What Is PropTech, and What are its Implications for the RE Industry?
Sunday, October 14
I attended the REImagine Conference hosted by the California Association of Realtors earlier this month.A session about the changing brokerage industry brought a term to my attention that piqued my interest - ‘proptech’. In my previous role in corporate America I had sold software into the Insura...
What is An Opportunity Zone
Sunday, October 14
Since the passage of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act passage last December I’ve been hearing the term ‘opportunity zone’. I did not know much about what they were so decided to do some digging to see what they were, and the opportunities they provided to real estate investors.The basic premise of the cr...
It's a Sell Off! What to do now...
Thursday, October 11
Deviating from our normal topic of real estate investing, I wanted to write to readers to talk about what’s happening right now with the equity markets and what the correct way is to approach the situation.MarketWatch had a great article today titles, “During a Market Sell-Off How Would You Inves...
Rent Fell For The First Time In 8 Months - Reason For Concern?
Thursday, October 11
A recent Housing Wire release cited that the national average rent just dropped for the first time in 8 months according to real estate firm Yardi.Year over Year rent growth still remains unchanged at 3%.With other negative news in the market (fed continuing to raise interest rates, equities down...
Multifamily Loan Originations Continue to Increase
Thursday, August 23
Multifamily loan originations continue increasing despite other signs of the market slowing. An interesting article in National Mortgage News notes that multifamily loans managed a small 2% increase in the first half of 2018 matching last years performance.Hotel originations are up 31% YTD and mu...
Multifamily Investments Down 31% In OC This Year
Tuesday, August 21
Another interesting market insight that crossed my feed earlier this week. Multifamiy Sales Volume is down 31% in Orange County due to lack of inventory.Despite rising interest rates and compressed cap rates, investors are still drawn to the strong economy of Orange County, the author writes (lin...