Freddie Mac reported this week.… Read more: Record number of borrowers can now save on a mortgage refinance as rates drop from coronavirus fears

Can’t Stand Minimalism or Maximalism? Try Happy-Medium Design By Margaret Heidenry | Jan 16, 2020 CreativaStudio/iStock Think minimalism is too stark, and maximalism too much? Then you’re in luck, since the home decor pendulum seems to have swung to the middle. So what is it? Fittingly, it’s called happy-medium design. In a recent feature, the Wall Street Journal described the… Read more: Can’t Stand Minimalism or Maximalism? Try Happy-Medium Design

An important piece of the real estate puzzle hinges on building a strong team. This is why in addition to our network of agents, lenders, attorneys, and brokers, we are always on the lookout for great contractors to partner with. Below is some more insight on what we are looking for along with a number… Read more: Seeking High-Quality Contractors to Join Our Team

If you are a real estate investor looking to purchase wholesale properties or partner on joint venture projects, look no further. Our team has the experience, know-how, and infrastructure to offer you opportunities in your real estate investment endeavors. No matter if you are looking for a rehab project to work on or you are… Read more: Are you Looking to Grow Your Real Estate Investment Opportunities?

Homeowners find themselves in the position of having to sell their home fast for any number of reasons. For example, there are times when family obligations require you to move out of state with little warning. Maybe a job relocation takes you to a new area. Or a personal situation has arisen, putting homeowners on… Read more: Situations We Can Help Home Sellers With

Need to Sell your House Fast? 5 Benefits of Selling a Home to Real Estate Investor September 14th, 2016 asokurec No doubt that there are different ways for selling a house, but all of them are not the available options all the time. For an instance, in the case you are in the hurry to… Read more: (no title)

The Only 10 Kitchen Essentials You Truly Need: Do You Have Them All? By Liz Alterman brizmaker/iStock   DO NOT MISS THESE KITCHEN ESSENTIALS! Whether you love to cook or prefer to squeak by on Lean Cuisine meals, every kitchen needs certain tools to function properly. And despite what purveyors of the spiralizer or banana hammock… Read more: The Only Kitchen Essentials You Will Ever Need

GETTY IMAGES 10 Things You Must Do This Fall     Fall is a great time for football, hot apple cider, and preparing your home for the cold weather so you save money and aggravation. While the weather is still relatively warm and the ground is not yet covered with snow, take advantage of autumn to complete… Read more: 10 Things You Must Do This Fall

8 Best Back-to-School Organization Ideas That Are Unbelievable Bargains, Too By Liz Alterman | Aug 19, 2019      Back-to-school mania has begun! Indeed, back-to-school sales and deals abound to get you and your little ones prepared for fall. But don’t forget, your home might need a back-to-school organizational makeover, too. Even with the best intentions, back-to-school season can be… Read more: 8 Best Back-to-School Organization Ideas That Are Unbelievable Bargains, Too

Love It or Leave It? Americans Prefer Renovations By Zillow Research on Oct. 11, 2018 Given a choice between spending money on a down payment for a new home or using that same money to fix up their current home, 76 percent of Americans choose to renovate, according to the new Zillow Housing Aspirations Report. The… Read more: Should You Renovate or Sell?

Win home shoppers over before they even think about stepping foot inside. A polished home exterior creates an inviting experience for visitors or passersby, which is especially important if your home is on the market. Check out our tips to get the most curb appeal for the lowest cost — while turning your neighbors’ heads and… Read more: 8 Curb Appeal Boosters You Can Do in a Weekend

Looking to find a decent contractor for your small-to-large home renovation? Or maybe you need to flesh out ideas on how best to overhaul your space? Sweeten—a free service pairing reno-focused homeowners (and commercial clients, too) with licensed, meticulously vetted general contractors that bid for the job—has you covered. The company has recently forecasted the top… Read more: 10 Top Home Renovations Trends for 2018

Approaching your 10th home-iversary? Congrats!  It’s probably time for a little maintenance. No matter how much you love and care for your home, things are bound to wear out and need fixing — especially when you hit the 10-year mark. To keep your house in tiptop condition, consider making these updates every 10 years or… Read more: 9 Updates Your Home Needs Every 10 Years

As remote working powers through its tipping point, what evolving real estate trends do home buyers, and investors need to be aware of? If it hasn’t already, remote working is on the fast path to becoming the most common way to work. The biggest impact for the real estate industry is still to come. So just how big… Read more: How Will The Remote Working Trend Affect Real Estate?

According to niche.com, Tom’s River is ranked #11 as the best places to live in Ocean County, NJ. Holiday City is the largest 55+ active adult community in Toms River. Immediate benefits of living in Holiday City at Berkeley: single family homes clubhouses with many activities and clubs outdoor swimming pools, horseshoe pits, shuffleboard, bocce… Read more: Are you 55+ looking to downsize at the Jersey Shore?

What are the best real estate lead generation options today? Where and how can real estate agents, investors and other related industry professionals generate more leads for buying, selling and renting properties? What are some of the little known benefits, and pitfalls of common real estate lead generation channels today? Here are 12 ways for real estate… Read more: Real Estate Lead Generation 101

The real estate industry caters to independent strategies. For every investor, there is another way to go about conducting business. Some may prefer to utilize the convenience of technology while others want to maintain personal relationships. However, for one reason or another, there remains a void between these two independent strategies. Smart investors will figure… Read more: Technology vs. People Skills: Which Real Estate Strategies Will Win?

“Investment is most intelligent when most business like” – Warren Buffett If investing is better when conducted most business like, does it mean that more real estate investors ought to be investing in a more businesslike fashion? Should every real estate investor be investing as a business? What does that really mean? What does it look… Read more: Real Estate Investing As A Business

Many people are still wondering whether or not real estate is one of the best investment strategies for long-term wealth building. Is investing in homes still a smart investment for the average individual? Is a home still the best investment of a lifetime for most Americans? If so, why are some pessimists still questioning the rebound… Read more: Housing Still The Best Investment Tool Of A Lifetime