Liquidate a real estate investment in the U.S. with OPISAS

Timing, modalities and role of the MLS

Having been active in the market since 2008, OPISAS has numerous clients who have purchased properties in the US as investments. Some of these investments have turned out to be the best 2022 investment, because of significant capital gains, as well as the substantial annual returns collected over the life of the investment. These clients have decided to go ahead and liquidate their investment, in most cases to reinvest in other properties located in cities such as Detroit, Baltimore, or Philadelphia where there may still be significant appreciation margin.

The properties offered by OPISAS, located in these destinations, have already been renovated, leased and fully managed at a cost per square meter below the cost of construction, in some cases. This is made possible thanks to OPISAS' participation in special redevelopment projects of entire neighborhoods promoted by local communities.

OPISAS has assisted step by step clients who have decided to resell their properties in the U.S., offering them all the support needed. This remarkable first-hand experience allows us to shed light on some important points.

Timing

The structural features of the U.S. real estate industry are the following:

• A resident population that has been growing steadily since the 1960s

• The first home market entry of the largest generation in history – millennials

• Demand substantially exceeding supply with 1 million properties for sale for 330 million residents, to which are summed up numerous foreign real estate investors

The result of these factors linked to each other is an extremely dynamic real estate market. Due to the U.S. inflation pushed to +8.6%, geopolitics crises, and extreme volatility in financial markets, the real estate is considered more and more as a safe haven asset, fact that further increased the market’s “hunger of houses”. 

Modalities

Thanks to our professional network, OPISAS clients were able to liquidate their investments from the comfort of their homes, achieving significant capital gains. Just as they had been able to buy remotely, they were able to do likewise to sell their property in the US.

The role of MLS

This dynamism and ease are made possible by the MLS (Multi Listing Service), an online platform dedicated to real estate. Basically, it is a huge database where U.S. brokers enter properties available for sale. The service was designed to foster virtuous collaboration among agents.

Once the listing agent places the property on the MLS on behalf of the seller, it’s available to all buyer agents looking for homes on behalf of buyers. A sort of virtual bulletin board where, as it should be in every industry, buyers and sellers meet each other. 

Transparency

It’s precisely the MLS that offers the buying party all the information about the property for sale.

Let us quickly and briefly explain the reason behind the creation of such a structured system, developed in the early 20th century: the MLS encourages the matching of supply and demand by allowing the discovery of numerous available properties throughout the United States on one hand and by advertising a property to an incredible number of agents, which means potential clients who would otherwise be unreachable, on the other hand. 

Learn more

For your U.S. real estate investments, you can write to contact@opisas.com to schedule an appointment with an advisor, who is an expert in investing in the U.S. real estate market.