Key Features You Should Look for in Your Rental Investment Property
As rents and home prices continue to rise, many investors are turning to rental real estate investing. Holding a property, generally for four to six years, and renting it in the meantime is a simple way to earn passive monthly income and build your net worth. Whether you make a career of being a landlord […]
Can’t Sell Your Rehab Property? Follow These Tips
Securing your rehab loans and finding the right house to flip is always a huge thrill. Completing the renovation process is an even bigger thrill. But the ultimate thrill is selling your rehab property for a hefty return on your investment. Unfortunately, not every fix & flip ends with a big sale. If you find […]
What are the Features Home Buyers Covet?
For some house flippers, the design choices made during the renovation process are the most enjoyable part of the business. For others, design is simply something they have to get. Whether you secretly wish you were an interior designer or prefer the work of buying and selling, the fact of the matter is that design […]
Current Top Places in California to Flip Houses
If you’re flipping houses, California is the place to be. Redfin recently released data on the average gain from a flipped house in 2013. The data was broken down by metropolitan area, and of the ten areas with the highest per-flip gain, seven were in California. San Francisco topped the list with an average gross […]
Using Our Deal Analyzer to Analyze a Rehab Investment
When that perfect property comes on the market, it can be tempting to pounce on it before having a solid understanding of what the costs involved in the project would be and what kind of ROI you should expect. Now we know what you’re thinking — “In a market this competitive, don’t you have to […]
Financing Your Property with Fix and Flip Loans
With so many shows on TV about house flipping, a lot of people are excited about the idea of finding a great house, getting their hands dirty with renovations, and turning a quick profit. Maybe you have a background in construction. Maybe you’re a realtor. You have a genuine interest in the work and you […]
Good News, Investors – Home Buying Remains Strong
From the moment the market bottomed out in 2012 until now, home prices have been on the up and up. Sale numbers are slowing down this year, but with inventories still much lower than their usual levels and buyer confidence at its highest level in years, home prices are on the rise. That’s good news […]
Introducing ZINC’s New Velocity Program
Here at ZINC Financial, we’ve always found that treating our clients like partners leads to greater success for everyone. The people we work with are people who we trust, and those same people trust us time and time again with their property investments. Over the years, we’ve developed lasting business relationships with investors working throughout […]
House Flipping Remains Lucrative for Investors
Real estate data firm RealtyTrac has released exciting new data for house flipping professionals. While the total percentage of homes flipped in the United States went down from 4.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013 to 3.7% in the first quarter of 2014, the gross profit house flippers earned over the same period went up […]
Fresno One of the Top Performing Real Estate Markets
The Fresno Bee recently reported that Fresno has made the list of the highest performing housing markets nationwide, based on new data out of Clear Capital, a real estate data firm. Clear Capital lists the top 15 housing markets based on changes in home price over the last quarter. Back in 2011, Fresno was on […]