Real Estate Investing
MLS Access for Investors: What You Need to Know
Real estate investing can be a profitable industry. Buying and holding rental properties, purchasing raw land in areas with predicted growth, and flipping run-down properties in popular neighborhoods are all excellent business avenues. In fact,…
Unlocking Investment Opportunities: Exploring MLS Access for Investors
Real estate markets across the country are normalizing, but the industry is still incredibly profitable for new and experienced property investors. Texas continues to represent one of the strongest markets, home to two of the…
Who Pays Investment Property Closing Costs in Texas?
Property sales are incredibly complex. Even for property investors who have years of experience buying, improving, and selling homes, there are a lot of different people involved in the behind-the-scenes work of property transactions, and…
When Investors Should Use a Flat Fee Listing Service
As a real estate investor, you understand that one of the biggest costs is the transactions themselves. When you’re buying a property in Texas, the closing costs are relatively small at 1.5% of the purchase…
Should Real Estate Investors Get a Real Estate License?
Real estate investments are more than just a hedge against inflation and a way to diversify your holdings. Some common types fetch impressive ROIs, coming at 10.6% for general residential real estate, 9.5% for commercial…
Key Things to Consider When Evaluating FSBO Websites
In 2021, homes for sale by owners (FSBOs) accounted for one out of every ten transactions. But when homeowners conduct a home sale without the guidance and resources of a real estate agent, they can…
Investor + Flippers Guide to FHA Flipping Guidelines
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans are becoming an increasingly popular option for buyers all across the home market. And as home prices have climbed higher than ever in the past three years, many prospective homeowners…
Financing for your next real estate investment deal
ListingSpark works to help our investor clients get their next deal funded. There are plenty of creative ways to do this, from all cash to zero down. Here we will explore what we’ve seen work…
Top 3 Reasons Your Home Is Not Selling
1. Price – the reason we all want to ignore We’ve sold thousands of homes through our platform, so our analytics are top notch. When we hear from a client with concerns about being on…
How Important is the Seller's Disclosure Notice?
How important is the seller’s disclosure notice for a home seller? Short answer, VERY! More issues arise for home sellers after closing from failing to disclose a latent defect than anything else. Often times it…
