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Pete Pollinger and his wife, Julie, are relocating from Boca Raton to Melbourne, a city of about 70,000 on Florida’s Space Coast, named for its proximity to NASA rocket sites at Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. They weren’t just hunting for a place to live. As they get ready to move this year, they’re also looking for single-family homes they can buy, fix, and rent out. “We want to be more in control of our financial destiny,” said Pollinger, 51, a computer systems consultant. “As far as traditional investments go, we have less control of what really happens to those.” He and Julie hope to build a portfolio of about 10 homes, buying when they see good... Read more
Rents have been increasing and it is a great time to be a landlord. In fact, landlords have been enjoying some of the fastest growth in rental rates in recent history....
The rise of short-stay rental sites like Airbnb and HomeAway is tempting homeowners to purchase vacation homes that will also generate income. For some, renting is a way...
At trillions of dollars, it’s no secret that the real estate market has been one of primary resources for the world’s wealthy to to pad their accounts. But...
You’re moving out of your apartment and left the place relatively clean. Sure, there might be a cobweb here and there and some picture hooks on the walls, but...
51077634 – group of friends watching tv at home College students aren’t famous for their tidiness, sober living, or financial prudence, to name three qualities landlords might look for in a tenant. But despite the beer-soaked carpets and general flakiness, renting off-campus apartments to undergrads is turning out to be a great business. Shares in Education Realty Trust, a Memphis-based landlord whose earnings report met Wall Street expectations this morning, are up 54 percent in the past year. American Campus Communities, the only other publicly traded student housing landlord, is up 44 percent. By comparison, a Bloomberg index of North American apartment landlords is up 12... Read more
Short-term rental site Airbnb has taken the hospitality and real estate markets by surprise worldwide. Peopletraveling to different cities use the service to take...
AARP calls young adults moving back in with their parents “the new normal.” Although the U.S. economy has come a long way since the financial crisis, more...
As volatility remains ever-present and investors search for yield, where do you turn? Alternative investment vehicles seem to be growing exponentially and investors and...
Gabe Peyton has had roommates from all over the world – Australia, South Africa and other far-flung locales – for a night or two. For over a year, the...
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