Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton—the Lehigh Valley has its fair share of older properties—many exceed the hundred-year-old mark. The market is highly competitive for tenants and you need every advantage you have to make your investment property the most desirable. In this article, we offer up some relatively inexpensive ideas to spruce up your property’s curb appeal so an older property looks like new and grabs the eye of your ideal tenant.

On March 29th, Jennifer de Jesus hosted a lively EIC Club Conversations entitled, “Rehabbing Properties: What You Need to Know.” She provide six important tips on how to approach renovations—whether cosmetic or capital investments—to save time and money (and not anger tenants!). Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions live about their rehab projects so they are better prepared moving forward. Join us at a future Club Conversations to ask your important questions!

The second in a three-part series where we guide you through the implementation process of building the right team to make your real estate investment efforts successful. In this second part, we’ll talk about executing your strategy. You’ll be able to choose how much you want to do yourself, the reality of managing investment aspects such as maintenance, upgrading or construction for your property as well as sourcing your deal.

As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and when it comes to crime-proofing your investment property, there are low-cost measures you can take. With emboldened criminals having a broader impact on communities outside of cities, it’s important to do what you can to make your property safe and resilient against opportunistic crime. We’ll provide several ideas to help you view your property’s crime deterrent factors and more attractive to higher-quality tenants who are willing to pay more for a safe place to live.

Inflation came out of 2021 at 7% and surprised many of us. In this article, we’re focusing on the positives of inflation and how you can benefit as an investor by acting proactively with maintenance and capital improvements. There are still deals to be made and opportunities for property owners to leverage the steady and potentially growing rental market.