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Bonus Homes CEO: ‘We want to be the don’t-sell solution’

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Bonus Homes might be an industry first model, investing in a seller’s equity to take on the home as its landlord and paying out appreciation over time. Continue reading →

The expanding role of micro-units in property renting

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Despite challenges, municipalities are increasingly open to micro-unit developments as they seek innovative solutions to the affordability crisis, multifamily expert Michael Zaransky writes. Continue reading →

Investing from afar made simple with Waltz: Tech Review

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Waltz provides a digital on-ramp for foreign real estate investors to buy property in the United States. It helps them establish a banking presence, an LLC, gain an EIN, transfer currencies and safely wire funds. Continue reading →

Investing app Backflip sticks landing, secures $15M Series A

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Backflip, a company that built an application to help investors analyze and finance properties to flip, has secured a $15 million Series A round of funding. Continue reading →

Do you Mynd? Invesco Real Estate invests $20M more in SFR platform

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Mynd is a web application that assists investors with finding and managing single-family rentals (SFR) in and from any location within the U.S. It closed today on $20 million in financing to further its offerings, according to an announcement. Continue reading →

Aptly named PayProp is a U.K. proptech import landlords will welcome: Tech Review

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There’s not an over abundance of spreadsheets or charts (there are some) but instead a series of clean dashboards that track payments, outgoing expenses, revenue streams and tenants. Continue reading →

Lessen gets bigger, acquires industry counterpart SMS Assist

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Lessen, a company that builds software to support the business operations of single-family rental investors and multifamily landlords has acquired SMS Assist, a facilities maintenance technology company. Continue reading →

Zillow sharpens Rent Zestimate for homeowners

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The refreshed Rent Zestimate has a 5 percent greater accuracy rate than its previous rendition, according to Zillow. Continue reading →

Increase your rental’s property value! 7 home improvement ideas

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Increasing your rental’s value takes lots of time, effort and even monetary investments — but it’s well worth it in the end. Here are a few inexpensive and easy home improvement ideas that will help you see the best return on your rental property. Continue reading →

Rental platform Zumper raises $60M in Series D round

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A Series D fundraising round was led by e.ventures, it’s first investment in the rental platform, which acquired PadMapper in 2016. More than 80 million use Zumper, according to the company. Continue reading →