Housing-News-Report-October-2018

HOUSINGNEWS REPORT

MY TAKE

Blurred State Lines Benefit SFR Investors

BY KEVIN ORTNER CEO, RENTERS WAREHOUSE

what was once an arduous task that represented considerable risk is fast becoming commonplace. Reaching outside of their own local marketplace is becoming the preferred course of action for many investors and landlords; and in most cases, isn’t that dissimilar to the prospect of managing property in their own hometown.

The freedom of long-distance investing opens up significant opportunities for institutional investors and everyday landlords alike; chiefly, the ability to take advantage of markets that are better than what’s available in their own local vicinity. Taking advantage of the wealth of diversity in various markets across the states allows an investor to handpick investments with

The lines are becoming increasingly blurred when it comes to local versus out-of-state real estate investing. Thanks in large part to advances in technology that allow investors to find — and easily assess — the performance of out-of-town rental properties, as well as the range of management options that landlords and investors have at their disposal,

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OCT 2018 | ATTOM DATA SOLUTIONS

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