Real Estate Investing
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…
Maximizing Real Estate Investments with Flat Fee Listing Services
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…
The Hoarder House – A case study
Recently we did an interview with Yale Hamrick; a North Texas investor who recently made over $50k in profits from a property he bought for only $112,000. This case study is rather short and gets…
Common Mistakes Investors Make when Selling their Flips
The time has come to sell your flip. Months of hard work and hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line and now it’s time to cash out. Too many investors make simple mistakes that…
