
28 June 2024 | 100 replies
CoStar reports the property to be 52.7% vacant, but keep in mind that this data is often inaccurate (but not enough to make a difference with vacancy that high).Figuring this set of facts spelled trouble, I went to the Harris County Recorder's grantor/grantee index and found a foreclosure deed.

25 June 2024 | 5 replies
U.S. home prices have increased by more than 47% since 2020, according to a recent analysis by ResiClub of the Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, outpacing the growth of the 1990s and 2010s, which saw prices rise 30.1% and 44.7%, respectively.

24 June 2024 | 8 replies
This is why there can be muted market responses to actual Fed rate hikes, as the central bank often telegraphs its intentions ahead of time, to the point where the change is fully expected/estimated and thus “priced in” ahead of time.Key Economic Data Releases that Move Mortgage RatesHere are the key economic data releases that most affect Treasury yields and mortgage rates; understand these and plug them into your calendar, and you will be a mortgage rate magician in no time.Consumer Price Index (CPI)For even casual interest rate watchers, it should come as no surprise that the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) release is key to interest rate movements.

22 June 2024 | 8 replies
I would put that extra 100k in CD's, bonds and an s & p index fund and continue to add to it.

21 June 2024 | 21 replies
My wife and I reached financial independence with fewer properties than we expected and a backstop of after tax index funds.

18 June 2024 | 0 replies
This is why there can be muted market responses to actual Fed rate hikes, as the central bank often telegraphs its intentions ahead of time, to the point where the change is fully expected/estimated and thus “priced in” ahead of time.Key Economic Data Releases that Move Mortgage RatesHere are the key economic data releases that most affect Treasury yields and mortgage rates; understand these and plug them into your calendar, and you will be a mortgage rate magician in no time.Consumer Price Index (CPI)For even casual interest rate watchers, it should come as no surprise that the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) release is key to interest rate movements.

19 June 2024 | 11 replies
If you day-trade or read the tea leaves for hot stock tips or play the ponies or simply put your money in index funds, do any of these things occupy your interest like real estate?

17 June 2024 | 9 replies
Can someone guide if Oklahoma would be a good choice being high on the tornado index?

20 June 2024 | 245 replies
This is all just to stop Trump becoming the next president otherwise stock index may already crash a lot this year lol

13 June 2024 | 13 replies
It's adjustable rate that is indexed to the Prime Rate, not a teaser rate.