“Utilizing Tech in Leasing”

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“Utilizing Tech in Leasing”

If you're faced with the task of renting a new apartment or house in the post COVID-19 world, your initial search process looks pretty similar to how it would have at this time last year. Load basic parameters into a search engine such as Zillow, HotPads, or Apartments.com before reaching out to the leasing agents that represent the units that match your criteria. Assuming that you're satisfied with the answers to your screening questions, you would then set up a time to walk the space.

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“Public REITs VS Private Real Estate Investing”

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“Public REITs VS Private Real Estate Investing”

We sometimes get questions comparing our development projects to publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs):  Why would I invest in private real estate if I already own REITs in my 401k?  Is the REIT market a leading indicator for private real estate values?  What should I consider when balancing my real estate exposure?

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“Behind the Numbers of America's Largest Landlords”

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“Behind the Numbers of America's Largest Landlords”

Wall Street's wager on high earning suburban renters is in full view as major industry players are choosing to double down on their SFR investments despite the pandemic.  One publicly traded REIT, American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), recently announced that a $225 million deal that it made with J.P. Morgan Asset Management in February to build rental houses was increasing to $650 million!  How did this happen while nearly every major real estate company in the country had a moratorium on new deals?

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“Single Family Rental Communities in a Recession”

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“Single Family Rental Communities in a Recession”

If you are anything like us, you are probably confined to your home seeing constant headlines about COVID-19 and its effects on literally everything. Unemployment is rapidly rising. The stock market is volatile. Travel has stalled. Nobody knows when this is going to end. Maybe this summer, maybe next year.

As real estate investors, that means that we have to explore scenarios to see how our favorite real estate sector - single-family rentals (SFR) - will fare in this market environment. There’s a lot of factors at play, so by no means is this an article on what to do or what will likely happen. The purpose of this piece is mainly to touch upon what a SFR is and how the asset class might perform during a prolonged recessionary environment.

To start, let’s talk about what a SFR is.

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