The Inman Handbook on today’s intense inventory crisis

There aren’t enough homes for everyone who wants them. That’s driving up prices and stretching agents thin. Continue reading

The new, new vacation-home destinations for 2021

While second home purchases rose 46% and comprised 6% of all mortgages from January to March, these 10 overlooked towns have experienced a significant uptick in vacation-home sales. Continue reading

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

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

Guaranteed rent model property management firm Doorstead secures $12.5M

Doorstead’s model is predicated on providing its landlord customers with a patent-pending rent analysis solution that identifies the ideal rate after processing more than an 11 million market data points. Continue reading

Landlords are waiting months for pandemic rental assistance

State and local governments are overwhelmed by the task of launching programs to review thousands of applications from renters and landlords. Continue reading

Rents see national growth after 8-month stretch of declines

The US median rent increased 1.1 percent year over year in March after 8 consecutive months of declines, according to a new report from realtor.com released on Tuesday. Continue reading

Luxury short-term rental unicorn Sonder in merger talks with SPAC

Luxury short-term rental startup Sonder is in talks to merge with blank-check company Gores Metropoulos II Inc. The deal would value the combined company at more than $2.5 billion. Continue reading

Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso to accept bitcoin as rent

Billionaire Rick Caruso plans to roll out a variety of cryptocurrency programs for consumers, including a customer reward option as well as the ability to pay rent with bitcoin. Continue reading

California siblings ensnared in $6M residential sales scam

Adolfo Schoneke, 43, and Bianca Gonzalez, 38, are accused of running a multimillion-dollar listing scam that even included tricking homeowners into allowing home showings. Continue reading