Interest Rate Cut in Oct: Trick or Treat? (+ BPCON25!)
Friday, October 10
Welcome to my Skeptical Investor article, 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’ gov “shut down”, is the Fed cutting rates in October still?, and I’m at the Bigger P...
This is a Rasputin Economy
Tuesday, September 30
Welcome to the Skeptical Investor Newsletter, right here on BP! A frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another. ----- First: A public service announcement.... Will you be in Las Vegas next week at the Bigger Pockets Conference?...
So the Fed Cut Rates. But Mortgages are..Higher?
Monday, September 22
Welcome to the Skeptical Investor weekly BP article! A frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another. ----- This week, we’re talkin’ Federal Reserve Rate cuts! Wait… why are mortgage rates up? Let’s get into it. ------ Today’s I...
Could We Declare a National Housing Emergency?
Monday, September 15
Welcome to the weekly Skeptical Investor BP Article! A frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.-----This week, we’re talkin’ are rents up or down? The data is mixed. + Interest rates (my favorite topic) and could the Presi...
US Labor Market is... Laboring
Tuesday, September 09
Welcome to the weekly Skeptical Investor BP article! A frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.-------This week, we’re talkin’ more shenanigans with our government employment data, a spotlight on construction workers, and ...
We are Reporting Non-Census Statistics
Tuesday, September 02
Welcome to the weekly Skeptical Investor BP article! A frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.----This week, we’re talkin’ labor markets, the wildly inaccurate way we calculate economic statistics, and….. I can’t let it g...