With Rates Like These, Who Cares About Price?
Sunday, February 28
Prices in my local market have reached or exceeded those of the 2008 crash, yet nobody seems worried. To the contrary, I’m hearing a lot of “this is different,” “lending standards are tighter,” “rents are higher,” and especially, “interest rates are lower.” I grew up around complete financial ill...
Becoming an Intelligent Real Estate Investor
Sunday, June 16
The fundamental proposition of real estate investing is beautifully simple: buy a house and rent it for more money than its mortgage and expenses. To many, including myself, this simple formula makes real estate investing more appealing than stocks, bonds, ETFs, and other complicated investment v...
Getting Chilly at the Auction: BRRRRing My Way to F.I.R.E. Part 2
Monday, April 01
Part 2: (B)RRRRTactical EmpathyNow that I Bought, I needed to get to work on Repairing, so I could Rent, Refinance, and Repeat.Taking the advice of what my 8-year real estate vet buddy told me, I did not post a 3-day notice, and instead had my father drive by the property, knock on the door to se...
Getting Chilly at the Auction: BRRRRing My Way to FIRE Part 1
Sunday, March 24
Part 1: B(RRRR)My heart racing, I started to call out my bids: “29,000.” Across the room my foe called out his own, raising mine by $1000. “Thirty.” I replied back in kind “Thirty one.” “Thirty two”“Thirty three”At this point we were well under my max bid and it was just me and one other auctione...