Can your tenants afford RENT + UTILITIES? 30% RENT 6% UTILITIES
Tuesday, May 17
This is another revisit to a prior blog where I address the issue of tenants and their ability to pay their utilities. https://www.biggerpockets.com/... We always discuss how you should only be paying 30% of your monthly after tax income on Rent/housing. Let't take some numbers from 2019. Medi...
WHY NO ONE IS SELLING THEIR HOUSES- It is the mtg rates.
Tuesday, May 17
I want to revisit a blog post from a month ago which outlines why someone might not sell their house due to rates. See link below: https://www.biggerpockets.com/... Today rates stand at about 5.4% for a 30 year note. 91% of homeowners have an interest rate under 5% This is reducing mobility. So ...
Blame the Millennials for the HOUSING CRISIS
Tuesday, May 03
This is a great article from the Washington Post- Stop blaming millennials for the housing crisis. https://www.washingtonpost.com... Actually you should blame them. They are the problem These folks wanted experiences so no one built housing for them. Now they want housing and there isn't enough...
Should i buy down my interest rate?
Tuesday, May 03
With rates going higher you may want to consider an interest rate buy down. How does this work? lets take a couple of examples starting with a current rate(estimated) of 5% 2-1 and 3-2-1 buydowns The 2-1 works like this. Year 1 you get 2% off the rate so you pay 3% in year 1 Year 2 you get 1% off...
The Second Mouse gets the cheese
Tuesday, May 03
This may seem a little harsh but it is the truth. The first mouse gets caught by the trap and the second one comes in and steals the cheese. This is happening in Real Estate as well. Do you see how many properties are Back on Market(BOM) well that number is a lot larger than you can see from the ...
Worcester and Affordable Housing
Thursday, April 28
Great article here by Henry Schwan in the T&G https://drive.google.com/file/... He brings up a lot of pertinent issues and tells some truly sad stories about people who are having tough times due to rising rental prices. He astutely points out that there are huge applicant pools for subsidiz...