The first step in buying real estate is evaluating the market. When evaluating a market for multifamily investments, one particularly important factor to analyze is employment trends. A strong market must have a track...

Is there anywhere to go for data on how quickly homes rent in particular rental markets?

I've been interested for some time in investing in rental properties in an area I'm very familiar with, but I no longer live ...

Hello everybody, long time browser of BP but first post. With the impending recession on the horizon, I’m curious if there are any apartment syndicators on BP that owned / managed properties during the last recession?...

President Bush today proposed an economic stimulus package amounting to 1% of GDP. His ideas included:

Immediate implementation
No Tax Increases
Bolster business and consumer spending
Tax rebate check
No Spending Pr...

These billboards are showing up along the roadways now. I think they're great. Its a reminder that people need that the recession is not going to last forever. What goes up must come down but it has a tendency to go r...

Lived in Vancouver for over 8 years and we are now in Bay Area, CA.  While we were there, we bought a townhouse 3/3 two story in North Burnaby, and hired a property management company when we move down here.  One turn...

I’m curious on how investors on the coasts feel about the potential for an economic downturn that we’ve been hearing for 2 years now. Here in Louisville, KY the market is booming and houses are going for inflated amou...

Very intrigued on pursuing the house hacking route to start off, but is it a good time to get into RE? I get mixed signals from the articles that I read. What are your personal thoughts. I’m 25 and live in the DFW, T...

Redfin recently did a report on cities least and most likely to be affected by a recession. Least volatile were Rochester NY, Buffalo NY, Hartford CT. Most volatile were Riverside CA, Phoenix, AZ, Miami FL. The criter...

My question is concerning multifamily properties. They are valued using cap rates, cap rates are driven to some degree by interest rates. Given that the Fed has been raising rates and we are in a rising rate environ...