The social media landscape has changed dramatically since 2012, but the content strategy of many real estate agents has remained the same. Our customer research involves looking at a number of brokerage social feeds for each specific project, and we've noticed a few things worth mentioning: Rather than continuing to do it with the same strategy, there's an opportunity to make a change: 1) incorporate social channels into a strategy that serves your overall marketing and recruiting efforts, or 2) provide at least some relief to a marketing team that's probably burned out from too much administrative work (i.e., workload…
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F2 Finance is hoping to grab a share of the “fragmented” fix-and-resale market at a time when a shortage of housing inventory has severely limited transactions. “There are roughly 8,500 remodel-and-resale mortgage lenders in the U.S., which shows how dispersed lenders are,” Christian Feis, founder of F2Finance, said in an interview with Housingwire. The U.S. remodel-and-resale short-term real estate market is estimated to be worth $68 billion a year, according to F2Finance. “This opportunity is interesting in that there is a housing shortage, so fix-and-resale financing directly helps with the supply and demand issue in terms of creating new housing…
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Lex20/Getty Images/iStockphotoHome flipping is on the rise and you’re looking to get into it.According to ATTOM data, the average gross profit from a home flip in the U.S. in Q1 2023 is $56,000. This is a 4.7% increase from $53,500 in Q4 2022. Home flipping is major business, with the data showing that 72,960 single-family homes and condominiums were flipped in Q1 2023. Amazingly, this accounted for 9% of all real estate sales in that period.I'm a Real Estate Agent: Buy Property in These 10 Cities to Become Rich in 10 YearsLearn: 3 things you should definitely do once you…
Dan Rivers, a real estate investor with a portfolio of 16 homes valued at $2.7 million, flips homes. Rivers' most successful flip to date was a six-month project that netted him more than $180,000. He shares his secrets to success and the hidden costs to avoid to stay within budget. Thank you for your registration! Access your favorite topics on the go with your personalized feed. Download the App By clicking “Sign Up”, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at any time by visiting your settings page or clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom…
Property prices continued to recover in June, rising 1.1%, but the pace of growth is starting to slow. Growth in Sydney was again strongest, with prices increasing 1.7% over the month and prices up 6.7% from January's low, according to CoreLogic. Brisbane also performed well, with prices rising 1.3%, Adelaide and Perth up 0.9% and Melbourne up 0.7%. Prices rose in all state capitals except Hobart, where property prices fell 0.3% for the month. CoreLogic research director Tim Lawless said the main factor behind continued upward pressure on house prices was a lack of supply. “New listings in the capital…
Good morning, Broadsheet readers. As Twitter clashes with Meta threads, New York City explores regulating AI in hiring, and Opendoor's CEO tries to navigate a tough housing market, we hope you have a great weekend. – Just keep building. In 2022, real estate technology company Opendoor became a Fortune 500 company for the first time. The company debuted at #425 with $8 billion in revenue. Later that year, the company's CFO, Carrie Wheeler, took over as CEO from co-founder Eric Wu. This means that in 2023, Opendoor became the first Fortune 500 company led by a woman.When the Fortune 500…
According to a recent report from real estate data firm ATTOM, the remodel-and-resale market has boomed in recent years, with more than 407,000 homes resold in 2022, up 14% from 2021 and 58% from 2020. ATTOM reports that a remodel-and-resale investor was involved in about 1 in 12 home sales (8.4%) last year. But rising costs and the banking crisis this year have sapped investment returns for property flippers, and for those still interested, raising capital or bridge loans to repair and resell may be harder than in past years. “In today's market, liquidity for reform-and-flip and bridge loans has…
COO Jake Rome (left) and CEO Josh Ernst are Backflip co-founders. [Photo: Backflip] Backflip, a Dallas-based real estate fintech company that caters to investors who renovate and flip properties, announced it has expanded into 41 new U.S. markets. “We've experienced incredible growth since launching in Texas in 2021,” co-founder and CEO Josh Ernst said in a statement. “We're excited to expand our real estate technology and financial services nearly nationwide, ensuring every real estate entrepreneur has access to what they need to level up their business operations and contribute to a healthier housing market.” Backflip said that from Alaska to…
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