All Forum Posts by: Douglas Dowell

New York still in a house of pain?  Unexpected to me. 

https://www.stlouisfed.org/community-development/h...

Why wait so long?  Passive Cash Flow > Expense= FREEEEEDOM

Hello Drew,

That sounds like  a very timely educational endeavor.   I think a compelling project would be to look at millennial housing preference's.  Of course right now Apartment's are all the rage...what happens when they start to bread lol?  

There are some other data sets that might be interesting here:

http://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Downloads

http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/data.htm

http://recenter.tamu.edu/mdata/

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Robert "Irrational Exuberance" Housing

I have to believe each of the Federal Reserve Districts probably have some other good stuff as well.

The Urban Land Institute might be a good place to look for future projects or ideas but I didn't see any readily available data sets.

Take a look at Inccorp they can cover you as a registered agent for a nominal fee.

Interesting idea indeed.  I think the tough part is selling the business.  

Demographically there is a glut of baby boomers looking to exit therefore a buyers market from everything I have read so far in that space.

Check out exit coach radio for a great podcast that might help you evaluate the strategy. 

@Lois Read "When Genius Failed"  

Synopsis:  Two Professors who won the Nobel price for a nifty financial theory blew out a $4 BILLION dollar hedge fund.

Take a look at Making the Yeild by Sal Buscemi great read on what it takes.

Not intended as legal advice.

Generally, Contracts are assignable absent a explicit limitation in the agreement itself.  I suppose their could be a weird state law limitation in some remote context.

In this case it is commercial where the courts and legislature ASSume we are big boys and girls and therefore can negotiate to our hearts content. Love CRE for that reason,

This is a good time to visit a CRE transaction lawyer to ensure you capture your opportunity.

1. overpaying

2. mispricing risk

3. latent physical defects

4. Don Trumps hair

@Joe Fairless ftw.

I also found What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow...and 36 Other Key FInancial Measures by Frank Gallinelli a must have.