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The rise in home prices is the reflection of a “perfect storm,” according to CoreLogic.

@Greg Dickerson I'm targeting condo, high-rise, and other commercial (restaurants, banks, warehouse) building owners, and it's a cost reduction service.

Personally, I love it as a buy and hold neighborhood since there's a high probability that home values continue to rise. 

One is $9.2K at 22% APR, the other is $13K at 5% APR until June (will rise to 25% after) and we have a conventional loan $11K at 12% APR.I am currently deployed overseas, so I got a small increase in pay which will allow me to pay off the $9.K credit card by April and I’ve been making my 18 and 19yo nephews pay a small amount of rent each month which has given us a boost in paying off our credit cards. 

Jake,You should do some math on this.Most big data companies (like Zillow and CoStar) expect home prices to continue to rise next year (and duplexes and triplexes will rise with SFRs).

Rental rates and appreciation are playing catchup and on the rise. 

When the temperature came down, the fan turned off!

@Jeffrey MorelPrices could rise if a change in president happens and taxes are increased.

To answer your questions, property taxes have been on the rise and have made it fairly difficult to cash-flow on normal banking terms for places around the metroplex.