12 May 2018 | 23 replies
Governments need to prioritise dealing with the route cause. having bought two tesla's I knew Musk was on to something.. he will be putting his solar roofs on all the high end homes.I looked at one for my Charleston 2 mil spec I am building but the historic district would not go for it.anything at a million I think the Telsa roof tiles will become standard along with a power wall and two tesla's in the garage.that is addressing the problem.One of my bizz partners has solar in Hawaii and I talked him into buying a Tesla.. he runs his house and car no electric bill.and elec. in Hawaii is highest in the US>for us in Oregon.. at 10pm our rate goes to 4 cents a kilowatt.. takes about 50 KW to fill my tank for the week..

11 June 2018 | 7 replies
There might be some nice little place in the historic downtown...that seems like it might be an up and coming neighborhood.

11 May 2018 | 3 replies
The industry is so ripe for discussion with all of its: negative stigma, tenants/toilets/trash, fee-drivenness, landlord friendly, investor driven, technologically evolving and legislatively active...environment.There's the historic landlord and agent PM legal agency relationship with a traditional scope of service, duties/responsibilities between LL&T, evolving retail/consumer trends/expectations, etc.

10 May 2018 | 8 replies
I'll also state based on what you just posted that if the bank finds you "making a relationship" with their asset manager, they'd probably find a new asset manager and historically, based on my 25 years, an asset manager isn't going to jeopardize being spoon fed massive amounts of business just to appease one investor that doesn't want to wait like the rest of the market does. ...and I have no problem sitting on the sidelines watching that unfold.

25 March 2018 | 2 replies
There was a great article I read this morning about housing starts being at historically low rates and I think we’ll be digging ourselves out for a long time...which is to your benefit as a homeowner/landlord.
29 March 2018 | 36 replies
Account Closed insuring the value of money is a very interesting way to view itT these types of insurance contracts can help protect against inflation and historically have had better returns.

30 March 2018 | 6 replies
Long story short- there is a historic (1870’s) home that a nearby city in Wisconsin needs moved to make room for a library parking lot expansion.

9 July 2019 | 10 replies
As a reminder for any other readers, the 50% rule applies to gross rents and accounts for all expenses like management fees, taxes, insurance, vacancy, maintenance, Capex, utilities, water, legal, yard, etc..You should only use the 50% rule for a quick analysis and a true historical picture of expenses on a property is preferred.

30 May 2018 | 44 replies
From the historical data, new peak price is always higher than the previous peak price.

14 April 2018 | 13 replies
Historically on a broad basis for multifamily over many decades rent growth is about 1 to 2%, opex 50%, and vacancy 10%.