This week’s Transformation Tuesday comes from Tulsa, Oklahoma. This ‘60s flat was an eyesore. Between its cluttered spaces and outdated wood panels, the home was starved for a modern refurbishment. In no time, our expert team of contractors renovated this home, giving it a fresh start and ultramodern new look.

As real estate investors, we’re all tired of doomsaying. Even last year, before any of us could have anticipated the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic repercussions, experts were already predicting a recession to hit. And hit it did!

In real estate investment, there is no shortage of competition. Trends are reflecting the proven nature of real estate investment and have been for over a decade. In 2007, some two-thirds of all investors were focused primarily on the stock market. That number fell to around 50 percent as real estate began to attract more investors in a post-Great Recession America.

This week’s Transformation Tuesday comes from Houston, Texas. Between its deteriorating garage doors and polluted counters, this house needed serious attention across every square inch. By the time our expert team of contractors had conducted their work from floor to ceiling, this single-family home was beautifully unrecognizable. 

According to the experts, the United States officially entered into a recession in February 2020. With economic turmoil and record-high job losses, it’s not difficult to see the ripple effects of recession spread out into the areas of our lives.

As time passes, we’re seeing more encouraging information about the state of the real estate market versus the fearful predictions of a few months ago. That said, there’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to impact real estate. For real estate investors, the question is less about whether to invest, but how one’s strategy needs to adjust to changing priorities and both economic and market conditions.

This week’s Transformation Tuesday comes from Memphis, Tennessee. With its peeling roof and yard littered with fallen tree branches, we weren’t quite sure what to expect on the inside of this house. Pink fluffy insulation pooled inside the kitchen and bedrooms, and a massive hole in the wall cursed the living room. But by the time our expert team completed the renovation, this home was completely new again.

If you’re like most people in the world right now, you’re likely fatigued by an overwhelming amount of negative news, doomsaying, constant stress, and fear. As we move through the pandemic — for many of us, the third month of stay-at-home orders and social distancing — it’s important to analyze the market as it is versus worrying about what it will become.

Over the past few months, we have heard over and over again that the world is changing. That there will be a “new normal” that we will all have to adjust to. And it’s true — the world is changing and in some ways that we can’t predict. For our part, our attention has been firmly on how to best serve and communicate with our residents and investors. Taking care of them has always been our top priority. It has only become more important in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

This week’s Transformation Tuesday comes from Dallas-Ft.Worth, Texas. Horrendous might be an understatement for this home; a junked yard, depleted kitchen, and deteriorating bathroom left this house nothing but a pit. Luckily, there isn’t anything our expert team of contractors can’t handle, so we renovated this home into something that was as unrecognizable as it was beautiful.