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26 January 2019 | 311 replies
Highly paid young tech workers are marrying their own cohorts and creating “power income” households in the Bay Area.
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20 April 2022 | 556 replies
You may not feel that’s the case if you’re a sole income household.My personal opinion is “rich” starts at around 200k household income and up.
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20 March 2019 | 109 replies
The two largest expenses of the American household are housing costs and transportation.
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6 June 2021 | 136 replies
This info will give you a decent idea of what to expect and help filter down your search to a few cities.Some of the metrics that I find valuable to understand are:- Population - Home Values- Household Incomes- Rental Vacancy Rate- Homeowner Vacancy Rate- Poverty Rate- Educational Attainment Rate (High School/GED & Bachelors)- Number of Housing Unit- Rent to Income Ratio- Rent to Price Ratio- Population on SNAPS (supplemental nutrition assistance program) percentage- Property Tax Rate- Median Age of Buildings- Number of Structures by Units (SFR, Duplex, Triplex, Quadplex, etc...)- Median Rents by Number of Bedrooms- Unemployment Rate- Employment Sectors Percentages These are just some of the indicators that will help you understand the quality of an area as well as the kinds of returns one is to except.
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25 September 2020 | 35 replies
Median household income by zip code is a good starting point. 30% of that figure helps gauge rental rate qualifications of the residents.
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20 December 2020 | 127 replies
UNLIKELYThere are two key financial indicators that tell us that US consumers are in better shape today than they were in 2008 (even taking the pandemic into account):Median household income 2019: $68,703 Median household income 2008:$57,010Consumers make more money; the median household income is up 20% from 2008, while total debt is only up 6.9%.The second indicator is the consumer debt delinquency rate2005:4% 2016:4%2006:4.25% 2017: 4.125% 2007:6% 2018: 4.25% 2008:8% 2019: 4.125% Delinquency rates for 2020 are not yet available, but there is no evidence that delinquencies have spiked anywhere close to 2008 levels.
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25 April 2020 | 22 replies
Some of the economic factor to consider: population growth, job growth, median household income, median housing price, any F500 company around?
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13 April 2020 | 6 replies
The first thing you need to establish is your criteria, what you are looking for in a market.What job and population growth, median household income, house prices, Rent growth, Price to rent ratio, Cap rates, landlord friendly etc etc etc Check this out: https://www.landlordology.com/state-laws/Also please feel free to PM me if you want additional tools.
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30 September 2021 | 321 replies
Several household materials were evaluated for the capacity to block bacterial and viral aerosols.
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5 June 2020 | 146 replies
The defendant shall bear the burden of producing evidence of increased costs for household necessities or reduced household earnings due to the COVID-19 virus.