Top 5 Apartment REITs + Overall Review (2020) August 8, 2020A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a type of mutual ownership, much like a mutual fund, in which a company offers shares in a pool of real estate assets. Apartment REITs (or multifamily REITs) specialize in residential apartments (five or more units, typically 50-1,000 units per apartment building complex) and other multifamily properties. They are part of the residential REIT sector. Apartment REITs earn revenue by renting out units in multifamily properties to tenants. In this article, we review the top five publicly traded apartment REITs trading on the…
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Exterior Appeal… Status, Taste, or Just the Home? Some people say that a home's architecture says as much about a person as their car or their clothes do. Others care more about design than appearance. It's not a stretch to think that both types of people would like to search for a home by style. Unfortunately, the ability to search homes for sale by style is spotty at best and subject to a fair bit of misinformation. In other words, you never know what Google will show you because the text-based descriptions of the listings are inaccurate. The MLS, the…
Multifamily Investing – 50 Expert Tips, Tricks and Hacks July 28, 2020Multifamily investing is one of the most lucrative areas of real estate investing. But to make money, you must know what you are doing. First, read the many multifamily investing articles Assets America® has published. These will give you a good idea of what you need to know to start multifamily real estate investing. Even with all this information, we cannot stress enough how vital it is to work with a seasoned, expert lender. Every project is unique, and sometimes you have to think outside of the box. Assets…
Michalek Brothers Racing has added Fund That Flip, a leader in providing short-term loans to experienced real estate investors, as a new major partnership to its A/Fuel Dragster team.The team has had career-best results in recent competition and is preparing hard for a return to NHRA national competition in 2020 and 2021. “We are honored and excited to have the opportunity to partner with the Fund That Flip team,” said Kyle Michalek, co-owner of MBR. “We believe there are many complementary strengths between our race team, the NHRA fan base and the Fund That Flip team that can be leveraged…
The COVID-related real estate industry has seen both good and bad, with a big push of the process to virtual. The move helped fill the in-person void created by new social distancing norms, and virtual tools will continue to be part of the “more efficient process.” But has the calculus of house hunting changed for the better, or is the value primarily in the entertainment provided by fun technology? Are there matching algorithms to find the right home? Black and white TVs have gone color. Coat hanger antennas have been replaced by cable. Game shows have been replaced by Game…
Whether it's building an island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, gliding around Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, or just enjoying the mayhem of Mario Kart 8, the Nintendo Switch is my favorite piece of technology to have been released in the last few years. But it's far from perfect, with a plastic build, a weird kickstand, and so-so battery life. And now, after two years of use, my Switch suffers from Joy-Con drift, which makes games seem possessive. If you're not touching the Joy-Con, your character will walk away on its own, and the selection…
If you're as obsessed with HGTV as we are, it's understandable that you've fantasized about quitting your job and reinventing yourself as a Fixer Upper-style home improvement superstar. I mean, who doesn't want to be the next Joanna Gaines or Leanne Ford? But if dreams are quickly outpacing reality, you might want to think twice before diving into the home improvement market. The shows tend to downplay the less glamorous parts of the process (like fixing your HVAC system), bend time and space constraints (you do this all in a week?), and price labor and materials at rates not typically…
JLL: City Momentum Index 2018 | Agility, Talent and Technology BOMA and IREM Discuss the Future of Commercial and Corporate Real Estate | Realcomm Live Multiple reports from leading companies and organizations assessing the current state of CRE. CDC Guidance Document How the Corporate Real Estate Industry is Responding to the COVID-19 CoronavirusIssue: Key findings from a worldwide CORENET global member survey COVID Executive Orders – State by State (Council of State Governments) State-by-State Covid-19 Guidance (HuschBlackwell) Deloitte COVID-19 Impact on Corporate Real Estate: Five Areas Corporate Real Estate Leaders Should Think Now | The COVID-19 crisis is a pivotal…
Source: a&eIt's no secret that reality TV isn't always real. Some shows, like my show, pride themselves on being as real as possible (see me bragging?). While many reality shows are edited to maintain continuity and put together a clear narrative, some shows are completely staged.Article continues below ad”Fans” have some harsh opinions about zombie house flipping.Many fans certainly think so, with the show's IMDB user reviews being particularly scathing. One user, jasinned, wrote:”Worth watching if you want to get annoyed,” he said, and gave it a rating of 1/10, saying, “The acting from the so-called characters is exaggerated, extremely…
Posted in: Games, Indie Games, Video Games | Tags: House Flipper, Merge GamesMerge Games announced this week that House Flipper Signature Edition will be released this summer on all three major consoles. The minor indie hit, which sees players transform old, dilapidated locations into listed specs, has garnered many views on YouTube and Twitch, as have other simulators of its ilk, such as PC Builder Simulator. Merge Games, through Signature Edition Games, will be releasing the Signature Edition for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One this summer. Check out the trailer below, along with what's included in the edition: Credit:…