Brent Byers
Interest Rate Hike in Canada
Did you know....As of Jan 1st - the Gov't has forced on ALL lenders/banks in Canada - when approving a Borrower, they must pass a stress test at a Higher Int Rate (2% higher than approved) before getting the $$. Esse...
Aaron Gordy
Unemployment in Austin Texas metro and the Phillips Curve
The latest Texas Workforce commission stats are out. Austin Texas metro is still number 1 in the state for the lowest unemployment clocking it at 2.7%. That is a year over year decrease from 4.1%. The cumulative labor...
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L.A. Wildfires and Their Tax Implications for Affected Residents
Los Angeles County continues to grapple with devastating wildfires that have claimed five lives, destroyed over 2,000 structures and forced the evacuation of at least 130,000 residents. As firefighters persist in batt...
Caroline Widjaja
Foreign Investors & US housing market
1. Do we have a lot of Foreign Investors buying a house with a loan? I know that they pooled some money to buy a lot of properties in the US, but I don't know how many percentage of foreigners bought the properties wi...
Matt Robinson
What is FHA's 90 Day Anti-Flip Rule?
What is FHA's 90 Day Anti-Flip Rule?Question: What is FHA's 90 Day Anti-Flip Rule?For a number of years now, FHA has enforced a 90 day anti-flipping rule which prevents an investor from reselling a home to a buyer usi...
Brian Driscoll
Telecommuting Impact on Real Estate
Hi all. Newbie investor here. The only property I own right now is the one I live in, a condo in Somerville, MA. I've been doing a lot of reading and meditating on where the next opportunity will be coming out of wher...
Michael Daley
Looking for second investment property in San Diego mid-term/house hack/short-term
We bought a house in the SDSU area last year with an attached JADU. We are mid-term leasing the attached studio to travel nurses. We are looking to purchase our next property: 2-4 units, $1 - $1.4 mid-term/house hack ...
Saad D.
BPCON24 Panel - The Inflation Equation: Impact on Real Estate & How to Navigate it
Hi all, Baselane is hosting a CEO fireside chat titled 'The Inflation Equation: Impact on Real Estate and How to Navigate it'
If you're attending BPCON24 in Cancun, join us on Monday 1:15pm EST. If you can't make it ...
Babek Sandhar
Chinese Buyers Main Driver of RE in Major Cities since 2008?
Bringing this topic up with hopes that people with more insight could pitch in and provide insight or personal opinions/experiences from all parts of US or even the world. I acknowledge that this post will upset a lot...
Kyle McCorkel
Real Estate vs. Low Cost ETF - ACTUAL returns from my portfolio
I've been tracking every dollar in and out of my REI activities for the past few years and decided to back-test the numbers to answer the question: What if I would have put all those investment dollars into a super pa...