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Real Estate Investing Resources

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Financing DSCR & Rental

Rental Property Stress Test: Check DSCR Before You Buy

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Fix and Flip Property Sourcing

How to Flip a Haunted House: Stigmatized Property Guide

Before and after of a dilapidated fix and flip living room beautifully renovated with Kiavi financing.

Financing Company Updates

September 2026 Investor Pulse: A Fed Hike, 7% Rates, and Kiavi Becomes a Figure Company

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Tips and How-To's DSCR & Rental

The Fall Rental Reset: Timing Leases to the School Calendar

Timing rental lease renewals to the school calendar generally means locking in a renewal or a new..

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Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

Why Bridge Loans Get Denied (and How to Fix It)

Most bridge loan denials can trace back to five recurring issues: thin experience, an incomplete..

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Tips and How-To's

What Rising Demand for Skilled Trades Means for Your Next Rehab

Skilled trades are in stronger demand than they've been in years, and that demand may be showing..

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Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

Best Time to Sell a House: A Fix-and-Flip Seasonality Guide

The best time to sell a house, including one you've just finished flipping, typically falls in..

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Tips and How-To's

July 2026 Investor Pulse: What Mid-Year Data May Mean for Your Deals

The U.S. housing market entered the second half of 2026 with home prices at a record high and the..

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Tips and How-To's Financing

What Is House Hacking? A Real Estate Investment Strategy

House hacking is a real estate investment strategy where a real estate investor purchases a..

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Tips and How-To's Ground-Up Construction

7 Hidden Ground-Up Construction Costs Developers Need to Budget For

Ground-up construction could offer experienced developers a level of control over product, spec,..

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Tips and How-To's

Kiavi Investor Pulse: June 2026 Market and Financing Update

The June 2026 Kiavi Investor Pulse covers the most recent housing market data, the Federal..

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Tips and How-To's Financing DSCR & Rental

Is the Rate Lock Effect Fading? What That Means for Investors in 2026

The mortgage rate lock-in effect has kept millions of homeowners in place since 2022, but its..

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Tips and How-To's

The Best Real Estate Investment Strategy for 2026: 3 Approaches Compared

Editor's Note - Updated July 2026: This post has been updated to include a reference toAmerica's..

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Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

How the Fix-and-Flip Draw Process Works

Fix-and-flip lenders typically release renovation funds in stages through a process called a..

A contractor uses the Kiavi mobile platform to request a draw for a fix-and-flip property financing project.

Fix and Flip Tips and How-To's

Fix-and-Flip Scope of Work: What Lenders Look For

Your scope of work (SOW) is one of the first documents a private lender evaluates when..

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