2024 SFR Trends and Predictions with SHARE

2024 SFR Trends and Predictions with SHARE

2024 Housing Market Trends for SFR What lies in store for SFR in 2024? It’s no secret that single-family rentals (SFR) are hot right now as more potential homebuyers are hoping for mortgage rates and home prices to cool. This presents a viable real estate opportunity,...
Revela, the system we know and love, is getting even better.

Revela, the system we know and love, is getting even better.

Revela, a leading property management solution that Marketplace Homes uses to ensure client satisfaction, just announced that it has raised a $9 million Series A funding round “to expand its product suite and meet the evolving needs of the real estate and...
Mortgage Rate Buydowns with Builders

Mortgage Rate Buydowns with Builders

Mortgage Rate Buydowns from New Home Builders There are a lot of people out there hoping for a “crash” in house prices. After all, the memory of 2008’s plunging home prices is relatively fresh in our minds. What amazing deals we found! However, with inventory still...
The Best Tax Deductions for Homeowners Filing for 2023

The Best Tax Deductions for Homeowners Filing for 2023

It’s tax time, which means you have until the middle of April 2024 to cash in on the 2023 tax year. it’s time to reap all the best homeowner tax deductions and credits to maximize your return (or reduce how much you owe). No matter what, it’s a win-win because every...
The Advantages of Renting a House

The Advantages of Renting a House

The Advantages of Renting a House In this complicated real estate landscape, high interest rates meeting high home prices are pushing many would-be homeowners out of the market. This means that these people will need to live in rental properties as they make their...
The Best Renter Tax Breaks for 2023 Filing!

The Best Renter Tax Breaks for 2023 Filing!

Are there any good renter tax breaks out there? During tax time, essential documents arrive via snail mail and your inbox in staggered succession. While renters don’t get the big homeowner tax breaks like mortgage interest and depreciation, they still have access to...
New Standard Deductions for 2024 Taxes

New Standard Deductions for 2024 Taxes

New Standard Deduction Thresholds for 2024 Taxes Adjusting for inflation, the IRS has increased figures like the standard deduction and tax brackets. For the 2024 tax filing year, the standard deduction has increased to $29,200 for married couples filing together and...
How to Diversify Real Estate

How to Diversify Real Estate

Real Estate Diversification Real estate has historically been one of the safest investment types by risk. It’s especially effective when you have a strategic real estate investment portfolio that has different asset classes in different locations. In fact,...
How to Buy an Investment Property with No Money Down

How to Buy an Investment Property with No Money Down

Buy an Investment Property with No Money Down You’ve heard a lot about the benefits of real estate investing, but you’re not sure how regular folks do it without a generous head start. We get it- it can be daunting starting an expensive venture when you have the...
2024 Housing Market Trends and Predictions

2024 Housing Market Trends and Predictions

The one thing you can count on in the real estate market is that nothing ever, ever stays the same. As 2023 comes to a close, the leadership at Marketplace Homes respond to some popular predictions about the coming year based on what we’ve seen in the past 12 months....
Can I Buy Out of My Lease?

Can I Buy Out of My Lease?

How do you get out of a renter’s lease? When you sign a lease agreement, there is no crystal ball to predict the future. Though you have plans to commit to a lease, sometimes circumstances can make the early termination of a lease necessary. Whether you just got a...
10 Reasons You Should Rent a Home in Retirement

10 Reasons You Should Rent a Home in Retirement

10 Reasons You Should Rent a Home in Retirement Did you know that the average retiree spends around $17,500 on housing expenses like taxes, repairs, and maintenance per year? For this reason and more, pre-retirees look to downsizing to a smaller rental or...
People Want Pet Friendly House Rentals

People Want Pet Friendly House Rentals

People Want Pet Friendly House Rentals Did you know that recent data shows that almost 90% of renters have a pet? After Apartments.com surveyed a group of 1,000 renters around the country, results revealed that almost 90% have a pet. These pet owners, who have formed...
How Does Rent-to-Own Work?

How Does Rent-to-Own Work?

How Does Rent-to-Own Work? What do you do when you want to buy a house, but you need some help gathering a down payment? Or maybe your credit score is less-than-perfect? The great thing about real estate is that there are different ways to become a homeowner. If you...
Is It a Seller’s Market or Buyer’s Market?

Is It a Seller’s Market or Buyer’s Market?

How To Tell if It’s a Buyer’s or Seller’s Market? The real estate market is always changing, swinging in favor of buyers or sellers, and sometimes a little bit of both. If you plan to buy or sell a home, it’s important to know what kind of market you’re in so that you...