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25 April 2019 | 148 replies
I'd go further to also lump folks who buy properties to make money on "rapid appreciation" (like a property increasing in value 50% in a year w/ no improvements) in with that group - most have NO understanding of all of the market forces that cause these movements and no clue how to actually analyze the market .Even the experts who have substantial education and work for multi-billion $ firms don't predict major market disruptions (in either direction).
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10 February 2022 | 19 replies
3 indicators we're keeping an eye on in 2022...1) rapidly rising interest rates2) slowing buyer demand3) Increasing housing constructionThe confluence of these factors WILL change the market dynamics.
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19 January 2024 | 7 replies
Having helped several clients obtain oceanview properties in the past several years that have subsequently become highly successful AirBnB's, I recently assisted a client with my first oceanfront property sale, that has rapidly become a popular BnB option and the question arose, just how many oceanfront STR's are there?
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30 April 2019 | 18 replies
It's now cashflowing >$20k annually (+$10k in mortgage paydown), and has more than doubled in value with the area gentrifying rapidly and the rents continuing to go up.
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19 January 2024 | 16 replies
In candor, at least in my experience, weed is strong in the moment or when you are near it, but it fades and dissipates much more rapidly than a tobacco smoke smell.
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4 December 2020 | 11 replies
Colfax and anchored by a bus rapid transit system.Here's the actual E.
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11 January 2024 | 14 replies
Additionally, Columbus is the only Ohio market that has experienced rapid growth in both jobs and population.
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19 January 2024 | 8 replies
Shew, broker will get their time back, agents will be served more rapidly, and take decisive action.
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31 January 2024 | 2 replies
But most importantly my understanding of this industry grew rapidly thanks to a network I have been able to build...
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12 December 2017 | 33 replies
If you hang around here long enough, you will find:People saying that single family rentals are not profitable, despite the fact that there are boatloads of people here who have made their wealth that way;People saying that too much rapid growth is wrong, despite the fact that there are plenty of examples of people who have become multi-millionaires by rapid ramp-up;People saying that slow growth is a losing proposition, despite the fact that many of the slow-growthers held their portfolios during the last downturn by being in all/mostly cash, while everyone else went broke;ETCIn other words, for every strategy, there is going to be a contrarian on this board that will claim that it doesn't work.