Tag: real estate investment trust

  • REO To Rental Market Emerging As Institutional Asset Class

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    The single family rental market has historically been a fragmented market funded with capital from smaller mom and pop type investors. Institutional investor interest has increased significantly  as the large foreclosure inventory combined with a secular shift toward renting has created the possibility of larger-scale investments in the space. Private Equity and Institutional investors interested in acquiring…

  • Green Real Estate Rebates Increase Returns on Property Investment

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    Real Estate Investors have many incentives to get rebates and grants from various sources for their green real estate investment projects. A properly executed Green Real Estate Project also increases the ROI on the property itself, through lower energy costs and higher resale and rental rates. Energy Efficiency & Green Real Estate Rebates: The Database…

  • Green Home Equity Loans

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    Green Home Equity Loans With PowerSaver By: Robert Stec Green Homeowners : As a homeowner, how would you like a $25,000 loan for green home improvements? Not just any improvements, mind you, but the truly green kind, designed to minimize use of electricity and save you money. Improvements such as added insulation, sealing of ducts, tighter-fitting…

  • High Efficiency Green Rehabs

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    Go Smart and Go Green – Invest in High-Efficiency Properties by: Robert Stec When we think of “going green,” we automatically think about being kinder to the environment and creating a cleaner, healthier place to live. It’s only after this that we consider the financial benefits. Turning existing real estate into green investment properties results…

  • Home Energy Retrofits Green Real Estate

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          Green Apples to Apples:  A Case-by-Case or Model-Based Approach Toward Green Real Estate?   By: Luke Bujarski In 2008 the Chicago Climate Action Plan set out an ambitious goal of retrofitting 400,000 residential units by 2020.  As the green real estate movement picks up steam, national and local initiatives like Obama’s proposed…

  • Flagstaff Green Real Estate Investment -Flagstaff Home Energy Audit

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    The April 2011 issue of Men’s Journal, magazine listed Flagstaff in its “Best Places to Live 2011.” writing up Flagstaff as on one of the best place to “Go Green.”with a youthful flair” and as an “eco-minded college town”. One way Flagstaff residents should continue to be “going green” is by renovating their existing home…

  • Green Real Estate Investment Trusts – Green REITs

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    REITs to Green Buildings:  Leading the way toward a Stronger Commercial Real Estate Market? By: Luke Bujarski Active property investors might want to pay close attention to a renewed interest in “green” real estate investment trusts, also known as REITs.  With the recently announced Better Buildings Initiative, President Obama has pledged new tax incentives and…

  • Non Traded Real Estate Investment Trusts

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    Non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts are public companies, but their shares are not listed on any stock exchange. This makes non-traded REITs a very private market with less liquidity but also less volatility than there public counterparts.. When investigating non traded Real Estate Investment Trusts investors need to be careful that the non traded REIT…

  • Green Investment Property

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    The objective of a Green Investment Property is to increase the property owners net operating income by implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives. If you are a building owner, developer, REIT ( Real Estate Investment Trust ) or a property manager sustainability can and should be an added source of profitability for you. Investment…

  • Best Investment Property Locations

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    Not all real estate markets are created equal, and although most markets are still down many are in fact on the the upswing. The market in your own back yard may not be the best market to be acquiring investment property in. In fact certain indicators could have your own local market in a hold…