Midterm rental specialist reveals how 30-day furnished rentals are changing residential investment strategies in urban markets. When Shona Lepis evaluates rental property returns in Portland’s competitive market, she sees a stark contrast: While traditional long-term rentals might generate $200 monthly cash flow per door, her midterm rental portfolio commands rates two to three times higher ...
Real estate professionals face an uncomfortable reality: their client acquisition success often depends heavily on Google search rankings that could become less valuable over time. As AI-powered discovery tools gain adoption, agents who rely primarily on traditional search engine optimization may find their lead generation systems increasingly vulnerable. The solution isn’t abandoning SEO entirely, but ...
A significant repricing of California commercial real estate assets is creating unprecedented opportunities, but with important caveats, according to Daria Walker, Principal of Walker Realty Capital, who warns that timing and capital position will be crucial for success. The Market Shift “Properties are, honestly, a lot cheaper than they were,” Walker says, pointing to a ...
The head of a major workforce housing operator argues America’s declining community connections are creating both challenges and opportunities for multifamily owners. Ron Kutas, Chief Executive Officer of OneWall Communities, says his experience growing up in Israel revealed a stark contrast with American residential life that shapes his current approach to property management. “In Israel…you ...
The suburban office market may emerge as an unexpected winner from the post-pandemic workplace evolution, according to a veteran commercial real estate finance executive who sees strong demand for quality space outside urban cores. “Suburban office market, I think, in the long term, will have benefited in a weird way from COVID,” says Abraham Bergman, ...
The real estate industry’s fragmented data landscape is creating significant risks for consumers and barriers for innovation, according to RealReports COO/Co-Founder Zach Gorman, who argues that the current state of real estate data infrastructure is holding back progress across the entire sector. “Data in the real estate space is in disrepair,” Gorman says. “It’s highly ...
A contrarian voice is challenging the notion that real estate development requires big risks to yield big returns. Alec McElhinny, founder and CEO of Land Play, argues that his actuarial background has revealed a counterintuitive truth: careful risk mitigation may be the key to surviving today’s challenging market conditions. “I’m actually not a very big ...
A Texas developer is highlighting how dramatic differences in local regulatory environments are creating unexpected real estate opportunities along the I-35 corridor. Alec McElhinny, founder and CEO of Land Play, says savvy developers are increasingly looking beyond city limits to find faster paths to market. “On that 35 corridor, there’s little pockets that aren’t in ...
A surprising gap in technology adoption among vacation rental managers could signal the next major shift in property management operations, according to new industry research. While property management software (PMS) and online travel agency (OTA) integrations see nearly universal adoption, only 26% of professional vacation rental managers use dedicated inventory acquisition systems. “Three quarters of ...
The real estate industry’s traditional separation into distinct service silos is fundamentally misaligned with customer needs, according to one industry leader who sees recent market consolidation as validation of a more integrated approach. “When you say industry, when people think in terms of, there’s a mortgage industry, there’s a real estate industry… they’re all industries, ...
The era of static deal documents constantly being revised and re-sent may finally be ending, according to one PropTech leader who argues that live, dynamic presentations are becoming essential for modern deal-making. “You’ll have PDFs labeled ‘deal version 77 final, final, I promise this is really the final,’” says Avi Solomon, CEO of presentation platform ...
Marketing leader explains why national approaches fail in real estate’s hyper-local digital landscape . The assumption that digital house-hunting behavior is consistent across markets has led many real estate developers astray, according to Alyssa Soto, Co-Founder of development marketing firm Powered by DMT, who points to dramatic differences between New York and Florida buying patterns. ...
A Denver-based industrial real estate expert says the compound effect of social media content is revolutionizing how the industry connects with clients, creating new opportunities for those willing to embrace digital marketing strategies. “The interesting thing about posting content online, it’s like compound interest,” says Aviva Sonenreich, who has built a following of over one ...
40-year industry veteran observes fundamental change in American housing preferences. The traditional American dream of a large home with a spacious yard is giving way to a new vision focused on quality over quantity, according to Lisa Clark, Senior Vice President of Master Planned Communities at W Land Development, who has observed this shift over ...
Outdoor amenities now trump density in community planning, according to 40-year development expert. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted what homebuyers want from master-planned communities, with outdoor spaces and nature access now taking precedence over traditional amenities, according to Lisa Clark, Senior Vice President of Master Planned Communities at W Land Development. The Shift Toward ...
