Exciting news this week about the most recent upgrade to our Hot Investment Properties. In this article, we walk you through a primer on the new Hot Investment Properties featuring all of the details included in an active MLS listing.
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In the final part of this 3-part series on building the right team, we’ll talk about maintaining relationships and dealing with the ups and downs of adding and rolling off properties from your portfolio and how that impacts your team and your investment strategies. When you have an open dialog with your team, everyone will be more successful.
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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.
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The first in a three-part series where we guide you through the thought process of building the right team to make your real estate investment efforts successful. In this first part, we’ll talk about your strategy. What are the things that you may have taken for granted about investing in real estate that you could revisit to freshen how you look at your real estate investing strategy.
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We recently had a chat with Joel Block, CPA, CSP, and fund manager about the pros and cons of passive investing, active investing and how investors can navigate today’s turbulent real estate market.
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About once a month, we want to provide you a snapshot of the buzz in real estate and the market in general. Here is a list of the most recent articles, stats and podcasts we’ve curated for you on what’s happening in real estate.
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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.
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We’ve all seen it plastered across the headlines: crime is on the rise. In this article, we talk about the Lehigh Valley crime impacts and how it can deter quality tenants. The good news is that over the last decade, violent crime has been on the decline in the Lehigh Valley. The pandemic, however, has inflamed violence and crime trends, making tenants potentially nervous about their rental choices.
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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.
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Inflation is here to stay, and is no longer transitory. Why it’s important to investors to look on the bright side of the current economic trends.
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In this article, we’ll talk about the Lehigh Valley region and what we are forecasting for some pretty big changes in 2022. The turbulence will continue, but in the form of market softening, increased foreclosures and lower rents. All in all, we expect the real estate market in the Lehigh Valley to normalize in 2022, creating more opportunities for investors to add to their portfolio of investment properties.
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Welcome to the Empire Investment Club. To help guide you through your EIC content, we’ve created an EIC primer to acquaint you with all of the content features you can enjoy as a new Member.
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