Walk into a new construction sales office without your own representation, and the first thing you will notice is how welcoming everyone is. The sales representative will walk you through the model home, show you the upgrade packages, explain the financing incentives, and make the entire process feel smooth and stress-free. What they will not ...
Most condo owners in South Florida do not know their building is on a clock. A series of rule changes issued through Fannie Mae Lender Letter LL-2026-03, in coordination with the FHFA – some already in effect, one arriving in August 2026, another in January 2027 – are quietly narrowing the pool of eligible buyers ...
Buying a home in Rochester, Minnesota in 2026 is not as simple as scheduling a showing online and making an offer. The market moves quickly, the process has more moving parts than most buyers anticipate, and the decisions made in the first few weeks can either set a buyer up for success or create problems ...
An investor buys a 20-unit apartment building. The plan is straightforward: renovate units as leases turn over – new flooring, cabinetry, lighting, HVAC upgrades – spending roughly $500,000 over the next two years. The renovation strategy is sound. The tax planning behind it, in most cases, is not. The problem is not that these investors ...
Open houses on the Central Jersey Shore right now can feel like a competition. Twenty people moving through a property on a Sunday afternoon, multiple offers, sellers who have options. For buyers who came in expecting to take their time and negotiate, it can be a disorienting experience. But Carly Ringer, a real estate agent ...
When a family member passes away and leaves behind a property, most heirs assume the hard part is the grief. The house, they figure, is an asset. It has value. It can be sold or kept, and eventually everything gets sorted out. What few people anticipate is that the property can sit in legal limbo ...
Buying an existing property feels like the safe play. The building is already there. You can see it, inspect it, and model the cash flow based on what it is already doing. But according to Culby Culbertson, founder of Culbertson Holdings, that perceived safety comes at a cost, and in many cases it is a ...
The contrast is jarring. A publicly traded company managing billions in real estate assets across multiple countries operates with no meaningful digital footprint, no systematic investor acquisition process, and no corporate marketing infrastructure – yet it is actively trying to raise capital in 2026 from American retail investors who expect to research companies online before ...
The acronym ESG was everywhere in commercial real estate just a few years ago. Sustainability reports, carbon targets, and green building certifications dominated boardroom agendas and investor conversations alike. Today, that language has largely disappeared from the same rooms. Not because the underlying pressures have gone away, but because the framing was never quite right ...
The first time a real estate professional hears “I found you through ChatGPT” from a potential client, the reaction is usually surprise mixed with confusion. They didn’t advertise on ChatGPT. They didn’t optimize for it. They may not have realized people were using AI platforms to find real estate agents at all. But it’s happening ...
When a self-managed HOA board shops for community association software, the first instinct is almost always the same: find the cheapest option that covers the basics. It makes sense. Board members are volunteers spending their neighbors’ dues. Cost sensitivity is baked into every decision. But industry experience suggests this approach creates a pattern that costs ...
Every year, a new wave of agents decides they want to move into luxury real estate. They update their bios, adjust their price point targets, and start showing up to open houses in nicer clothes. Most of them are back working the mid-market within six months – and not because the market rejected them. It ...
Rates are not the problem. The problem is that too many borrowers are still thinking about rates the way they did in 2021, and that mindset is creating friction in deals that should be getting done. Culby Culbertson, founder of Culbertson Holdings and a capital markets broker with close to $550 million in closed loans ...
The structural pressures reshaping real estate – brokerage-platform deals, AI-driven marketing tools, and shifting listing distribution models – are forcing independent boutique brokerages to make a choice: adapt proactively or react defensively. Courtney Poulos, founder and CEO of ACME Real Estate in Los Angeles, has made her decision. After 15 years building ACME as an ...
The Interface Student Housing Conference wrapped up in Austin, Texas, bringing together approximately 1,500 industry professionals for what Teddy Abdelmalek calls “the Super Bowl of student housing.” As Senior Vice President of Business Development at HH Red Stone, Abdelmalek compiled insights from 60 meetings over three days, capturing candid conversations from the conference floor about ...
