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According to Joseph Keshi, founder and CEO of Keshman Property Management, investors often focus on cap rates, appreciation, and tax advantages when evaluating markets. However, Keshi argues that legal differences—especially those related to eviction—directly affect investment performance. Nowhere is this clearer than in how long it takes to remove a non-paying tenant. Keshi describes a ...
Real estate investment companies function as market makers, buying and selling contracts continuously, regardless of economic cycles. But Andrew Farnell, National Transaction Coordinator at Elite Closing Solutions, says this model carries a hidden vulnerability that becomes acute during periods of market uncertainty. When transactions drag on beyond their anticipated timelines, the risk of failure rises ...
Florida’s single-family rental market is facing a breakdown in investment viability as insurance, property tax, and HOA fee increases have outpaced rental income growth, according to William Ward, founder of A-Ward Winning Realty. Ward says these rising costs have made it nearly impossible for investors to achieve positive cash flow, forcing many to abandon the ...
Vacation rental deals in Gatlinburg are increasingly collapsing during the home inspection phase, according to Deanna Workman, a Realtor with Century 21 Legacy GP. But Workman says this trend reflects more than just routine inspection issues. Instead, it points to a pattern of investors underestimating actual property costs, then using inspection contingencies to back out ...
National real estate coverage often focuses on interest rates, speculating about Federal Reserve moves, mortgage rates dipping below 6 percent, and how payment changes affect buyers. These questions fill headlines and shape industry sentiment. But this lens misses the mark in luxury coastal markets, where most buyers do not rely on financing at all. Mary ...
Christine Belin, a real estate broker at Evernest, reports that Denver investors are steadily moving away from townhomes and condos and focusing on duplexes, quadplexes, and larger multifamily properties. After years of building portfolios around single-unit properties, small investors are now selling those holdings and reinvesting in buildings with multiple units under one roof. This ...
Vacation rental occupancy rates in Gatlinburg have plunged from peaks of 80 percent in 2021 to about 53 percent today, according to Deanna Workman, a REALTOR® with Century 21 Legacy GP who specializes in Smoky Mountains properties. Workman says the cause is not fewer tourists or new regulations, but a flood of new vacation rentals ...
Short-term rental (STR) investors are accumulating far more credit card debt than the average American, not because of poor money management but due to a structural mismatch between how properties generate income and how expenses are scheduled. According to Stefan St. Marie, Co-Founder and CTO of Revnest, this growing debt burden is a direct result ...
$1,099,000 for a four-bedroom Cape Cod on a generous 0.41-acre lot with exceptional renovation, expansion, or new construction potential in Madison’s elite Hill section. In Madison’s competitive Hill section market, land is the ultimate luxury. 60 West Lane offers a rare opportunity that savvy buyers and builders recognize immediately. “Properties like this simply don’t come ...
Real estate investors who once fueled the rapid growth of short-term rentals are increasingly moving away from the Airbnb model, according to Joseph Keshi, founder and CEO of Keshman Property Management. Instead of acquiring new properties for short-term use, many investors are selling off existing Airbnb holdings or converting them to long-term rentals. “The only ...
Real estate investment companies often frame success as a product of strategy – spotting undervalued properties, entering the right markets, and timing cycles correctly. But Andrew Farnell, National Transaction Coordinator at Elite Closing Solutions, argues that these factors might, in fact, be secondary. In his view, the real differentiator is execution: the internal systems that ...
Lenders are changing the way they finance short-term rental (STR) properties, shifting from evaluating buyer creditworthiness to assessing property income performance. This change is altering which STR investments can access institutional capital and how quickly deals can close. Stefan St. Marie, Co-Founder and CTO of Revnest, explains that more lenders are now using debt service ...
The net lease development market is facing a sharp correction as oversupply in key tenant categories collides with higher interest rates and a more cautious buyer pool. Projects underwritten in the low-rate environment of 2022 and early 2023 are now struggling to sell at prices that provide any meaningful developer profit, leaving legacy inventory to ...
The senior housing sector is experiencing its strongest demand and occupancy rates since before the pandemic. Still, many investors remain anchored to outdated narratives of distress, according to Allison Irwin, VP of Seniors Housing M&A at Evans Senior Investments. While headlines have long focused on pandemic-era struggles, current data shows a sharp turnaround, with occupancy, ...
The surge in AI infrastructure investment has brought in record amounts of capital. Still, operators warn that the economics behind these projects are not keeping pace with the rapid obsolescence of the technology itself. The core issue is not a lack of money or technical skill, but that the financial models built around long-term infrastructure ...
