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Strategies & tips for becoming a better real estate investor.
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Exploring REITs: A Viable Option for Real Estate Investors
The following is a post written by Luke Babich, a guest contributor to the DealCheck blog. If you've always wanted to invest in real estate but hate the idea of managing renters or handling maintenance, you might be interested in a real estate investment trust,...
New Feature: Introducing Our New RentCast Property Data API
We are incredibly excited to share the release of our new RentCast API, designed to help you power your applications, CRMs, automations, and workflows with nationwide property and rental data. Read on below for the highlights of this new product: Nationwide Property...
New Features: More Ways to Personalize Your Property Reports
Check out all of the new ways you can personalize your property reports, which we've added in our latest update: Add a Direct Link to Your Website You can now add a link to your personal or business website when someone clicks on your name or logo in any property...
How to Use the 1% Rule and 2% Rule in Real Estate Investing
The 1% Rule and 2% Rule are often used by real estate investors as purchase and investment criteria when evaluating rental properties and BRRRR's prior to their purchase. They can also be used as general valuation criteria when comparing the affordability of...
New Features: Financing and Loan Improvements
We are super excited to share the highlights of our latest update, which added many highly requested financing and loan features to DealCheck! With these new improvements, you should be able to analyze many more creative financing and loan strategies with our analysis...
What Is the 70% Rule in Real Estate and How Is It Useful When Making Offers?
The so-called 70% Rule is commonly used by real estate investors, house flippers and wholesalers as a quick rule of thumb to calculate offer prices on flips, BRRRR's, wholesale deals, and other projects that require rehab work. Although the rationale behind this rule...
What Is the Loan to Cost Ratio (LTC) And How Is It Used by Lenders?
The loan to cost ratio (LTC) is often used by hard money and commercial real estate lenders when underwriting loans for flips, BRRRR's and new construction projects. Simply put, it shows the percentage of a project's total cost that is financed by the lender. For...
Understanding the Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate) for Rental Properties
The capitalization rate, commonly referred to simply as the cap rate, is a popular rate of return that is used when evaluating and comparing rental properties, especially when working with commercial real estate. Calculated by dividing a property's net operating...
What Is the Loan to Value Ratio (LTV) And How Is It Used by Lenders?
The loan to value ratio (LTV) is one of the primary metrics used by real estate lenders when underwriting loans for rental properties, BRRRR's and flips. Simply put, it shows the percentage of a property's value that is taken up by the loan amount. For lenders, it is...
