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HUD raises Housing Choice Voucher funding to $30 billion for 2023

Housing Wire

79,000 of the current beneficiaries are also formerly-homeless military veterans, while additional funding has been allocated for tenant assistance in public or low-income housing that is nearing demolition or retirement from service ($337 million), and a 15% budget increase to cover PHA administrative expenses ($2.8 billion).

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Financing proves an obstacle for ADUs

Housing Wire

How to minimize tenant turnover using online property management tools. Here’s a look at why tenant turnover happens and how to prevent it in the future. Homeowners constructing an ADU – whose total build costs run over $150,000, according to the report – use cash out refinances, home equity loans, and renovation loans.

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Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

It even integrates with commonly used tools like Salesforce , Follow Up Boss and Hubspot so you can easily target your existing contact lists. We help real estate investors with everything from finding new tenants to acquiring more properties to expertly handling 1031 exchanges. Cards from Handwrytten start at $3.25 plus postage.

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Appraisal modernization: What is going on with the forms?

Housing Wire

To paint an example of what this might look like, an appraisal form software provider would provide data input screens for the subject property address and certain property characteristics, such as single-unit or two-unit, owner-occupied or tenant-occupied, fee or leasehold ownership, and so forth.

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7 best real estate schools in Massachusetts for 2024

Housing Wire

6 months course access Ridgeline: All features of Base + Livestream option and Forms Training 101. Visit Website Overview The Lee Institute School of Real Estate combines professional instruction and video format training to make the concepts of the real estate business more digestible and engaging. 25 hrs livestream access.

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Keystone Property Group of Seekonk, MA Joins Forces with Lamacchia Realty

Lamacchia Realty

Jodi wanted to merge her brokerage with one that could provide her agents with even more leads, products , services , training, technology , and marketing and she found it with Lamacchia Realty. The tools and technology that the agents will receive from Lamacchia Realty are unsurpassed, in my opinion.

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FREE Webinar: Fair Housing, Is It?

McKissock

Our panel seeks to help real estate professionals examine their own biases when it comes to fair housing, and provide tools that can be implemented today to help work toward a better tomorrow. Leigh will provide you with the tools so you can lift your neighbors throughout this time and beyond. Sign up here. Meet the Panel.

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