Should You Buy a Vacation Home or a Vacation Rental?: the Pros and Cons

If it’s financially feasible for you, owning a second property can be an excellent investment. You can use the property as a vacation rental. Or you can retain it for your own vacation purposes and use it as a primary home during retirement.  However, before you jump on that cute bungalow you spotted on beverly-hanks.com, […]

3 Ways Second Homes Differ from Primary Homes and Investment Properties

So, you’re thinking about buying a second home. Congrats! Whether your work has gone remote, or you’re looking for a way to get as far away from work as possible, there are many great reasons to invest in a second home. However, buying a second home is not the same as buying your first. There […]

Should Your First Home be an Investment Home?

It’s a weird position to be in. You’ve left home, perhaps graduated college, found a steady job with decent benefits, and saved up a small nest egg. First of all, congratulations! You’ve got this adulting thing down. You know the next step in your personal journey is to buy a home and start building equity. […]

What can Your Agent Help You With?: Selling a Rental

You’ve heard that it takes a village to raise a child. At Beverly-Hanks, we also say that it takes a team to sell your home. When you hire a Beverly-Hanks agent, you are hiring an entire team of highly experienced real estate professionals. Our agents have an average 10 years of full-service real estate experience. […]

Being a Landlord, Not as Hard as You Think…

Great Time For Real Estate Investing You’ve probably heard or read that now is a great time to invest in real estate.  Prices are down (!), interest rates are low (!), but you hesitate.  It sounds too good to be true and you’ve been burned before.  Remember the dot-com bubble?  Yet, your interest is piqued […]