The Credit Score Cartel
Monday, September 07
Welcome to my weekly article, right here on BP! This week, we’re talkin’ the hot jobs number triple, the shrinking federal workforce, and the end of FICO's 31-year monopoly on the mortgage credit score. Let’s get into it. --------Today’s Interest Rate: 6.89% (☝️ .08% from this time last week, 30-...
Warren Buffett Just Bet Big on Real Estate
Monday, August 24
This week we’re talkin’ the US economy is hitting the gas, Nashville now has the 2nd lowest unemployment number, the new apartment pipeline is (finally) running dry, and how Warren Buffett is getting deeper into real estate. Let’s get into it.------ Today’s Interest Rate: 6.73% (👇 .05% from this ...
A Louisiana Teacher Just Got a $50k Bonus...From a Data Center.
Monday, August 17
This week we’re talkin’ data centers. Just data centers (and real estate of course). No briefs, no detours. The most hated building in America may just quietly be the best economic development deal your town can land. The U.S. is lapping the world at building them, and almost everything you’ve he...
The G-Shaped Economy
Monday, August 10
This week we’re talkin’ the first negative jobs number, the American consumer we keep underestimating, an economy that take a punch, and homebuyers munching through housing inventory like hungry hungry hippos. Let’s get into it.------------- Today’s Interest Rate: 6.74% (👇 .09% from this time las...
The Housing Market Is Frozen, Not Broken
Monday, August 03
Welcome to the Skeptical Investor blog, right here on BP! A frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another. Today’s Read Time: 9 minutes This week we’re talkin’ numbers that fib, lie and signal, a GDP report that looked weak (but...
The Apartment Glut Is Going Keto
Monday, July 27
Welcome to the Skeptical Investor Blog on BP. A frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another. Today's Read Time: 9 minutes--------This week we're talkin' supply: the apartment glut that appears to be dying of natural causes, th...