Image from Pexels By Rick Tobin Over the past several years, most short-term and long-term rental property owners created the bulk of their wealth from the annual equity gains related to buying and holding their properties as values increased anywhere between 10% to 40% per year. In California Continue Reading
BEWARE: Social Media Fakes Make Poor Tenants
By Stewart Levine Image from Pixabay Are unprecedented legal changes and scam tenants making it time to rethink rentals as investments? Even for long-time real estate investors with decades of experience, things have changed. Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram seem to be Continue Reading
Kathy Kennebrook Discusses the Secrets of Land Lording
Image by Schluesseldienst from Pixabay By Kathy Kennebrook (The Marketing Magic Lady) You’ve all heard the tenant horror stories from people who have had tenants in properties, but being a landlord doesn’t have to be difficult as long as you learn some strategies for handling your tenants. My Continue Reading
The Secrets of Being a Successful Landlord
By Kathy Kennebrook (The Marketing Magic Lady) You’ve all heard the tenant horror stories from people who have had tenants in properties, but being a landlord doesn’t have to be difficult as long as you learn some strategies for handling your tenants. My husband used to say that handling tenants Continue Reading
Back in Black/Airbnb is on the Upswing
By Michelle Corsetti At the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Airbnb occupancy rates dipped significantly as people opted to cancel their travel plans. Also, many counties put into place restrictions stopping Airbnb rentals from operating. Some counties restricted all but first responders and Continue Reading
U.S. Department of Justice Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Landlord
By Stephanie Mojica The U.S. Department of Justice recently filed a lawsuit against an Iowa landlord alleging that he sexually harassed and committed acts of retaliation against a female tenant. The defendants in the lawsuit are Juan Goitia and 908 Bridge Cooperative in Davenport, Iowa, according Continue Reading
Vacation Rental Investment Opportunities
By Rick Tobin In 2019, the travel and tourism sector represented 10.4% of the global GDP (Gross Domestic Product), including vacation rental properties. Over the past 12 years back when the best known vacation rental company named Airbnb was formed in San Francisco, each consecutive year for Continue Reading
Can Your Castle Increase Your Wealth and Legacy?
Your Home Sweet Home is Not Only a Place to Enjoy, It Can Propel Your Property Portfolio -- If Used Wisely. by Linda Pliagas, publisher Numerous well-known financial and real estate experts have sternly said on national television that a home should never be considered an investment. The value Continue Reading
Interview With Bruce Norris of The Norris Group, Riverside, California
By Christina Suter, FIBI Pasadena I recently spoke with my industry colleague and good friend Bruce Norris about what it took for him to break through from who he was as a young man to the guru he is today. Bruce is an active investor, hard money lender, and real estate educator with over 30 years Continue Reading
Think Differently to Uncover Huge Hidden Profits
By Karen A. Walker Nobel Prize-winner Albert von Szent-Gyorgy once said that "discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” It’s a description that captures what sets LuxHomePro, its processes and its co-founders apart from others. In a nutshell, they Continue Reading
U.S. Single-Family Rental Home Market Poised for Near-Term Real Estate Growth Opportunities, According to SVN | SFRhub Advisors
By Ruth Seigel Abrupt global economic downturn caused by COVID-19 leads investors to seek refuge and diversification in opportunistic CRE asset classes growth, risk-stabilization and yield. Phoenix, AZ - (April 16, 2020) – As the world grapples to tame the coronavirus pandemic and overturn the Continue Reading
Covid-19 and Airbnb
By Holly Lynn The outbreak of the Covid-19 Virus has put a damper on short-term rentals around the world. With travel restrictions tightening the necks of travelers; Airbnb is experiencing a downturn in rental stays. Especially in affected areas. Airbnb has reformed its cancellation policy to both Continue Reading
Millennials and Short-Term Rentals
By Holly Lynn Millennials or Generation Y are a demographic that range in birth dates between 1980 and 1996. They are becoming an increasing group that is opting for short-term rentals instead of purchasing homes. Especially the younger members of the millennial group. There are many reasons why Continue Reading
Real Estate Investing: A Market Correction is Coming
By Tim Houghten It’s inevitable. A market correction is coming. The market has been on a high for years now. In 2018 alone, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke a record high 15 times. If history has taught us anything, it’s that the market cannot sustain those highs for that long without a Continue Reading
