The New Real Estate Boom: Rentals!

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Perspective: Economic and demographic trends bode well for rental market BY INMAN NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011. By BRIAN DAVIS Editor’s note: The following is a guest perspective. Home prices and sales may be flat, but the rental industry is booming. The percentage of renters is on the rise, the number of households is increasing, and… Read More

What is a Self Directed IRA? (SD-IRA)

     The government realized that social security, pensions, and the stock market were not sufficient for retirement savings, so in 1974, they created the IRA to help citizens save for their future in a tax-advantaged way. An IRA grows tax-free (ROTH-Type) or tax-deferred (Traditional Type) and compound over time to maximize the ability to grow… Read More

Cincinnati Investment Property

Cincinnati Investment Property owners who have residential rental real estate should consider the advantages of Real Property Management Midwest for their property management needs. When it comes to residential Cincinnati Investment Property management, we are the premier nationwide property management firm. We have more than 200 offices and more than 20 years of experience in… Read More

What return (ROI) are you really getting on your money?

***DID YOU KNOW…If you are getting a 5% return on your investment, you’re really only getting a 1% return if inflation is 4%? What’s the average ROI you are getting on your investments when you take this into consideration?***

RPM Midwest in Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine-Returns Reign in Queen City

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July – August 2011 . Personal Real Estate Investor RETURNS REIGN IN THE QUEEN CITY By Harvey Logan Cincinnati was named after the Society of the Cincinnati, a group of Revolutionary War officers.  Quite a few Revolutionary vets settled in Ohio after the war. This wasn’t by coincidence. The newly-minted federal government couldn’t pay them in cash, so they… Read More

RPM Midwest & EquityTeam Partner to Make Real Estate Investing Easy!

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Since 2007, a mutual trust and respect helped develop a friendship between Sam Thompson, President of RPM Midwest and Mark Thompson, President of EquityTeam (no relation) as they grew their professional relationship.  Ultimately it became clear that clients certainly would benefit from the companies having a close relationship too. RPM Midwest doesn’t take it’s affiliations… Read More

Cincinnati Housing Prices Post Nation’s No. 2 Increase

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Greater Cincinnati’s housing market might be heading back up. Local housing prices jumped 6.4 percent in the four months ended in January compared with the prior quarter, according to a monthly national housing report from Clear Capital, a Truckee, Calif.-based real estate valuation analysis firm. That was the nation’s second-best gain, behind only Cleveland’s 8.1… Read More

Good news for landlords: Apartment rent on the rise

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Cincinnati apartment owners can expect improved rental income in 2011, as occupancy rates approach the mid-90-percent range and developers – and their lenders – remain cautious about starting new apartment construction. “It’s allowing the market to tighten up,” said David Lockard, first vice president in the multihousing group of CB Richard Ellis, who delivered his 2011… Read More

Cincinnati Economy Could Beat Nation in 2011

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Greater Cincinnati’s economy should pick up steam in 2011, growing at a faster pace than was thought just a few months ago, according to the region’s top economists. Indeed, the local economy should “modestly outperform” the national economy, said George Vredeveld, director of the University of Cincinnati’s Economics Center for Education & Research. “We’re starting to see… Read More

Cheaper to buy than to rent in 72% of largest U.S. cities

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  Despite the rising number of renters across the country, it is cheaper to buy a home rather than rent one in 72 percent of the 50 largest cities in the U.S., according to an index released by real estate search and marketing site Trulia. “Since the start of the ‘Great Recession,’ many former homeowners… Read More