Good afternoon,I am seeking help obtaining market data to calculate the cost of living and estimate rental expenses in the US. The goal is to determine whether the government accurately adjusts DoD Basic Allowance for...

Outside of West Oakland, what areas would you say are likely to go up in value over time - what pockets/neighborhoods are you looking at? I am considering purchasing in Lower Dimond and any of the directly adjacent ne...

A little background..... I live in Brooklyn with my wife and 2 kids. We love real estate but find ourselves priced out of our local market. We own two out of state SFRs that we bought turnkey and they are performing w...

Here's a some lengthy, but very interesting and well researched paper on the economy in general. Focused on consumers overall, but a lot of material about housing. If the author is right, we've not seen anything yet...

What do you all think the definition of a contingency fund is? I am the money partner on a major rehab project - my first. My business partner is an architect and is fairly knowledgeable about the market, which is...

It was 1997 and my then wife and I learned she was pregnant.  We were both college educated, making good money (I was 25 and she was 23), but we hadn't saved any money.  1997 was the middle of the 1989-2201 real estat...

I live in Ohio and I believe between Columbus and Cleveland, the rental markets are very good. What do you think the best rental markets are in the country?

I'm wondering what financial metrics are important for landlords? Most landlords like to know the equity building on their property. After all, buy and rent out properties as part of their long term strategy. But ther...

Welcome to my weekly take, A Skeptical Real Estate Dude, coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all you tubular dudes ...

I'm evaluating a potential deal on an attached condo in the 80917 zip of Colorado Springs, CO. I'm looking for advice on good local sources for estimating rents in areas I'm not familiar with. I'm hitting the sites li...