If you’ve been hosting an Airbnb or other short-term rental in Oklahoma City, the rules just got much stricter – and many operators are being caught off guard. The city, which once allowed hosts to apply for permits after the fact with minimal consequences, is now cracking down hard. Hosts operating without a permit are ...
South Carolina’s real estate market has never been more active — or more difficult to break into. Prices are rising, demand is strong, and yet for many buyers, the path to ownership keeps getting narrower. Understanding why requires looking at who is actually winning deals, how families are rethinking what a home needs to do, ...
Brian Durham, managing broker and team owner at WeGo Real Estate., has spent his career on the other side of that gap — first processing over 177 transactions in 15 months for a hedge fund during the post-recession investment surge, then building and managing independent brokerages across four states. What that background gave him isn’t ...
Rising home prices along the South Jersey Shore are pushing buyers into new areas, creating fresh opportunities for both homeowners and investors. Eric Millstein, a real estate associate with Soleil Sotheby’s International Realty, has seen firsthand how these shifts in pricing and buyer behavior are opening new markets across Atlantic County’s coastal communities. “Opportunities for ...
The Chicago residential market shows stability in early 2026. Affordability concerns and slower sales affect housing markets nationwide. However, local agents report steady buyer interest, especially among cash buyers. Low inventory continues to shape buyer and seller behavior. Local Market Knowledge Kevin Burke, realtor and team lead at The Kevin Burke Team at RE/MAX 10, ...
Sheila Smith Oliver, Founder and Principal Broker at Dwellverse Group, reports that Abilene, Texas, is attracting a surge of investor interest that now rivals activity in Austin and Dallas. The catalyst is not lifestyle amenities or tourism, but infrastructure. Major data center developments and long-term construction projects are fueling demand for furnished rentals among workers ...
Most people involved in a commercial real estate transaction have a role they can point to. The buyer wants the asset. The seller wants to move on. The lender wants to deploy capital safely. But ask someone outside the industry who ties all of that together, and you will likely get a blank stare. That ...
There is a version of professional due diligence that looks, on the surface, like everything is being done correctly. The architect has followed the local building code. The developer has signed off on the design. The project meets every statutory requirement. And yet, when the first-floor lobby floods following a heavy rainfall event, none of ...
The advanced air mobility industry has spent years assuming urban air taxi networks would arrive first, capitalizing on dense populations and high-value routes. Reality is proving the opposite: rural vertiport networks are progressing faster, securing sites more easily, and building operational infrastructure while cities debate regulatory frameworks. Lisa Wright, architect and founder of Landings, has ...
The numbers tell a stark story. America’s 74 million millennials are competing for roughly 800,000 homes available for sale at any given time. That’s nearly 100 millennials for every home on the market. For a generation entering their prime homebuying years, this supply-demand dislocation represents not just a market inefficiency but a fundamental breakdown in ...
The conversation around portfolio diversification typically focuses on asset classes: stocks versus bonds, growth versus value, domestic versus international equities. Yet one diversification strategy remains surprisingly underutilized by American investors despite offering tangible benefits that paper assets cannot provide. Geographic real estate diversification addresses risks that domestic-only portfolios inherently carry, regardless of how well-balanced they ...
The city of Baltimore is offering houses for one dollar. This is not a marketing gimmick — the city is actually selling vacant row homes for $1 each as part of a targeted effort to revive blocks that have suffered from years of abandonment and population loss. The program prioritizes Baltimore residents who commit to ...
Distressed properties requiring substantial renovation are now among the most reliable sources of meaningful returns for real estate investors in competitive suburban markets, according to Fiona Dogan, Global Real Estate Advisor at Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty in Westchester County, New York. Standard homes in these areas command premium prices, leaving little room for ...
Daven Henry, a licensed real estate specialist at LPT Realty, says Tampa’s most profitable investment opportunities are no longer in the city’s established neighborhoods. Henry points to overlooked areas near major development projects that are still under construction. His core argument: once a neighborhood’s appeal becomes obvious, the biggest gains are already gone. “You gotta ...
Private lenders are reporting a growing mismatch between how real estate investors finance acquisitions and how long they actually hold properties. Many borrowers structure deals expecting rising values to resolve leverage problems before the debt matures. This approach carries significant risk. H. Jack Miller, president and CEO of Gelt Financial, says the problem goes beyond ...
