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Investors are pinpointing the ideal locations for their residential rental property investments by looking at detailed historical data as it relates to certain common risk factors that could effect a rental properties long term performance. This underwriting practice utilizes a Relative Risk Index to vet and underwrite residential income property deals. This preliminary residential rental property underwriting technique is a unique benefit for both individual investors and lenders as a way to mitigate risk and increase the likelihood of long term successful investment.
Wall Street institutions, private equity and hedge funds have been internally using sophisticated modeling …

The most significant real estate investment trends of 2013  will be the tremendous amount of institutional capital that will continue to be directed into single-family residential rentals.
The single-family rental market has always existed with some 12 million homes for rent but there never has been this much interest and capital moving into a national institutionally-managed, single-family rentals.  It has been estimated that private-equity firms and other institutional investors have raised $6 billion to $8 billion to invest in this new asset class. Numerous private-equity firms have crowded into the business looking for a way …

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 bank-owned properties are currently flooding the market throughout the country and had been estimated they have raised anywhere from $6 to $8 billion.
The private-equity firms entering the residential space are spending hundreds of millions buying foreclosed single-family …

In today’s real estate market, record low prices and significant windfall opportunities mean that more and more people are turning to off market selling.  With potential of better prices and higher quality bidders, “off market investment property” deals are growing in popularity.
What Is An “Off Market Investment Property”?
An off market investment property is simply a sale that takes place outside a formal setting.  These deals are usually negotiated privately between buyers and sellers or their brokers. Off market trades go on in private out of the public eye.
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Research studies indicate that real estate owned properties have a rental market that will easily reach $100 billion this year (2012). The biggest beneficiaries will be single-family REO investors in the Midwest and Florida.
Research findings from CoreLogic show that the rental market for single family rentals are very strong and vibrant. This is because the market is characterised by stable rental income, high closing pace and low monthly supply of rental houses. The sector is among the few in the housing market that provides investors with returns that are higher …

Dollar General Investment Properties & Family Dollar Investment Properties
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The BuyersUtopia network has Dollar General Investment Properties available all over the Country including 15 year NNN Dollar Generals that are brand new and hard to find.  Prices range from $500,000 – $1,ooo,ooo .  Even though many investors choose to make Dollar General acquisitions with 100% cash/equity transactions we also have financing options for investors with 35% down payments.
Dollar General Corp is the nation’s leading discount general store operator with 10,203 locations.These Dollar General leased properties give an investor the opportunity to receive …

Conservative Real Estate Investors continue to be attracted to the long term stability being offered by having corporate tenants in their investment properties.  Corporate tenant income properties have always been a favorite of institutions but now we are seeing more and more regular  investors moving out of residential and multi family properties and into single tenant commercial properties with corporate tenants.
With leases ranging from 5 years to 20 years on investment grade tenants offer investors the long term security they desire.  One of the big benefits of these long term …

Many real estate investors are learning how to use a Self Directed Individual Retirement Account for acquisition of investment property and it is proving to be a sound strategy for a number of reasons.
One of the primary motives coming out of the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes is simply control. Large numbers of investors are simply committed to taking control of their own retirement future by setting up a Self-Directed IRA plan. The other motive is simply return’s, when an investor is getting 10% Cash on Cash Return on residential income properties, it is a …

Atlanta Investment Property
For over ten years, the state of Georgia excelled in many areas, including housing. The state was heralded as a top-growing U.S. region.  Then it happened; the real estate market took a severe nose-dive. Cities and states throughout the nation suffered at the hands of a brutal economic crisis, and The Peach State was not spared.
Almost one is three houses in Georgia were underwater. Homeowners owed more on their loans than their properties were worth.  Job losses, budget cuts, layoffs and setbacks crippled enclaves throughout the area. And …

Foreign Real Estate Investor Trends in the United States
The National Association of Realtors (“NAR”) recently revealed statistics showing that foreign investors in the United States have increased to 24 percent since 2011. Over half of international investors hailed from India, China, Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico. Over 55 percent of foreign buyers came from these five countries.
Where were these buyers purchasing properties?  Primarily in the states of New York, California, Texas, Florida and Arizona. The majority of sales, approximately 60 percent, were concentrated in these five states. And 62 …