Furthermore, we lived here for years, though we thought of moving to a warmer climate, we would rather stay where we are for a while, enjoy ourselves, travelling, instead of cleaning up our house and have a flipper make a few bucks.From where I am, these are the issues facing potential sellers when you speak to them.

With the economic climate and rent forgiveness potentially being extended, we don't want to put ourselves into a bad situation with purchasing the 2nd rental.

What do you see as current opportunities and threats in regards to today's economic climate and RE investing? 

Is anyone keeping up with and considering climate change when buying and holding peripheries?

Hello all, curious if any investors are vetted in the Austin housing market and some general insight to their approach?

With the current economic climate showing signs of a recession and rates rising, all of us are wanting to see that our borrowers are prepared if a downturn does come.

Having done several projects in the Midwest, I wanted to move my business to a warmer climate.

I don't think lumber prices by itself is a sign of a housing slow down, but in the context of the current economic climate and the other corresponding data, it certainly looks to be another key thing pointing to a housing slow down. 

Thanks much Climate?

Purchase price: $1,500,000 Cash invested: $864,00087,000 square foot vacant Kmart that is in the process of being converted to 60,000 square feet of drive-through, climate-controlled self-storage, yielding 500+ rentable units.