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Real Estate vs. Stock Market: What Is the Smarter Place to Invest?
Compare real estate and stock market investments, focusing on leverage, volatility, and returns. Discover why real estate often offers a more stable and profitable alternative, and learn how to balance risk with smart investment strategies.
Is Your Kitchen Remodel Worth the Investment?
Find out if your kitchen remodel will be profitable with insights into costs, market trends, and value-adding tips. Learn how Picket’s AI tools can help you make data-driven decisions to maximize your investment returns.
Maximize Efficiency and Cut Costs with AI-Powered Vendor Bill Management
Discover how AI technology can revolutionize vendor bill management in real estate, offering solutions that simplify processes, reduce errors, and cut costs. Learn about the benefits of automation and how integrating AI tools can enhance efficiency for property managers and investors.

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Revisiting 2022: Is Now the Time to Reallocate to Real Assets?
With interest rates dropping, investors are reconsidering a shift from bonds to real assets like single-family rentals, which offer stability, income, and inflation protection in a changing market.
Small Markets are Big Investment Opportunities
Large markets often seem like the best place to invest in residential real estate, but as these markets become increasingly more saturated, investors are missing lucrative opportunities in small and secondary markets.
Why Do Home Value Estimates Differ? A Deep Dive into Property Valuation
Ever wonder why Picket, Redfin, & Zillow predict very different home prices? It’s all about the data!

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