4th Annual Charity Poker Tournament and Sunrise Gala Recap
The Atlantis Organization and Sharestates partnered up again this year for the 4th Annual Charity Poker Tournament. The event was held on April 25, 2017 at Temple Emanuel in Great Neck, NY. This year about 200 attendees were present, some of which played poker while others observed.
Multiple Home Renovations Turn Away Potential Buyers
Not all renovations are created equal. Some home renovations actually turn buyers away, rather than draw them in. Last month, existing home sales saw their highest climb in more than 10 years. It’s hard to go wrong with today’s housing shortage, and yet realtors continue meeting homeowners and investors making the wrong kind of renovations.
8 Reasons for Crowdfunding Your Next Property Investment
There are a number of ways to raise capital for your real estate projects. If you are a property developer or real estate investor, you might consider real estate crowdfunding. Whether your investment strategy is to buy and hold or fix and flip, you still need capital to purchase property and to make necessary improvements to increase its value.
Conditions for Real Estate Investing Remain Strong
When consumers consider real estate investing, they most likely defer to the traditional home purchase. Residential real estate has been a wise investment decision over time, and with interest rates remaining at historically low levels and demand for homes far outweighing available supply, all indications are that the housing market will be strong for some time.
Comparative look into REITs and Marketplace Lending
Finding the right mix for your asset portfolio in a low yield environment takes looking outside of the box to maximize your returns. Looking at the standard asset classes, with interest rates raising, REITs in general can yield higher than the stock market.
Understanding Loan-to-Value is Key to Real Estate Investing
Investors who want to learn how to make money in real estate are well advised to start by learning about LTV, or Loan-to-Value. This is a key concept in private real estate investing. It is one element in the calculation of the amount of financing available on a particular piece of property.
Flipsters: Millennial Real Estate Investing Gets Hip
Millennials grew up watching reality based TV shows on how to fix and flip real estate. Buying, fixing and selling residential real estate as an investment strategy was one sector of the real estate market that retained a connection to the basic concept of creating and realizing value during the bubble years.
Maximizing Investment Return on Commercial Real Estate
Understanding the basic economic forces of supply and demand will help the novice commercial real estate investor build a real estate portfolio that provides a consistently high rate of return.
Staging Trends to Sell a Mixed Use Investment Property
Realtors stage homes to encourage buyers to visualize themselves living in the space. The same is true for staging a mixed use property. Attracting buyers is the ultimate endgame.
Two Current Investment Trends in New York Real Estate
The first proof in this pudding is counter-intuitive because it is global. Chinese private investors have been purchasing significant properties in New York for several years because they are familiar with New York. It is one of the most well known cities in the world.
