Legal Pitfalls for Real Estate Investors and How to Avoid Them
Sunday, July 19
Legal Pitfalls for Real Estate Investors and How to Avoid Them For real estate investors, legal pitfalls are many and varied. While a lot of lawsuits come against landlords or managers first, it certainly doesn’t mean the owner will be unaffected or not sued themselves. Liability: Unclear or No...
What Does the Rest of 2020 Hold?
Sunday, July 19
While it’s impossible to truly predict the future of the U.S. housing market, we can look to the educated guesses made by the experts in the industry. The Yo-Yo of Recovery While we’re in the midst of a strong seller’s market — a trend that will likely continue due to tight inventory and hig...
Short-Term Rental Arbitrage
Sunday, July 19
In the realm of short-term rentals, arbitrage is using someone else’s asset to make money. For short-term rentals, an arbitrage involves renting a property in a prime short-term rental location with the understanding that you’ll be subleasing the property as a short-term rental on sites like Ai...
LAND TRUST & REAL ESTATE
Sunday, July 19
A land trust can be a very useful tool in real estate planning and investing, but not many attorneys or CPAs may be familiar with this entity. Land trusts are only recognized by statute in just a handful of states. That means that only a handful of states like Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Florid...
A New Class Action Lawsuit Could Upend The Real Estate Business
Sunday, July 19
A home seller suing National Association of Realtors (NAR), Realogy, HomeServices of America, RE/MAX and Keller Williams for allegedly violating antitrust laws related to broker commissions. It aims some of the central tenets of the U.S. real estate business: Multiple Listing Services and buye...
Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Land Trusts in Real Estate
Saturday, July 18
Land trusts are known for providing several advantages, which is why they are such a valuable step in creating and implementing the pan needed to protect your real estate assets but there are several disadvantages of using only a land trust to protect your assets. Advantages: The transfer of prop...