It should come as no surprise that the U.S. has long suffered from a housing shortage. This has been a trend for over a decade as the Great Recession effectively slashed construction activity in half. In the 2010s, the residential construction industry lost over 260,000 jobs. Firms closed or consolidated. New construction lagged, continued to lag, and could not compete with America’s pent-up housing demand.

This week’s Transformation Tuesday comes from our hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. This fashionable, throwback property needed a modern refresh. New floors, bright lights, and a whole lot of love. We had our work cut out for us on this one. To see how we succeeded with the transformation, keep on reading!

Through the ups and downs of the pandemic, one real estate asset class has emerged on top: single-family rental properties. In the past, commercial real estate investors have looked down on the humble single-family home. After all, they were only familiar with management horror stories and the headaches of a bad HGTV fix-and-flip.

Motley Fool recently published a piece that declared real estate one of the most ethical forms of investing. We have to agree! As the article suggests, real estate investing has garnered a bit of a bad reputation throughout the pandemic. This isn’t because investor experiences have been particularly bad, but because the people they serve have been in increasingly bad situations.

This week’s Transformation Tuesday comes from Oklahoma City. After years of neglect, this once comforting home regressed into a dumping ground of wood, scrap, and litter. Nobody deserves to live in a home with gutted appliances, stains, and severely outdated fixtures. Before this home welcomed a new family, it needed some TLC. Enter our expert team of capable contractors.

While the 2020 real estate market defied all expectations and pulled record-breaking performance among secondary and tertiary markets across the nation, it was an economic anomaly. 

The U.S. real estate market has been in a state since the Great Recession. While many markets have experienced recovery in terms of their value, the “business as usual” status quo has not returned. We’re seeing longer real estate cycles and what seems to be an endless “recovery” phase.

This week's Transformation Tuesday comes from Houston, Texas! This spacious, cottage-style home was full of potential. However, a poorly chosen shade of green tainted the exteriors and carried over inside. To see how our expert team of contractors transformed this property into a modern, cozy, single-family home, keep reading!

Over our nearly twenty years as leaders in turnkey investment excellence, we have steadily expanded opportunities for our thousands of investors. From our humble home of Memphis, Tennessee to big and bustling Texas real estate markets, REI Nation is dedicated to bringing investors the best opportunities for building a world-class real estate investment portfolio.

What makes a market worthy of an investor’s attention? While numerous factors are involved in determining a worthwhile investment market, one of the tell-tale signs can be found by browsing the headlines.