Unemployment and Housing Interest Rates
Unemployment Rates in 2023 With unemployment rates at an all-time low, housing interest rates will begin to skyrocket to keep up with inflation and to battle a possible upcoming recession. Last December, the net job increase was about 220,000 – the lowest increase since 2020. With wage growth pressure clearly beginning to fall, we have […]
Top 2 Tax Strategies That Every Real Estate Investor Should Know About
Top 2 Tax Strategies That Every Real Estate Investor Should Know About All investors know that taxes can greatly impact a fix and flip profit. Without a strategy in place, the taxes on a flip can seem daunting. But don’t worry, we have good news! There are options available to real estate investors to help […]
The Most Important Do’s and Don’ts of Financing your First Flip
The Most Important Do’s and Don’ts of Financing your First Flip Financing your first flip can be a headache, but it doesn’t have to be! The first step is weighing your options. Consider what will best align with your exit strategy. A fix and flip should typically only take about 7-9 months, so it is […]
Arizona Housing Market Predictions for 2020
Many different housing authorities have researched the trends in the Arizona housing market from 2019, and have used them to make predictions about 2020. While there is some discrepancy between the experts, we can draw a few conclusions from their reports. Keep in mind that predictions are just that. We cannot be sure that what […]
Rent Statistics that Should Excite Buy and Hold Investors
When homes are as expensive to buy as they are right now, rental rates go up. Across the nation, many people who could buy are choosing to rent instead, and many others are renting because buying is simply out of the question. For a plethora of reasons, renters currently make up a huge portion of […]
How are 2017 Rent Trends Shaping Buy and Hold Investing?
Across the nation in 2016, rent prices leveled off. This is good news for renters and for the housing market in general. New construction finally started catching up with demand, and more Millennials who had been avoiding the housing market started to buy. So what does this mean for buy and hold investing professionals? While […]
3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buy and Hold Investing
Few investment opportunities are as lucrative or secure in the current marketplace as rental real estate investing. Home prices and rent prices are on the rise around the country, and neither shows any sign of slowing down in the next few years. With mortgage rates and vacancy rates both incredibly low, people who invest in […]
Rent Continues to Rise in California and Other States
If you have been toying with the idea of rental real estate investing, now is really the time to act. Rent rates continue to rise around the country with some of the biggest increases seen in states like California. According to MyApartmentMap.com, the average rent across the state of California right now is $2,384. Nationwide, […]
Earn Great Returns Flipping Apartments
A recent article in the New York Post found that property investors in New York are making an average of 15% profit on apartment flips. That marks a decrease from previous years, but still a substantial profit over investing in the stock market, which yielded 6% returns on average in 2015. Of course, apartment flippers […]
Announcing ZINC’s New Apartment Flipping Loan Program
ZINC Financial is pleased to announce the launch of our new Apartment Buy & Hold Loan Program. The program is meant to help investors make the most of their rental real estate investing portfolio. In the current climate, investing in rental property is a low-risk, high-reward choice, and this new loan program will help more […]