{"id":19191,"date":"2026-04-24T00:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=19191"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:32:59","slug":"the-realtists-week-2026-wire-mire-real-estate-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/the-realtists-week-2026-wire-mire-real-estate-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Realtists Week 2026: WIRE\/MIRE Real Estate Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Truth Staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, April 17, the realtists held a real estate forum \u2013 an Investor Blueprint \u2013 to discuss matters of \u201creal deals, real strategies and real ownership.\u201d The overriding question of the day was \u201cwhat is a good deal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greater Toledo Realtist Association President De\u2019Lisa Moore and the event organizers assembled a panel of realtors and investors to examine issues.<\/p>\n<p>The panelists included: Dean Davis and Kimberly Dixon, realtists; David Evanoff, loan officer; Kathryn Tucker, manager real estate development for Historic South Initiatives; Shane Ouimet, mortgage consultant, Sarah Allan, LISC deputy director; Nate and Alicia Lawson, real estate investors.<\/p>\n<p>As on Fair Housing Day, Moore had comprised a series of questions for the occasion \u2013 the occasion this time was to uncover \u201creal deals and real strategies.\u201d Moore also served as the moderator for the day.<\/p>\n<p>One question, for example: <em>There is a property listed: an eight-unit building listed at $575,000; current rents average $1,000 but nearby renovated units average $1,150; estimated gross scheduled rent will be $36,000 and $18,000 annual operating expenses; seller will carry 10 percent down at 5.25 percent for three years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the property description \u2013 buy it or pass? And in reaching that decision is it a: a) strong buy; b) a maybe, but only if the inspection is clean; c) walk away?<\/p>\n<p>The decision of the panel, with agreement from the onlookers was \u201cb\u201d in this case as they examined the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Friday was another important learning day for the attendees and the fifth of six days of learning and service to the community. The GTRA Realtist Week 2026 wrapped up on Saturday with a National Community Impact Day at Indiana Avenue Missionary Baptist Church.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2019, GTRA represents a unified voice for African Americans and other underserved populations, brokers, agents, affiliates and the clients they serve. GRTA\u2019s mantra is \u201cDemocracy in Housing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth Staff On Friday, April 17, the realtists held a real estate forum \u2013 an Investor Blueprint \u2013 to discuss matters of \u201creal deals, real strategies and real ownership.\u201d The overriding question of the day was \u201cwhat is a good deal?\u201d Greater Toledo Realtist Association President De\u2019Lisa Moore and the event organizers assembled a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,250],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[344],"class_list":["post-19191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19193,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19191\/revisions\/19193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19191"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=19191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}