by American Heritage Lending | Aug 20, 2026
Key Takeaways Home flippers completed 64,348 flips in Q1 2026 — 8% of all U.S. home sales — with a typical gross profit of $66,000 (ATTOM). Flip margins rose to 25.4% in Q1 2026, the first quarterly increase after seven straight quarters of decline; the typical flip...
by American Heritage Lending | Aug 17, 2026
Key Takeaways 41% of U.S. moves happen between May and August, with June the busiest month so rental demand is compressed into a summer surge that the back-to-school window closes out. The August-September window is the last high-demand leasing stretch before the fall...
by American Heritage Lending | Jul 27, 2026
Key Takeaways Conventional financing caps a borrower at 10 financed properties (Fannie Mae) — and the practical wall arrives earlier, at 720+ credit and six months of PITI reserves on every property beyond four. DSCR loans qualify on the property, not the borrower —...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jul 6, 2026
Key Takeaways ADU build costs typically run $150–$300 per square foot in 2026 with garage conversions from about $80,000 and detached new builds reaching $200,000–$400,000. The U.S. already has roughly 1.4 million single-family homes with ADUs and California now...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jun 22, 2026
Every fix-and-flip investor eventually has a contractor disaster. The question isn’t whether — it’s how prepared the operation is when it happens. The vetting framework that separates contractors who finish on time from contractors who disappear, the...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jun 18, 2026
Hurricane season started June 1, 2026 with NOAA forecasting below-normal Atlantic activity for the first time in four years. The Florida insurance market is simultaneously executing its first broad rate cuts since 2019. The three moves smart investors are making this...
