Comparative look into REITs and Marketplace Lending

Finding the right mix for your asset portfolio in a low yield environment takes looking outside of the box to maximize your returns. Looking at the standard asset classes, with interest rates raising, REITs in general can yield higher than the stock market.

Understanding Loan-to-Value is Key to Real Estate Investing

Investors who want to learn how to make money in real estate are well advised to start by learning about LTV, or Loan-to-Value. This is a key concept in private real estate investing. It is one element in the calculation of the amount of financing available on a particular piece of property.

Flipsters: Millennial Real Estate Investing Gets Hip

Millennials grew up watching reality based TV shows on how to fix and flip real estate. Buying, fixing and selling residential real estate as an investment strategy was one sector of the real estate market that retained a connection to the basic concept of creating and realizing value during the bubble years.

Two Current Investment Trends in New York Real Estate

The first proof in this pudding is counter-intuitive because it is global. Chinese private investors have been purchasing significant properties in New York for several years because they are familiar with New York. It is one of the most well known cities in the world.

Staging Trends to Sell a Mixed Use/Retail Property

Attracting more buyers, that’s the point of staging. Whether real estate provides passive or direct income, staging is just as important in selling a mixed use or retail property as it is in selling residential properties.