Help, advice and practical how-to-guides for real estate investors
A lot of people dream of owning a rental property – collecting checks every month and building wealth while someone else pays the mortgage. According to one Hudson Valley broker who owns investment properties himself, the dream version and the real version are pretty different. Greg Berardi, owner of Berardi Realty in Ulster County, has ...
You’ve probably seen the headlines: Airbnb is oversaturated. The short-term rental boom is over. Investors are bailing. Some of that is true, but only for a specific slice of the market. As pandemic-era travel demand fades and inventory levels climb, the short-term rental market is dividing into two distinct tiers. Average properties in unremarkable locations ...
Everyone’s heard of Nashville. But ask someone who works this market every day where the real momentum is building, and you’ll get a more interesting answer. Middle Tennessee is growing fast, and not just in the places that already made the headlines. A handful of areas are drawing serious attention from buyers, investors, and relocators ...
Southwest Florida draws steady investor interest for clear reasons: warm weather, consistent demand from retirees and remote workers, and a lifestyle that appeals to a broad pool of buyers. But the Venice and Englewood market in 2026 isn’t the free-for-all it was during the pandemic years. Prices have corrected, insurance costs remain high, and older ...
The Catskills have always had a certain pull – mountain air, open space, a slower pace of life, just two hours from Manhattan. But beyond its lifestyle appeal, this region has quietly become a serious destination for small investors looking to invest in real estate outside expensive city markets. With the post-pandemic frenzy now faded ...
Most people think real estate investing means buying a rental property and watching the money roll in. The reality is more complex — and more rewarding. Daniel Berger, broker-owner of RE/MAX Prestige Properties in Westchester County, New York, has spent the last decade selling investment properties and buying them himself. That hands-on experience informs advice ...
When Space Center funding contracted around 2008, Florida’s Space Coast didn’t just experience a downturn; it experienced one of the more severe regional collapses in a state already among the hardest-hit nationally. The cause, according to Lindsay Sanger Norton, Managing Broker and Owner of The Solutions Group at Real Brokerage, was straightforward: the entire local ...
Las Vegas carries a powerful association with hospitality and short-term stays. That reputation draws a steady stream of real estate investors who assume the city’s culture translates into a permissive environment for Airbnb-style rentals. According to Ilona Fedorko, a realtor with Scofield Group LLC, that assumption is wrong — and acting on it without due ...
Debt funds in multifamily lending have multiplied in recent years, expanding the availability of capital on paper. But their highly specific underwriting requirements regarding property age, deal size, and business plan stage are creating a fragmented market in which matching the right borrower to the right lender has become a specialized skill. On the surface, ...
Hurricane Sandy’s rebuild cycle didn’t just repair a coastal market — it replaced it with a fundamentally different one, and the effects on pricing, inventory, and investment opportunity are still unfolding more than a decade later. When Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey Shore in 2012, it left behind a landscape of damaged and destroyed ...
With 361 residential sales above $10 million recorded in 2025, South Florida’s ultra-luxury segment is running at roughly twice the pace of five years ago — and the buyer profile bears little resemblance to the speculative market that collapsed in 2008. The “Bubble” Narrative Outside South Florida, the reaction to Miami-area luxury prices is often ...
If your investment portfolio is mostly stocks right now, you’ve probably been feeling pretty good lately. Markets have been hitting new records. But some experienced investors are quietly asking a different question: Is this the moment to take some chips off the table and move into real estate? It’s a question worth sitting with — ...
You’ve seen the listings. Stunning waterfront homes with custom finishes, open floor plans, and views that make you forget what state you’re in. But if you’ve ever wondered what it actually costs to build one of those homes from scratch — not buy it, build it — the numbers might stop you cold. Construction costs ...
Just a few years ago, healthy building certification was primarily the domain of high-end office buildings. Developers and corporate tenants competed to offer better air quality, natural light, and wellness features to attract top talent. Today, the strongest and fastest-growing demand for these certifications is coming from student housing — a shift that has reshaped ...
