As Building Costs Fall, the Price of Owning a Home Keeps Rising
Monday, October 05
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: 10 minutes This week, we’re talkin’ the cost of building versus owning. Homebuilder Lennar can now put ...
The Fed Is Fighting a Gas Pump, Not Inflation
Monday, September 28
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.---This week, we’re talkin’ interest rates. They jumped again, and the headlines want you scared. The problem: it’s the pri...
The Apartment Recovery Is Real.
Monday, September 21
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. ---- This week, we're talkin' apartments. The apartment market has turned the corner. But the doomer headlines say Nashvi...
If You Can't Build It, You Lose It.
Monday, September 14
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: 15 minutes (totally worth it, we go deep!) ------This week, we're talkin' one thing: how hard is it to ...
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 ...