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AI Helps Cut Costs, Aids in Fraud Detection in the Multifamily Space

From tenant retention to the streamlining of property management, one expert speaks about how AI is revolutionizing how owners and managers approach multifamily space. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest buzzword in the business world. Although controversial, technology mimicking human problem-solving and decision-making capabilities can offer many benefits to multifamily...

Drones

Quick Takeaways: Using a drone in your real estate marketing allows you to highlight the landscape, outdoor features, and location of the home Technology is important to many homebuyers, and by incorporating your knowledge of it into your listing, millennials especially may be all the more interested According to the...

Short Sales & Foreclosures

As more homeowners exit forbearance, some will fall behind on their mortgages and many local markets will see a rise in distressed sale properties. The flow of distressed sales is expected to be a fraction of those during the Great Recession, but nonetheless, REALTORS® will need to develop new skills...

Home Inspections

A home inspection is a visual assessment of a home’s condition in which inspectors look for thousands of potential problems in areas of the home, including ceilings, walls, floors, windows, and doors. Homebuyers may want to accompany the inspector as they do their work. Inspectors can show potential homeowners where...

Social Media

Make sure you choose the platform that is right for you! There will always be a new «trendy» platform, but the best platform is the one that reaches most of your clients. There is no need to throw yourself into Tik-Tok if most of your clients use Facebook! Don’t go...

Instant Reaction: Mortgage Rates, December 14, 2023

For the first time since August, interest rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage have dropped below 7%, hitting 6.95% this week. This brings the monthly mortgage payment for a home priced at $400,000 to $2,118. This is down from a recent high this Autumn of 7.79% and yields monthly savings...

Will the Commercial Market Hit the Reset Button in 2024

«Industry professionals are at a turnkey moment that will require both innovation and adaptation to shape a resilient real estate landscape for the future,» a new report finds. As the real estate market adjusts to new norms in a post-pandemic world, the commercial and investment property sectors are shifting. A...

8 Common Home Inspection Issues: Fix Now or Later

Buyers may balk at lengthy inspection reports, but not every item is an emergency. Know what may-and may not-be cause for alarm. The results of a home inspection can make or break a home sale, particularly if buyers are unsure about the items flagged in the report. They may panic...

Wealth Builders

Commercial & Investment Real Estate, Zoning, Fair Housing, Diversity, Tax Incentives for Buyer Some developers of color are whittling away at the racial homeownership gap, but change is needed in the way projects are awarded and incentivized. Since securing its first property in 2019, Shelley Halstead’s real estate development initiative, Black Women Build-Baltimore...