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Free Training for Real Estate Agents Being Offered by Momentifi and Freddie Mac
Momentifi announced that they are partnering with Freddie Mac to offer a free continuing education (CE) course designed to help real estate agents and brokers better serve historically underserved communities. The 3-hour course will help give agents and brokers the...
Thinking of Selling a Home Without a Real Estate Agent? Here’s Why That Tactic May Not Work Well Today
Source: The Ascent --- Key points Despite low real estate inventory, today's sellers don't have the same upper hand they did a year ago. Partnering up with a real estate agent could help you walk away with a higher sale price. Look for a real estate agent with good...
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Looking for new investment options? Here’s what to know about real estate beyond homeownership
Source: azcentral --- Many Americans are so enamored with homeownership that they might forget there are other real estate investment options — possibly better ones. Owning a home provides shelter, appreciation potential, tax deductions and other benefits. Other real...
A 27-year-old real-estate investor who rehabbed 7 Austin properties last year is now targeting San Antonio, where homes can cost less than $100,000. Here are 3 reasons it’s the next big investor hot spot.
Source: Insider --- Austin real-estate investor John Crenshaw said he only worked for someone else once. For a brief spell, when he was 17 years old, he worked at a branch of H-E-B, the popular Texas grocery store. After that, he turned his passion for gaming into a...
Tennessee Housing Association Launches Virtual Marketplace for Manufactured Housing
The Tennessee Housing Association (THA) has launched an online virtual marketplace of factory-built homes available in Tennessee. The consumer platform allows Tennessee homebuyers to browse, select, tour, and shop Tennessee manufactured homes and modular homes for...
9 financial tips for new (and not-so-new) agents
Source: inman --- Here are some financial tips and techniques that can help you earn more, save more and prepare for eventual retirement.
AT&T working with real estate company on 5G smart city in Virginia
Source: ZDNet --- AT&T and property developer JBG Smith announced a letter of intent to create a 5G Smart City at scale in National Landing, a community at the intersection of three neighborhoods in northern Virginia. AT&T and JBG Smith said the first...
Buying And Financing Investment Real Estate With Friends And Family
Source: My Mother Lode --- A lot has been made about crowdfunding lately. It’s a way for individual investors or buyers to pool funds with others in order to finance whatever it is they want to finance. With real estate, it’s also an opportunity to pool funds and...
Ask a real estate pro: Can my HOA charge me $1,000 to have a tree removed?
Source: Sun Sentinel --- Q: I would like to remove a tree on our homeowner association’s property in front of my house. My association wants to charge me around $1000 for removing the tree, stump grinding, and replacing the sod. My question is, can I be charged for...
Bangor, Maine Is The #9 Real Estate Market In The U.S. Right Now
Source: Q1065 --- If there's one thing no one could've totally predicted when the pandemic struck, is that people would start flocking to Maine like never before. Not on vacation, but literally packing up and moving here from all over the country. That has caused...
Colliers: Signs of normalcy returning to West Michigan commercial real estate
Source: RE Journals --- Commercial real estate markets across the West Michigan region are firmly in recovery mode today, according to the latest research from Colliers. Colliers West Michigan recently released its second quarter market trend reports. These reports...
Real estate vendor startup raises $12.5M in funding
Source: Real Estate Weekly --- Jones, a real estate startup whose vendor network makes it easier for tenants and property managers to hire vendors, ensure compliance, and limit liability, announced it has raised a $12.5 million Series A led by JLL Spark and Khosla...
The Power Of Self-Education In Real Estate
Source: Forbes --- Many brokers are technically savvy but don’t have the personal touch that is so critical for dealing with people. We are all different but we can all benefit from deepening our knowledge and developing our skills through self-education and reading....
Should You Buy a New Home Now?
Source: Fool --- Here's what prospective buyers need to know about today's housing market. There are plenty of benefits to owning a home -- financial stability, not having to answer to a landlord, and the pride that comes with attaining such a huge goal. But is now a...
In rural Minnesota, ‘nothing but upside’ as farmland values near record highs
Source: Star Tribune --- Rising prices for farmland across Minnesota helped Greg Schuman and his siblings decide it was finally time to sell off 160 acres in Chippewa County that his family owned for nearly a century. "The timing was right for us, with land prices...
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