All Forum Posts by: Kalen Jordan

Is there a good data source on rents and vacancy rates through the 2007 crash? I know I've seen a few ad-hoc stories about for example rents increasing through crashes as people are forced to downsize, but I'm not sure I've come across a solid data source that would show this type of thing.

Especially if you could drill down into specific markets. Would be great for example to know when investing in a specific market that even if the housing market were to take a turn for the worse, rents and vacancy rates wouldn't be hit very hard.

Gotcha thanks @James Wise and @Larry Fried

Hi there! I've been starting to look into SFH rentals for a buy and hold strategy. Starting to have some discussions with turnkey providers and trying to soak up all I can here on the boards.

One thing I'm wondering about is whether it's possible to access a lot of data pertinent to de-risking investment decisions.

For example, one of the big question marks it seems is how good and headache-free your property management company is. There are of course a lot of reviews in these forums and elsewhere (turnkey reviews etc.) but I'm looking for aggregate and detailed log data.

For example, all of the incidents (repairs, issues) that the PM company logged across their entire portfolio. Maybe even along with some kind of satisfaction metric by the owner.

Also things like macro trends for rents and appreciation by neighborhood.

Maybe even a way for turnkey providers or other real estate professionals to aggregate data on all the deals they've done that could be verified by a 3rd party so you can you really drill in detail into what to expect.

Super new to the space so it's possible these are really bad ideas! Any feedback appreciated!

@Jerome Whigham right on thanks man :)  

Thanks @Mark Nolan!

@Sid Bergstresser - got it thanks.  I actually didn't use the BP calculator on that one.  

@Jeff B. yeah totally hear you.  And I'm not seriously considering jumping into any software project.  

If I found a really really good fit I might consider it - mainly because if there was a really experienced real estate investor with a great idea and a network to market it to - I would probably be able to accelerate my REI learning curve significantly while working with them, and I'd be able to likely do the same for them with their software development learning curve.

But that would be a long shot - I'm also just curious to kick around ideas for the fun of it :)

Hey @Jeff B. - yeah I hear that.

I'm not exactly sure if your critique is that I, as a software business, probably shouldn't be looking into real estate, or that an investor probably shouldn't be looking into building software.

The former is something that I've been chewing on, and could definitely go into more detail.

As to the latter, I can see your point, but there are always going to be counterexamples.  Just look at this forum itself - a (fantastic by the way) piece of technology built by real estate investors.

Would love to connect with you as a fellow developer!  :)

@Kevin Kroll - nice!  I remember seeing them a few months ago - looks really slick!

Hey there - I just had a thought and wanted it throw it out there real quick.  I'm a software developer and I run a web-based software business.

I've just recently been starting to look into rental properties, and have just been absorbing as much information as I can from this forum.

I have all kinds of ideas for software coming to mind, and I figured that some of the experienced investors out there may have some ideas as well.

If you'd like to kick any ideas around, feel free to post them up!  Would be happy to give you some feedback on them from the software development side of things.