Economic Update
(Monday, July 6, 2020)
The big economic news this week is the second straight employment report which surpassed expectations. Nearly all of the data indicates that the recovery from the partial shut...

Economic Update
(Monday, January 25, 2021)

There aren’t many people—apart from, say, Elon Musk—who are going to look back fondly on 2020. It was a year of illness, pain, uncertainty, an...

With real estate markets throughout the US continuing on the tear they've been on for quite a while I wanted to create a post about a topic I don't think is covered enough on Bigger Pockets, investing internationally....

Criminal record? For years, landlords have been able to automatically disqualify any tenant with a criminal record - as they were not a protected class under Fair Housing Laws. Recent recommendations from HUD are call...

I have a rental property in a nice neighborhood with a HOA that I picked up in two years ago. The HOA just adopted some new rules that make it difficult to be a landlord.

First of all any prospective tenant a...

I just saw the latest proposed insanity, set to be voted on by the Seattle City Council next Monday.  I would be surprised if it does not pass.   This one would ban all criminal background checks by landlords of prosp...

I'm in the process of buying my first rental property in Lincoln Park and in a sticky situation.  The owner claimed it was zoned as a 3 flat, but the zoning certificate came in as a 2 flat a few days before closing.  ...

I really need suggestions, as I have never dealt with something like this before.  Appraisals in our county generally take over a month once scheduled.  Therefore, most escrow times here are set for about 60 days.  We...

The end of the 1031 exchange.... It's a statement that seems more fit on a sandwich board sign wandering a street corner right next to "the end is nigh" yet, here we are in a living reality where it was not only spoke...

On March 8th, 2018 the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed HB354 that MAY drastically change tax lien laws in your COUNTY. The Alabama Senate has a companion Bill (SB261) that is waiting on the call o...