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Kiavi Editorial Team

The Kiavi Editorial Team produces content for real estate investors, developers, and brokers, drawing on input from Kiavi's in-house lending, construction, and compliance specialists, along with insights from Kiavi's AI-powered lending platform. Since 2013, Kiavi has funded more than $30 billion in loans, supporting over 100,000 move-in ready flips, rentals, and new builds across 49 states and Washington, D.C., to help support neighborhood revitalization. Kiavi has been recognized as a HousingWire Tech100 Real Estate Honoree for nine consecutive years and as Scotsman Guide's #1 Top Private Lender for two years running. The Kiavi Editorial Team applies this lending experience, along with Kiavi's proprietary data, including its underwriting engine built on 22+ billion data points and the JBREC-Kiavi Fix-and-Flip Survey, to produce practical, data-informed content.

Customer Stories

Real Estate Investing Success: CashNvestor

Our customer Garri Tigranyan began his career in the mortgage business in 2004. When the market..

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Fix and Flip DSCR & Rental Property Sourcing

Tips for Unearthing Motivated Sellers for Your Next Investment Property

Editor's Note: This post underwent a substantial overhaul and has been extensively revised and..

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Tips and How-To's Getting Started Property Sourcing

5 Steps to Finding Motivated Seller Leads

About the author: Karl Utermohlen is a finance and tech content writer with an MFA in Creative..

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Tips and How-To's Getting Started

Real Estate Partnerships: Pros vs. Cons

About the author: Andrew Syrios is a real estate investor and writer living in Kansas City, MO...

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Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

Helpful Online Resources for Real Estate Investors of Any Experience

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in April 2019 and has been completely revamped..

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Tips and How-To's Financing

Property Valuation Tips: Real Estate Investing

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in March 2019 and has been completely revamped..

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Tips and How-To's

Real Estate Investing vs. Stocks: One or Both?

About the author: Diana Eastman is a professional freelance writer from Orlando, Florida who..

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Customer Stories

Real Estate Investing Success: Kevin Lee

Kevin Lee is an active customer who exemplifies what it means to turn your fix and flipping..

Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

Top 7 Software for Your Real Estate Investing

About the author: G. Brian Davis is a real estate investor who has owned dozens of investment..

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Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

Boosting Real Estate Profits Using the Velocity of Money

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in December 2018 and has been completely..

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Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

Flipping Houses 101 Guide: Renting vs. Selling

You may want to rent out your property for a time instead of selling it right away. Let's discuss..

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Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

7 Steps to Completing the Closing Process

Once your loan has made it through underwriting, you are ready to close. Since there are lots of..

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