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D.C. real estate firms fined $10M for discrimination

Housing Wire

based real estate firms — DARO Management Services, DARO Realty and Infinity Real Estate — and company executive Carissa Barry, have been handed a hefty $10 million civil penalty as part of a settlement for illegally discriminating against low-income renters using Section 8 vouchers for housing. Three Washington, D.C.-based

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Make Your First Investment Property an Attractive and Profitable Option

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

You’ve just purchased your first property to renovate. Let the Renovations Begin! When you’re figuring out how much money you can put into your property, don’t forget to calculate renovations. Are You Cut Out to Be a Landlord? This is especially the case if your goal is to break into real estate.

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Opinion: Who decides what American neighborhoods look like?

Housing Wire

The answer is a combination of real estate developers, brokers, investors, agents and property owners — the overwhelming majority of whom are white. For generations, real estate ownership in the U.S. More wealth is created and transferred across generations through real estate than almost any other asset.

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Need to sell your house fast? Here are 7 great options

Housing Wire

COVID changed the real estate industry in a big way since it provided many people with an opportunity to work remotely and live almost anywhere. Like anything in real estate, many factors affect how long it takes to sell your house. Hire a Real Estate Agent. Real estate agents can make or break your sale.

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Don’t let COVID crisis mask affordable housing opportunity

Housing Wire

rushes to inoculate the current global health crisis, the real estate and mortgage finance industries are facing their second wave of significant industry headwinds in little over a decade. The real estate industry is wholly dependent on a patchwork of manual review processes that could very easily be standardized and digitized.

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Could Build-to-Rent Investing Deliver a Deathblow to Multifamily?

BiggerPockets

It’s a little strange how long it took build-to-rent real estate investing to catch on. For decades, landlords were used to buying older homes, many without renovations, and renting them […].

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Should You Buy a Home or Keep Renting? How To Decide in 7 Steps

Realtor

But other real estate expenses depend entirely on where you choose to buy. When you’re selling, you’ll need to factor in the real estate sale commission, which is typically 6% of the sales price. How important is the freedom to renovate? Can you afford the neighborhood? Are you up for the maintenance?